Biography
With over 35 years' experience in the field, Mr. Opperwall specializes in representing management in all facets of traditional labor law, including union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining and contract administration, labor arbitrations, and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board. Listed in The Best Lawyers In America and a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Mr. Opperwall also has extensive experience in wrongful discharge, civil rights, and employee benefits litigation. He represents many clients on a nationwide basis.

Mr. Opperwall received his law degree magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 1979, where he was Associate Editor of the Michigan Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He graduated with high honors from Calvin College in 1973.

A former examiner in the Detroit Regional Office of the NLRB and a current member of the national and local NLRB Practice and Procedure Committees, Mr. Opperwall has a keen understanding of unfair labor practice and union election issues. Mr. Opperwall frequently lectures on various labor and employment topics. He was a contributing author of Employment Law in Michigan: An Employer’s Guide, and Buying and Selling a Business in Michigan, both published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education.

Bar and Court Admissions
Michigan
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan

Memberships and Activities
American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section: Committee on the Development of the Law under the National Labor Relations Act; Committee on Practice and Procedure under the National Labor Relations Act; Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Labor and Employment Law; Committee on Antitrust, RICO and Labor Law); State Bar of Michigan (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section Council, 1991-1995).