Susanin, Widman & Brennan, P.C. is a nationally recognized law firm that has represented employers in labor, employment, and employee benefits matters and employee benefit plans and their trustees in benefits matters since its inception in 1971.
Their firm has represented clients before the Supreme Court of the United States, eleven of the twelve circuits of the United States Court of Appeals, federal district courts throughout the nation, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, and the Canadian Labor Board.
Susanin, Widman & Brennan, P.C. provides advice and counseling to employers in all areas of employment law including compliance with anti-discrimination laws, wage and hour laws, leave laws, occupational safety and health laws, and laws requiring employee accommodations. SWB attorneys regularly represent employers before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in employment litigation involving claims of discrimination and harassment, wrongful discharge, breach of employment agreements, wage and hour claims, OSHA claims, and prevailing wage claims. Their attorneys also conduct training and seminars for employers on various employment practices and assist employers in drafting handbooks and employment policies.
Susanin, Widman & Brennan’s attorneys are well-versed in a wide range of construction law issues including construction contract drafting and review, and commercial construction litigation. Their firm has served as counsel in filing and enforcing mechanics’ liens and litigation of breach of contract issues, bond claims, defect and delay claims, Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act claims, and Prompt Payment Act claims.
Susanin, Widman & Brennan, P.C. serves as counsel to over fifty multiemployer benefit funds including defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans, group health plans, training and educational funds, vacation benefit plans, prepaid legal plans, and supplemental unemployment benefit plans. Their firm also represents single employers and benefits consultants in employee benefit-related matters.
In their representation of multiemployer benefit funds in the construction industry, their firm is unique in its understanding of not only the complexities of legal compliance, but also the challenges of the construction industry. This understanding has allowed them to embrace and foster the changes necessary to maintain the vitality of the unionized construction industry.
Susanin, Widman & Brennan, P.C. regularly represents both public and private sector clients in traditional labor law matters including collective bargaining negotiations, grievance and interest arbitrations, injunction proceedings arising from strikes and other labor disputes, and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and state labor relations boards.
John H. Widman, Daniel J. Brennan, Mark E. Levengood, Brian W. Waerig, and Brian P. Shire are Partners.
