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Areas of Practice:
Robert E. Durrant practices in the areas of labor and employment law, administrative law, civil rights litigation and appellate law.

Education and Professional Background:
Allegheny College, B.A. 1968, University of Pittsburgh School of Law J.D. 1975. Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1975. Also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Member:
Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Pennsylvania Bar Association Municipal Law Section. Allegheny County Bar Association Municipal and School Solicitors Section and Labor and Employment Law Section.

rdurrant@cdblaw.com

Mr. Durrant's practice focuses on labor/employment issues and on civil rights litigation. This involves him in activities before the National and Pennsylvania Labor Relations Boards, EEOC, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the Federal Department of Labor, Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry, other regulatory agencies and State and Federal Courts. His clients consult with him regarding prevailing wage disputes, FLSA issues, labor relations, collective bargaining, grievance and interest arbitration, employment discrimination, personnel administration and on related matters. Bob represents employers in matters arising under employment discrimination statutes, other "civil rights" statutes, and numerous other State and Federal statutes impacting the workplace. Bob negotiates collective bargaining agreements and has written and spoken frequently on a wide variety of labor, employment and civil rights litigation topics. He began his career as an attorney for the United Mine Workers of America and moved from there to representing management. Immediately before entering the private practice of law, he spent two years as in-house labor counsel for Mead Corporation. Bob has had direct experience managing substantial numbers of persons during periods of employment with the City of Pittsburgh, as Labor Relations Director for Allegheny County, and as the initial Managing Partner for a large multi-state law firm. He has been in private practice for 23 years and participated in the founding of Campbell, Durrant & Beatty in May, 1998.