Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Daniel R. Begian as a shareholder in its St. Louis office. Begian, a veteran labor and employment attorney with more than 30 years of practice in St. Louis, will bolster the firm’s Traditional Labor Relations, Employment Law, and Workplace Safety and Health practice groups. Begian joins Ogletree Deakins from The Lowenbaum Partnership and is reconnected with his former colleagues, including shareholders Bob Stewart, Stan Schroeder and Bill Lawson, who joined the firm in January, as well as Burt Garland and others.
Begian brings to Ogletree Deakins a depth of traditional labor relations experience that includes contingent workforce issues, arbitration, bargaining, proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and election campaigns. He began his professional career as a field attorney with the NLRB’s Region 14, where he processed and investigated representation petitions and unfair labor practice charges and litigated cases regarding similar issues. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Southern Illinois University School of Law and earlier received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin.
“Dan is a veteran labor attorney who has a stellar reputation among the employer community for his ability to create and maintain positive employee relations and effectively handle the modern day traditional labor issues employers are facing,” said Eric A. Todd, managing shareholder of Ogletree Deakins’ St. Louis office. “He will be an immediate asset to our clients given the continued increase in activity from the NLRB.”
Ogletree Deakins is the largest management-side labor and employment practice in St. Louis and, when combined with its Kansas City office, the largest labor and employment practice in Missouri.
