Lloyd C. Loomis, Esq.

Professional Experience

January 1980 to 1999: Atlantic Richfield Company - Los Angeles, California
Senior Counsel 1980 - 1999
Senior Corporate Counsel - Employee Relation
Since 1980, he was the senior ranking labor attorney on a legal staff of more than 100 lawyers. While at ARCO he either handled or supervised numerous matters involving collective bargaining negotiations, NLRB proceedings, arbitrations, union representation campaigns, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, common law wrongful discharge, FLSA issues, unemployment claims and worker's compensation claims. His responsibilities included the negotiating and preparing of numerous termination/severance agreements involving terminated employees. Additionally, he provided legal advice with respect to the development of numerous employee relations policies and programs relating to drug and alcohol testing, reductions-in-force, employee disability issues (ADA), sexual harassment, family leave, vacation pay, attendance, leased employees and use of independent contractors. His responsibilities also included preparing and presenting numerous management training programs on employment law matters.
January 1972 - December 1979: Attorney - Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz - Los Angeles, California
Attorney - Caterpillar Tractor Company - Peoria, Illinois
Attorney - Gage & Tucker - Kansas City, Missouri
Practice involved all aspects of employment law and labor relations.
January 1968 - January 1972: Labor Relations Representative - General Motors Assembly Division, Fairfax Plant -Kansas City, Kansas
Responsibilities included grievance procedure administration, general employee relations, and employee discipline and discharge matters. Member of 1970 local contract negotiation team.
Attended law school while employed by General Motors.

Education

Undergraduate: Columbia College
Columbia University A.B.
American History - 1964 - 1968
Law School: University of Missouri at Kansas City
J.D. 1968 - December 1971
Honors: Law Review; Note Published Autumn 1970

Other Training

American Arbitration Association Training for Employment Arbitrators
Dispute Resolution Services (Los Angeles County Bar) Programs on Mediation
Pepperdine Strauss Institute of Dispute Resolution

Bar Membership

State Courts
- California - 1979
- Illinois - 1976
- Missouri - 1972
U.S. Courts
- Central District of California
- Northern District of California
- Southern District of Illinois
- Western District of Missouri
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Supreme Court

Professional Associations

American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section)
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section) Chair, 1994 - 1995
California Bar Association (Labor Law Section) - Chair, 1994 - 1995
California Employment Law Council (Member, Board of Directors, past President 1989- 1990)
American Petroleum Labor Lawyers Association (Chair 1993)
Industrial Relations Research Association (Southern California Chapter) President, 1996 - 1997
Employers Group - Chair of the Legal Committee - 1994-1996
Western Law Center for Disability Rights - Board of Directors
Dispute Resolution Services (L.A. County Bar) - Board of Directors - Vice President - 1996 - Present

Government Appointments

1992-Present Appointed by Governor Wilson to serve on the Workers' Compensation Fraud Assessment Commission
1994 Appointed by NLRB Chairman Gould to the NLRB Advisory Panel
1996 Appointed by the Chair of the EEOC to serve on the committee responsible for developing proposed regulations for the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act

Professional Activities

Speaker at various Employment Law seminars sponsored by the following organizations:
National Employment Law Institute
Practicing Law Institute
Defense Research Institute
Institute for Corporate Counsel
California Banking Association
Equal Employment Advisory Council
California CEB
California Manufacturers Association
California Employment Law Council
National Association of Manufacturers
American Bar Association
Georgetown University Law Center (CLE Division)
Los Angeles County Bar Association
American Employment Law Council
Appointed to American Arbitration Association
Employment Law Panel
Elected College of Labor and Employment Lawyers - 1997

Academic Activities

1997 - 1999 Adjunct Professor - Claremont Graduate School
Employment Law and ADR

Publications

Contributing Author (Chapter 1) "Personnel Policies", Dichter, Gross, Morikawa and Sauntry Employee Dismissal Law: Forms and Procedure (Wiley, 1986).
"Employee Assistance Programs: Their Impact on Arbitration and Litigation of Termination Cases", 12 Employee Relations Law Journal 275 (Autumn, 1986).
Contributing Author Employee Assistance Programs (BNA, Special Report, 1987).
Principal Author Drug Testing - A Workplace Guide to Designing Practical Policies and Winning Arbitrations (BNA, Special Report, 1990).
Training Video: "ABA Drug Arbitration - A Demonstration", December 6, 1990. This is a videotape of a mock arbitration of a case involving the discharge of an employee based upon a positive drug test.
Contributing Author (Chapter 17), "Collective Bargaining Agreements and Union Obligations", Sexual Harassment in Employment Law, Linderman & Kadue (BNA, 1992).
Co-Author, "Effective Arbitration of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Cases", Labor Law Developments, 38^th Annual Institute, Southwestern Legal Foundation (1992 Proceedings).
Co-Author, "ADA - Workers' Compensation and Reasonable Accommodation Obligations", L.A. Lawyer (February, 1994).
Co-Author, "Fraud Claims and the Employment Relationship: The Unsettling Resurgence of a Tort", 22 Employee Relations Law Journal 103 (Autumn, 1996).
Contributor Discipline and Discharge in Arbitration, Brand (BNA, 1998).

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