Grant provides thoughtful, diligent, and well-rounded representation to clients facing traditional labor law matters, collective bargaining negotiations, and general employment issues.
Overview
A labor and employment attorney, Grant focuses his practice on all aspects of traditional labor law including collective bargaining, contract administration, grievance arbitrations and administrative proceedings, and strike preparations. He advises clients on issues involving the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the Railway Labor Act (RLA), the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS), and various state labor relations statutes. He also regularly counsels government contractors regarding prevailing wage issues that arise under both the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) and the Service Contract Act (SCA).
Prior to joining Stinson, Grant served as Senior Labor Relations Counsel for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. In that role, he gained valuable experience and insights while representing union clients. He now uses that unique perspective to thoughtfully and diligently counsel employers on their union-related matters.
Experience
Grant has represented various clients in administrative proceedings before both the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). He regularly defends employers against unfair labor practice charges. He has also represented clients in representation cases evaluating the appropriateness of various bargaining units.
Grant assists employers with developing and maintaining positive employee relations with their workforces, and advises them through union organizing campaigns and NLRB-run representation elections.
Grant negotiates term collective bargaining agreements, as well as agreements between employers and unions to address midterm changes in working conditions.
Grant provides guidance regarding potential and actual grievances involving both contract interpretation disputes and disciplinary matters. He partners with his clients to determine how best to handle those disputes, whether that involves negotiating and executing settlement agreements to resolve pending grievances, or representing them through every stage of the labor arbitration process.
Grant successfully defended a client in "baseball arbitration" proceedings against a claimant that sought damages in excess of $54 million.
News & Insights
News
Speaking Engagements
Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Considerations in Layoffs and Reductions in Force
New Challenges for HR in 2025 - Kansas City
New Challenges for HR in 2025 - Wichita
New Challenges for HR in 2024- Wichita
New Challenges for HR in 2024- St. Louis
2023 Business Law Update
New Challenges for HR in 2023 - Wichita
New Challenges for HR in 2023 – St. Louis
New Challenges for HR in 2023 – Kansas City
Publications
"What NRLB Captive-Audience Ruling Means for Employers," HR Daily Advisor, January 2025
NLRB Lacks Quorum to Exercise its Authority Following President Trump’s Removal of Member; The President Also Dismissed NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo
After 76 Years, the NLRB Declares Captive-Audience Meetings Unlawful
NLRB Announces a New Standard for Requiring Employers to Recognize and Bargain with Unions
Pay-for-Play: The Status of College Athletes as Employees
Are Captive-Audience Meetings and Secret-Ballot Elections About to Vanish?
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Kansas
- Missouri
- Virginia
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Education
The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2011
- Catholic University Law Review, Assistant Managing Editor (2010–11), Staff Member, 2009–2010
- Journal of Law, Philosophy and Culture, Staff Member
- Council on Professional Conduct
Truman State University, B.A., Political Science, 2006
