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NLRB Members and General Counsel confirmed
August 07, 2006 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
The Senate has confirmed Peter C. Schaumber and Wilma B. Liebman to be Members of the National Labor Relations Board for 5-year terms and Ronald Meisburg to be NLRB General Counsel for 4 years.
Two Members continue to serve in recess appointments: Peter Peter N. Kirsanow and Dennis P. Walsh.
The terms of the Members and the General Counsel are as follows:
Member Schaumber was nominated by President George W. Bush on June 30, 2005 for a second term expiring August 27, 2010. His first term expired on August 27, 2005 and he received a recess appointment by the President on September 1, 2005. Member Schaumber began his legal career as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. After government service, he entered private practice subsequently serving as a full-time labor arbitrator before coming to the Board.
Member Liebman was nominated on August 2, 2006 by the President to serve a third term expiring August 27, 2011. She has served as a Member since November 14, 1997 when she was appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate to a 5-year term that expired on December 16, 2002. Member Liebman was reappointed by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate to a second term that will expire on August 27, 2006. She previously served for 2 years as Deputy Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). Prior to that she served as counsel to the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (1990-1994) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (1980-1989).
General Counsel Ronald Meisburg was nominated by President Bush in July 2005 to be NLRB General Counsel for a 4-year term and was recess appointed by the President on January 4, 2006 to serve as General Counsel. He previously served under a recess appointment by President Bush as a Member of the Board from January 12, 2004 to December 8, 2004. From 1980-2003, he was in the private practice of labor law in Washington, D.C., most recently as a shareholder in the firm of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart.
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