Jean-Marc Favreau

Partner

email: favreau@peerganlaw.com

Jean Marc Favreau
Jean-Marc represents and advises public and private sector labor unions in a variety of areas of labor law including arbitration, collective bargaining, NLRB proceedings, organizing campaigns, and union governance.  He also advises and represents individuals, including clergy, educators, and other professionals, in employment matters such as contract negotiations, retirement agreements, and severance agreements.

Jean-Marc frequently conducts steward trainings, labor rights seminars, and arbitration courses for unions, and has written and presented on a diverse array of labor and employment issues. He previously served as an adjunct professor of law at the Catholic University School of Law.

Jean-Marc also puts his pro-union, pro-worker advocacy skills into practice by working with progressive non-profit organizations and small businesses to ensure compliance with federal and state labor and employment laws. In this role, he helped to successfully draft, negotiate, and implement the first collective bargaining agreement in history to cover staff members of a U.S. presidential political campaign.

Jean-Marc came to Peer, Gan & Gisler LLP after his tenure as the Law Fellow for the American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations in 2003-2004. He previously served as a law clerk for the United Mine Workers of America, the U.S. Department of Labor, James & Hoffman, PC, the International Labor Rights Fund, and the AFL-CIO.

Education

  • Catholic University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Certificate in Law & Public Policy, 2003
  • Wesleyan University, B.A., Sociology, 1995

Federal Court Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • District of Columbia
  • District of Maryland
  • Eastern District of Virginia
  • Western District of Virginia
  • Federal Circuit

State Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland
  • Virginia

Past Employment

  • Law Fellow, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, 2003-2004
  • Law Clerk, AFL-CIO, 2003
  • Law Clerk, International Labor Rights Fund, 2002
  • Summer Associate, James & Hoffman, PC, 2002
  • Law Clerk, Department of Labor, Plan Benefits Security Division, 2001
  • Summer Associate, United Mine Workers of America, 2001
  • Intern, Labor Education and Research Fund, Labor Notes

Affiliations

  • Member, AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance
  • Member, Maryland State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Lawyers Division
  • Member, American Constitution Society
  • Member, American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law

Publications & Conferences

  • Co-Author, Power and Respect on the Campaign Trail: Why It’s Time for Political Campaigns to Unionize, ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law, Volume 37, No. 2 (2023)
  • Presenter, I Think I Need a Lawyer: When and How to Consult One, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Webinar (January 2024)
  • Author, Combating Workplace Violence & Incivility: A Collective Bargaining Approach, ABA Section of Labor And Employment Law (November 2022)
  • Panelist, Incivility and Workplace Safety: The Rise of Unruly Behavior, ABA 16th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (November 2022)
  • Panelist, Civil Rights & Labor Issues in Baseball: Past, Present and Future, New York Labor History Association (May 2021)
  • Co-Presenter (with Michael Gan), Your Employee Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ta’amod Webinar (May 2020)
  • Co-Author (with Michael Gan), Coronavirus and the Clergy-Penitent Privilege, CCAR RavBlog (March 2020)
  • Presenter, Negotiating Your Retirement Contract, Reform Pension Board Retirement Planning Seminar (May 2019)
  • Presenter, The Changing Legal Landscape: The Impact of Recent Tax, Parsonage, and Other Developments on Rabbinic Contracts and Non-Profit Status, Philadelphia Board of Rabbis (November 2018)
  • Presenter, Women of Reform Judaism: Equal Pay Day, WRJ Webinar (April 2018)
  • Presenter, Negotiating Clergy Employment Contracts: Strategies for Uncertain Times, OHALAH Conference (January 2018)
  • Author,  Is Parsonage Constitutional? Issue Heads Back to Federal Court, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association website (November 2016)
  • Moderator, The NLRB: Blazing a Technology Trail, ABA National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law (April 2016)
  • Co-Author with Richard F. Griffin, Pamela Jeffrey and Harry I. Johnson III, Technology Related Developments in Board Law, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law (April 2016)
  • Presenter, Contract Negotiations: Issues of Particular Concern to Female Clergy, Jewish Theological Seminary (February 2014)