Chad M. Horton

• Assisted a casino in winning a union election. The members of the voting unit of security ambassadors rejected union representation by an overwhelming majority vote of 61-29.
• Secured a victory in arbitration for a healthcare industry client. The arbitrator found that the hospital had just cause to terminate an RN who was shown to have spent several hours off her unit, sought pay for time not worked, and was untruthful during the hospital’s investigation.
• Won an arbitration on behalf of a hospital. The arbitrator agreed that the employer had just cause to terminate an employee whose falsified time records were disproven by video showing her actual time of arrival at the hospital.
• Won a victory in a contract interpretation case for a company that operates in the distilled spirits industry. The arbitrator held that the company did not violate the parties’ collective bargaining agreement when it implemented a rule providing for disciplinary action when an off-duty employee was arrested for driving while intoxicated. The arbitrator agreed that the rule was reasonable and that the company met any bargaining obligation it may have had by notifying the union of the proposed implementation and meeting with the union concerning the rule, during which it conveyed its desired rollout date.
• Successfully defended an alcoholic beverage company against claims that it did not have just cause for disciplining an employee driver who concealed that his driver’s license had been suspended following an off-duty DUI and failed to keep the company abreast of developments in his court case, including the status of his driving privileges, despite being instructed to do so.
• Successfully defended a lighting manufacturer against its union’s claim that it violated the collective-bargaining agreement’s (CBA) overtime provisions when it prohibited movement between its North and South plants following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Arbitrator agreed with the company’s argument that it took such actions to ensure the health and safety of employees and the continuous operation of the plant, in accordance with the stated purpose of the CBA.
• Won an arbitration for an alcoholic beverage company. The arbitrator agreed that the Company discharged an employee for cause who lied during the Company’s contact tracing investigation following his positive COVID test result.
• Won an interest arbitration case on behalf of an alcoholic beverage company. The arbitrator agreed with the company’s argument that the parties’ course of bargaining established that they had agreed to a percentage of temporary workers for the entire calendar year, despite a typo in the final offer that stated it was for eight months.
• Won an arbitration for an alcoholic beverage company. The arbitrator agreed that there was just cause for discharging the employee, in that the Company established that the grievant had falsified Company records that would later be used in government audits.
• Assisted a spirits company in winning a union election. The members of the voting unit rejected union representation by a vote of 27 to 19.
• Won a contract interpretation arbitration for a manufacturer of lighting systems. Chad was able to demonstrate that the company did not violate the parties’ CBA when it contracted out vendor-managed inventory services for new manufacturing lines that were transferred to that facility.
• Won an arbitration for an energy company. The arbitrator found that the company had just cause to issue discipline to an employee for taking four days off from work after his request for that time off had previously been denied.

Education

• J.D., Tulane University Law School, 2008
• B.A., magna cum laude, Ithaca College, 2004

Admission to Practice

• Maryland
• New York

• American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section)
• Maryland Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association