Peter D. Post

Mr. Post has handled the following types of cases in recent years:

• Convinced an arbitrator to deny a grievance against a major steel company claiming that employees quarantined under the employer’s COVID-19 protocol must be paid wages during their absence from work pursuant to the Basic Labor Agreement’s work scheduling provisions.
• Obtained dismissal of counterclaims alleging breach of contract, bad faith, fraud and violation of Pennsylvania insurance law against an insurer who decided to interplead two competing claimants to life insurance proceeds rather than pay the proceeds to a particular claimant.
• Convinced a federal court to deny a motion to dismiss an insurance interpleader by successfully arguing under ERISA that the Court had jurisdiction over an out-of-state party based on the party’s contacts with the United States as a whole, rather than with a particular state.
• Convinced a labor arbitrator to deny the Union’s attempt to overturn an employer’s decision to disqualify an employee from a hazardous job based on lack of competence.
• Obtained a directed verdict on behalf of a major life insurance company following a trial in which the plaintiff claimed the insurer paid annuity benefits to the wrong party.
• Successfully argued that state law claims brought under the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance law against a life insurance company should be dismissed based on the preemption doctrine.
• Convinced the National Labor Relations Board to dismiss two alleged unfair labor practice charges against an international steel company.
• Represented an international metals company in a decertification election brought by employees at a Midwestern plant.  The employees opted for no representation and the Union did not file any protests concerning the employer’s election conduct.
• Assisted a healthcare company win union elections by over a 2 to 1 margin at two separate inpatient facilities. No objections were filed by the unions concerning the employer’s conduct during either election.
• Obtained a “grievance denied” result in favor of a steel company in a discharge arbitration involving insubordination.
• Defended three unfair labor practice charges against an international steel company: one charge was withdrawn by the union; one charge was dismissed by the NLRB regional director and one charge was deferred to contractual arbitration and later withdrawn.
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of a major insurance company in a highly complex disability benefits case
• Successfully defended an international steel company in arbitration against a grievance seeking to greatly expand a monetary benefit provided for in a new collective bargaining agreement
• Successfully defended a national steel company in a labor arbitration over the termination of an employee for violation of the company’s drug and alcohol policy
• Obtained “grievance denied” results in labor arbitrations representing (i) a specialty steel company in three cases involving subcontracting, vacation pay, and health care and life insurance coverage for inactive employees; (ii) a national defense contractor in a case involving a job transfer issue as well as a case involving discharge for absenteeism and (iii) a world-wide basic steel company involving severance pay for approximately ninety employees

Education

• J.D., Harvard Law School, 
• B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 

Admission to Practice

• U.S. Supreme Court
• Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits

• American Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Allegheny County Bar Association
• Management Labor and Employment Roundtable
• Upper St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania Commissioner, 1991-1994
• The Pennsylvania Labor Letter (Editor-in-Chief)
• Contributing editor to ABA’s The Developing Labor Law
• U.S. Navy JAG Officer

• Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “Beware of Multi-Employer Pension Plan Withdrawal Liability” – Pittsburgh – June 16, 2022
• The 12th Annual Labor & Employment Law Advanced Practices Symposium – “EEOC Objections to Wellness Plans” and “Review of Pending Supreme Court Cases” – Las Vegas – March 2016
• The 10th Annual Labor & Employment Law Advanced Practices Symposium (with Kathy Perkins) – “Investigating Workplace Misconduct” – Las Vegas – March 2014
• The Legal Intelligencer CLE for Corporate Counsel – “Labor Law Update” – Pittsburgh – February 11, 2014
• The Ninth Annual Labor and Employment Law Advanced Practices Symposium – “Recent U.S. Supreme Court Rulings” – Las Vegas – April 4, 2013
• Pittsburgh Association of Corporate Counsel – “Labor Law Issues in Buying and Selling Corporate Assets” – Pittsburgh – June 7, 2011
• The 6th Annual Labor and Employment Law Advanced Practices Symposium – “Legislative & Regulatory Trends” – San Diego – April 22, 2010
• Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “Avoiding Liability for Negligent Hiring and Negligent Retention” – Pittsburgh – April 20, 2010
• Labor and Employment Law Advanced Practices Symposium – “Discrimination Hot Spots: Disability and Religion” – Washington, D.C. – November 4, 2009
• Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “Downsizing a Workforce: Practical Legal Considerations” – Pittsburgh – October 6, 2009
• Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “Changes in COBRA Caused by the Economic Stimulus Bill” – Pittsburgh – April 1, 2009
• The 5th Annual Labor and Employment Law Advanced Practices Symposium – “Eye on Employment Law: The Latest Developments Impacting Employers” – Las Vegas – March 19, 2009
• Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “DOL Proposed Regulation Requiring Disclosure of Certain Plan and Investment-Related Information” – Pittsburgh – October 29, 2008
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Recent Developments in Benefit Litigation: Employers Beware!” – New Orleans – May 9, 2008

• June 1999 – The Pennsylvania Labor Letter – “Avoiding Liability for Negligent Hiring and Negligent Retention”
• November 1998 – The Pennsylvania Labor Letter – “Practical Aspects of Buying and Selling Unionized Facilities”
• May 1998 – The Pennsylvania Labor Letter – “Retiree Health Care Benefits – Avoiding the Pitfalls”
• 1998 – The Employment Severance Answer Book – “Plant Closings: Collective Bargaining Considerations”

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Employment Law – Management (1997-2025)
  • Labor Law – Management (1997-2025)
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment (1997-2025)
• Named the Best Lawyers® 2025 Labor Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
• Fellow, The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
• AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell