Rodolfo R. Agraz

*Currently licensed in Georgia and North Carolina only.

Fito Agraz has experience helping a broad spectrum of clients with labor and employment challenges. His practice is limited exclusively to matters of federal labor law. He represents clients in diverse industries in union representation and decertification cases, labor arbitrations, collective bargaining and litigation before the National Labor Relations Board. Additionally, he advises clients on best practices in labor relations and the development of comprehensive labor strategies to preserve the ability to maintain direct relationships with employees. He works with executive leadership and first-line supervisory staff to build a positive working environment. Fito is fluent in Spanish, and serves as a member of the firm’s traditional labor and diversity and inclusion steering committees.

Fito’s broad base of experience includes:

representing clients in manufacturing, distribution, teleservices, chemical, petroleum, medical laboratory, transportation, hospitality, healthcare, food production, restaurant, aerospace and automotive industries throughout the United States during union organizing attempts;
serving as chief negotiator in first contract, subsequent contract, and post-bankruptcy negotiations; and
training supervisors and managers in a wide variety of federal labor relations matters.

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Workplace Strategies Seminar (moderator) – “Lessons Learned From New Union Organizing Tactics” – Las Vegas – April 25, 2025
Labor Law Solutions – “Knock, Knock, Who’s There? OSHA and Third-Party Representatives” – New Orleans – December 5, 2024
Labor Law Solutions (moderator) – “South of the Border Labor Update: Q&A with Pietro Straulino” – New Orleans – December 5, 2024
Labor Law Solutions Foundation Series – “Causes and Campaign Warning Signs with the New Generation of Workers” – New Orleans – December 4, 2024
Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “New Union Campaign Strategies and Successes — and How to Defend Against Them” – Amelia Island – November 15, 2024
2024 Annual NATERA Conference – “BIG NLRB Changes” – Charleston, SC – February 27, 2024
Workplace Safety Symposium – “Navigating the Intersection of Unions and Workplace Safety” – Austin – December 6, 2023
Workplace Strategies Seminar – ““Headline News”—Key Developments for Employers in 2023” – San Diego – May 11, 2023
Labor Law Solutions – “Pardon the Interruption—Labor Style” – Nashville – December 8, 2022
Labor Law Solutions Foundation Series – “Union Organizing: Interactive” – Nashville – December 7, 2022
NATERA Briefing – “NLRB GC Memo on Electronic Monitoring” – November 17, 2022
SMU Cox School of Business – “HR Roundtable: 2022 Post Election Legal Update: Trends, Insights and Recommendations” – November 17, 2022
Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Union Organizing 2022—and 2023—Style” – Colorado Springs – September 23, 2022
Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Developments in Labor Law, Union Organizing, and Collective Bargaining: An Overview” – Phoenix – May 5, 2022
Labor Law Solutions – “Strike Back: Strategies for Work Stoppages” – Las Vegas – December 3, 2021
Labor Law Solutions – “Union Organizing: Interactive” – Las Vegas – December 1, 2021
Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Labor Law Foundation Series, Part IV: Representation Cases” – November 19, 2021
Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Trends and Forecasts: What Employers Need to Know Now” – Amelia Island – November 11, 2021
Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Third Thursdays With Ruthie: The NLRB General Counsel Prepares to Upend Labor Law” – August 19, 2021
Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Organizing in the New World: Creative Responses to a Post-COVID, Woke Environment” – Austin – June 25, 2021
Labor Law Solutions – “Campaigns and COVID-19: Can You Connect?” – December 2, 2020
Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Game Changers – NLRB Revises Regulations and Issues Key New Rulings” – January 16, 2020
State Bar of Texas – 28th Annual Course – Advanced Employment Law – “National Labor Relations Board Update” – Houston – January 9, 2020
Labor Law Solutions – “Ogletree Deakins Learning Solutions: Cutting-Edge Labor Training Techniques” – Nashville – December 6, 2019
Labor Law Solutions – “What Employers Need to Know About the United States-Mexico-Canada (Trade) Agreement (USMCA)” – Nashville – December 5, 2019
Labor Law Solutions – Foundation Series – ““They Found a Union Card in the Breakroom. What Should We Do Now?”: Options for Responding to Union Organizing” – Nashville – December 4, 2019
Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Pop Quiz—Corporate Labor and Employment Law Exclusive Style” – New Orleans – November 15, 2019
Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “A Deeper Dive Into Labor Developments: The First Years of Trump NLRB” – Las Vegas – May 2, 2019
Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Third Thursdays with Ruthie: Are College Professors and Other Professional Employees Covered By the NLRA?” – April 18, 2019
Ogletree Deakins Labor Law Solutions – “Cultural Competence, Campaigns, and Employee Relations” – Las Vegas – December 7, 2018
Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Pop Quiz – Labor and Employment Exclusive Style” – La Quinta – November 8, 2018
North American Transportation Employee Relations Association Annual Conference – “‘HR Jeopardy,’ featuring FMLA and associated leave issues, harassment and discrimination, DOT, wage and hour, and social media/labor relations categories” – Salt Lake City – September 2018
North American Transportation Employee Relations Association Annual Conference – “Current Trends in Union Organizing and Election Campaigns” – Salt Lake City – September 2018
State Bar of Texas 26th Annual Advanced Employment Law – “NLRB Update” – Dallas – January 18 – 19, 2018
Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “The New NLRB: Is Change Here . . . or on the Way?” – Boca Raton – November 10, 2017
American Petroleum Labor Lawyers Association Conference (APLLA) – “The Trump NLRA” – Houston – October 25, 2017
Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Headline News: The Latest Labor and Employment Law Developments” – Austin – October 20, 2017
North American Transportation Employee Relations Association (NATERA) – “Addressing Union Activity in California – Union Organizing, Collective Bargaining & Protected Concerted Activity at Non-Union Facilities” – Ontario – June 29, 2017
Ogletree Deakins Not Your Father’s Labor Environment Seminar – “Labor Relations and the C-Suite – Communication Strategies” – Las Vegas – December 9, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Not Your Father’s Labor Environment Seminar – “New Organizing Tools in the Union Toolkit: How Unions Exploit Them” – Las Vegas – December 8, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Headline News: The Latest Labor and Employment Law Developments” – Austin – October 28, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Persuaders, Ambushes, Policies, and Expletives: The Latest on the Ever-Shifting (in Favor of Unions) Labor Landscape” – Colorado Springs – September 30, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “The National Labor Relations Board’s New Rules of Engagement: Labor’s Aggressive Focus on Healthcare” – Colorado Springs – September 28, 2016
State Bar of Texas Labor & Employment Law Section – 27th Annual Labor and Employment Law Institute – “NLRB: New Regs Shine a Light on Consultants and Persuaders” – Houston – September 19 – 20, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar (moderator) – “‘Ambush’ Elections Boot Camp: A Campaign Simulation” – Chicago – May 4, 2016
Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “‘Ambush’ Election Survivors: Tales from the Trenches” – Phoenix – November 13, 2015
Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Ahead of the Storm: Preparing for the NLRB’s “Ambush” Elections” – San Antonio – May 13, 2015
Not Your Father’s NLRB – “The Employer’s Campaign: Somebody Has to Block and Tackle” – Chicago – March 27, 2015
Not Your Father’s NLRB – “Risk Assessment and Early Warning Signs of Union Activity” – Chicago – March 26, 2015
Texas Employment Relations 2013 Symposium – “NLRB Update: What’s Going on at the Board and What Non-Union Employers Need to Know” – San Antonio – July 19, 2013
Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Workplace Investigations: Confidentiality and Section 7 Rights” – June 20, 2013
Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “NLRB in 2013” – Dallas – March 6, 2013
Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “NLRB in 2013” – Houston – March 5, 2013
Cross Timbers Human Resource Management Association – “Culturally Competent Company Communicators” – Stephenville – January 16, 2013
Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Headline News: The Latest Labor and Employment Law Developments” – Austin – November 2, 2012
State Bar of Texas Labor & Employment Law Section – “2012 Labor and Employment Law Institute – NLRA Update” – San Antonio – September 15, 2012
Dallas Bar Association – “2012 NLRA Issues for Union and Non-Union Employers” – May 21, 2012
Ogletree Deakins webinar – “What Did You Say? The NLRB’s Regulation of Employer Policies Relating to Social Media” – July 28, 2011

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