FLRA Case Law Updates

Anna Molpus Related Seminars and Products

Chief Counsel, Office of Chairman Kiko

Federal Labor Relations Authority

With sixteen years of experience practicing federal-sector labor law at the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), Anna Molpus currently serves as Chief Counsel to Chairman Colleen Duffy Kiko.  Anna assists the FLRA in resolving unfair labor practice disputes, determining the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation, adjudicating exceptions to arbitrators’ awards, and resolving legal issues relating to the duty to bargain.  She also assists the FLRA in informing federal agencies and unions of their statutory rights and obligations, and she has delivered training programs on numerous topics including:  comprehensive arbitration training, representational rights and the representational process, management rights and exceptions to those rights, unfair labor practices, and the negotiability appeals process.  

Previously, Anna worked as an associate at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where she was involved in the firm’s wage and hour litigation practice, and counseled clients on matters arising under various labor and employment statutes, including the National Labor Relations Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Fair Labor Standards Act.  Anna received her B.A. cum laude in political science from Bryn Mawr College, and received her J.D. magna cum laude from American University’s Washington College of Law.  She is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bars.
 

Melissa Wisniewski Related Seminars and Products

Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Member Wagner

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Melissa Wisniewski is the Deputy Chief Counsel to Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Member Anne Wagner.  At the FLRA, Melissa also has served as:  the Acting Chief Counsel to Member Wagner; the Deputy Chief Counsel to Chairmen Ernest DuBester; an Attorney-Advisor for Chairman Colleen Duffy Kiko and for Chairman Carol Waller Pope; and a detailee to the Federal Service Impasses Panel; the FLRA’s Office of Case Intake and Publication; and the FLRA’s Collaboration and Dispute Resolution Office. 

Melissa also worked for the Federal Communication Commission’s Labor Relations & Performance Management Service Center; the Social Security Administration’s Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity; the Appellate Court of Maryland, and private practice.

Melissa has a BA from Goucher College and a JD from the University of Baltimore School of Law.