Jon Axelrod

Jon is a founding shareholder in Beins, Axelrod & Keating, P.C. After almost three years in the Appellate Court Branch of the National Labor Relations Board litigating in the United States Courts of Appeals, Jon became Assistant General Counsel of the Eastern Conference of Teamsters, where he represented Local Unions in litigation and negotiation with employers. After six years with the Eastern Conference, he and Hugh Beins founded what has become Beins, Axelrod & Keating, P.C.

Jon has practiced traditional labor law since 1974. As a lawyer representing private and public sector unions, Jon has litigated in numerous federal and state judicial and administrative proceedings. He argued in the Supreme Court of the United States (Plumbers v. Plumbers Local 334, 452 U.S. 615 (1981)). He has represented unions in several hundred arbitration hearings. He has served as principal union negotiator in collective bargaining sessions and has provided back room advice in numerous others.

Jon has published numerous articles and presented papers on a variety of issues involving labor relations. He is the author of the Duty of Fair Representation chapter in LABOR UNION LAW ANDREGULATION, published by the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law and BNA.

Jon has represented Taft-Hartley funds since 1991. As single or co-counsel to Taft-Hartley plans, Jon has drafted plan documents. He has litigated against employers in collection and withdrawal liability cases. He has defended funds in benefit claim cases. He has represented Unionappointed Trustees in trustee deadlock cases.

For eight years, Jon served as the court-approved “class trustee” for a death benefit fund. He continues to serve as an independent fiduciary to several funds.

Jon graduated with an A.B. from Dartmouth College, a J.D. from Columbia University Law School, and an LLM in Labor Law from George Washington University Law School.