Rodolfo R. Agraz

Profile

* Currently licensed only in Georgia and North Carolina.

Mr. Agraz has experience helping a broad spectrum of clients with union, safety and health, and employment challenges. He represents clients in diverse industries during union organizing attempts and litigation before the NLRB. Additionally, he guides management through occupational safety and health compliance inspections and represents management exclusively in litigation before OSHA and other administrative agencies. He works with top company officials and first-line supervisory staff to build a union-free environment and has experience dealing with team-based operations. Mr. Agraz is fluent in Spanish.

Mr. Agraz's broad base of experience includes:

Representing clients in the film, automotive, and food processing industries during OSHA investigations of fatalities and injuries;

Conducting occupational safety and health audits;

Representing clients in the retail distribution, teleservices, chemical, medical laboratory, and automotive industries throughout the United States during union organizing attempts;

Training supervisors and managers in a wide variety of matters, including maintaining a union-free environment, privacy in the workplace, sexual harassment, occupational safety and health, implementation of substance abuse policies, and discrimination in the workplace.

Education and Honors

Education: 

J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, 1988
B.S., Duke University, 1984

Honors and Awards: 
  • Blue Key Society Member
  • Best Lawyers in America
  • North Carolina Super Lawyer
  • The Legal 500

Professional Activities

Professional Activities: 
  • State Bar of Georgia
  • North Carolina State Bar
  • North Carolina Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section)
  • Wake County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Speeches:
  • 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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