Jonathan Elifson

Of Counsel | Fisher & Phillips LLP

Adjunct faculty

Email

jelifson@gmail.com

Experienced labor and employment attorney with extensive traditional labor experience under both the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Railway Labor Act (RLA). I have significant NLRA litigation experience, having prevailed in seven trials. I have also been lead and co-counsel in system-wide RLA arbitrations involving highly technical issues and millions of dollars at stake. Additionally, I was chief spokesperson for management in the negotiation of a successor collective bargaining agreement. I am a frequent speaker, particularly on NLRA and RLA topics, and I was recently appointed by the SMU Dedman School of Law faculty to teach a course emphasizing the RLA as an Adjunct Lecturer. Finally, I have broad employment law experience, having served as counsel of record in dozens of cases in state and federal court and before the EEOC. I am Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (2021).

Area of expertise

  • Labor and Employment
  • Labor Law
  • Employment

Education

B.A., Wheaton College
M.S. Human Resources, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne
J.D., SMU Dedman School of Law
L.L.M., Queen Mary University of London

Courses

Airline & Railroad Labor & Employment Law