Wesley Kennedy
Wes Kennedy has spent his career as an advocate for workers rights. For more than 30 years, he has represented unions, benefit funds and employees – since 1995 as a founding shareholder and before that as an associate and partner with the firm Cotton, Watt, Jones & King.
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N. Elizabeth Reynolds
N. Elizabeth Reynolds has represented unions, benefit funds, and employees for more than 20 years. She joined Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, P.C. in 1998 and has been a shareholder in the firm since 2005.
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Susan M. Matta
Susan M. Matta has represented unions, benefit funds and employees for 20 years. She joined Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, P.C. as a shareholder in 2022.
Susan began her career as a union organizer, and served as General Counsel to a large public sector labor organization for almost 10 years
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DYLAN KOSSON
Dylan Kosson joined Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, P.C. in 2023. Before joining the firm, Dylanworked for five years in-house at a large labor union representing federal employees, where hehandled a wide variety of cases concerning collective bargaining, employee discipline, contractgrievances, and a host of issues affecting workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. His work as in-house counsel also made him experienced in subjects of union administration such as unionelections, constitutions, membership drives, and internal union discipline.
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Patrick J. Foote
Patrick J. Foote joined Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy in 2021. Before joining the firm, Patrick worked as a legal fellow in the General Counsel’s Office of the AFL-CIO. There, Patrick contributed to the AFL-CIO’s amicus brief in the Supreme Court case Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, as well as to multiple amicus briefs before the National Labor Relations Board.
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Carlie Diserio
Carlie W. Diserio joined Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy in August 2023. Carlie graduated from the West Virginia University College of Law in May 2023 with a concentration in Labor and Employment Law. While in law school, she served as the President of the Labor and Employment Law Society, President of the Democratic Law Caucus, Vice President of the West Virginia Employment Lawyers Association, and Vice President of the American Civil Liberties Union Student Chapter. She was the recipient of the ABA-Bloomberg BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor and Employment Law.
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Michael H. Slutsky
Michael H. Slutsky is a founding shareholder of Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, P.C. Mike transitioned to Of-Counsel status effective January 1, 2021. He has practiced law since 1978, concentrating in union-side labor law, individual employment law, and litigation.
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Karen I. Engelhardt
Since 1980, Karen Engelhardt has been involved in promoting justice and fairness for her clients. Karen’s career began representing low income individuals as a staff attorney at Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation.
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