 Joseph
J. Allotta
jallotta@afwlaw.com
Education
Joseph Allotta graduated from American University in 1969
with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He majored in Government
and Public Administration with a minor in Business. He
was involved in numerous aspects of Student Government,
and received many honors such as: Outstanding Fraternity
Man; Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities;
and the Omicron Delta Kappa, National Honor Society.
In 1972 he received his Juris Doctor from Case Western
Reserve University. During his second year he was an
Associate Editor on the "Law Review",
he was an Articles Editor for the "Law Review" in
his third year. He was also an Associate Editor on the "International
Law Journal" during both his second and third years
at Case Western Reserve University Law School.
Work Experience
From 1972 to 1974, Joe was a Law Clerk to The Honorable Don
J. Young, Judge on the United States District Court, Northern
District of Ohio. After 1974 until 1979, he was an associate
at a law firm concentrating in employment law. On September
1, 1979, he founded Allotta and Farley Co., L.P.A. and he served
as the President at Allotta, Farley and Widman Co., L.P.A.
until January 2004.
Areas of Practice
Employee Benefits involving multiemployer and single employer
Trust Funds including: Plan Design, Counseling Trustees, IRS
Submissions and Qualifications of Plan Documents, Selection
of Plan Advisors, Collection and Litigation. Labor Relations,
in both the private and public sector including: Contract Negotiations;
Arbitrations; Representation campaigns, Litigation, Employment
Discrimination, and Federal and State Administrative Law.
Bar Admissions
Ohio Supreme Court, 1972
United States District Court, Northern District
of Ohio, 1972
United States District Court, Southern District
of Ohio, 1995
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit,
1990
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit,
1973
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit,
1995
United States Court of Appeals, District of
Columbia, 2001
Legal Publications
"Standards of Proof in Discharge Arbitration: A Practitioner's View," Labor
Law Journal, Volume 5, No. 7, pg. 424 (July 1984)
"Application of the Exclusionary Rule to Arbitration Proceedings," Labor
Law Journal, Volume 37, No. 6, pg. 323 (June 1986)
"The Appropriate Test in Determining Union Liability in Employment Discrimination
Cases," The Labor Lawyer, Volume 5, No. 1, pg.
27 (Winter 1989).
The Developing Labor Law, Cumulative Supplement, 1992
to the present and the annual supplements, Bureau of National
Affairs, Contributing Editor.
Discipline and Discharge in Arbitration,
Bureau of National Affairs (1998), Contributor.
Elkouri and Elkouri: How Arbitration Works, 6th Ed.,
Bureau of National Affairs (2003), Chapter Contributor
The Campaign Guide, Organizing The Construction Industry,
1990 to the present involving updates and supplements.
Activities, Honors & Professional Associations
Honored Member of Strathmore's Who's Who
- 2000-2001 Millennium Edition
- 2003-2004 Edition
- 2005, 2006 and 2007 Editions
Speaker at Numerous Legal and Non-Legal
Conferences and Seminars
- 1979 to Present
Member, Ohio Bar College
- 1991 to Present
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- 1996 to Present
American
Arbitration Association, Labor Advisory Council
- 1999 to 2003
Precinct Committeeperson
- 1983 to Present
President, St. Matthew's Foundation
- 1993 to 2005
Life Member of the National Registry of Who's
Who
Who's Who in American Law - 2002-2001, 2005-2006 and 2007-2008
Editions
National Registry of Who's Who in Executives
and Professionals for 2004
Who's Who in America
for 2004 and 2008 Editions
Ohio State Bar
Association, Labor Law Section - Governor, 1975 to 1982
American
Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section - Chair of
Subcommittee on the Employee Benefits Committee and a Member
of the Labor Arbitration and Collective Bargaining Committee
Toledo
Bar Association, Federal Court Committee, Employment Committee
Selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer for the 2004,
2005, 2006 and 2007 Ohio Super Lawyers Editions
Who's Who in the World, 2006
College of Labor and Employment, Credentials
Committee, Sixth Circuit, 2004-Current
Global Directory of Who’s Who,
2007 Edition
Premier International
Who’s Who Registry of Outstanding
Professionals, 2007-2008 Edition
Prestige International Who’s
Who for Outstanding Professionals, 2006-2007 Edition
Prestige Listing of Who’s Who,
2006 and 2007 Editions
Strathmore’s Who’s Who in
Business Elite, 13th Edition
Strathmore’s Who’s Who, Executive & Professional
Registry, 2007-2008 Edition
Last updated September 25, 2007 |
