Allen G. Siegel
Senior Lecturing Fellow
The College of the City of New York, B.B.A. 1957, Duke University, LL.B. 1960.Following his graduation from Duke University Law School, Mr. Siegel practiced law with a major firm in Jacksonville, Florida. Thereafter, he was appointed as a field attorney for the National Labor Relations Board where he served until 1964, when he became associated with Arent Fox. In 1964, the Firm did not have a significant labor practice; however, labor and employment has become a major practice area. The Firm enjoys the largest local labor practice in the Washington area, with an expanding number of clients throughout the United States.
A member of the District of Columbia and Florida Bars, Mr. Siegel also serves as a professor at Duke University Law School, where he regularly teaches a course in collective bargaining, holding the rank of Senior Lecturing Fellow-in-Law.
While collective bargaining and areas of labor law related to the Taft-Hartley Act are the principal elements of Mr. Siegel's practice, he also has extensive experience in matters arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, various civil rights laws and, increasingly, the critical area of "unjust termination." The Firm's Labor Group, and Mr. Siegel in particular, represent numerous trade associations and participate in conferences, seminars and educational activities involving speaking and writing.
In addition to law practice and professional activities, Mr. Siegel engages in numerous charitable and community projects. He is very active in alumni activities, having served as President of the local affiliate of the United Cerebral Palsy Associations of America (currently its General Counsel); Director, Personnel Committee Chairman and First Vice-President of the Jewish Social Services Agency (currently its General Counsel); member of the Board of Regents of The Catholic University of America. Another charitable project in which Mr. Siegel is involved is the funding of scholarships for students. He has established two tuition grants, the David H. Siegel Memorial Scholarship at Duke University Law School and the Phillip M. Siegel Memorial Scholarship at The Catholic University of America School of Engineering. He also funds the Jeanette Siegel Memorial Scholarship administered by the Jewish Social Service Agency. Since the 1990-1991 academic year, he established the Rabbi Seymour Siegel Memorial Moot Court Competition, an intercollegiate event open to law students from all major law schools. The competition is coordinated and administered by Duke University Law School and is centered in the area of medical-legal ethics.
Mr. Siegel is a Director of the Private Adjudication Center, a project of Duke University dedicated to the study of alternate dispute resolution techniques such as arbitration and mediation. Because of his wide practical experience in labor arbitration, Mr. Siegel also serves on the Center's Long Range Planning Committee and is a Trustee of its Private Adjudication Foundation. Mr. Siegel was the 1996 recipient of the Lehrman-Pikser Award for Public Service, administered by the Jewish Social Service Agency of Greater Washington. In 1997, he was appointed a hearing examiner for the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission, and in engaged in numerous other pro bono projects.