Catherine A. Terrell
Attorney (she/her/hers)
Before joining Pyle Rome, Catherine worked at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for more than 13 years, most recently in its Region 01, Boston, Mass., and Hartford, Conn. offices. In Region 01 as Senior Field Attorney, Catherine was charged with investigating some of the Region’s most complex unfair labor practice charges and litigated complaints on behalf of the NLRB’s General Counsel before Administrative Law Judges and, when seeking injunctive relief, in District Court. Catherine ran significant union elections, negotiated stipulated election agreements, drafted representation decisions on behalf of the Region, and served as the hearing officer in representation disputes. Catherine also served as Region 01’s Outreach Coordinator, collaborating with labor community stakeholders to educate unions, employers, bar associations, community groups, and the public about the- sometimes shifting- policies and precedents of the National Labor Relations Act.
Catherine was honored to be elected President of Local 01 of the NLRBU, representing her colleagues in negotiations and dispute resolution proceedings with the Region.
Major Cases
NSL Country Gardens, LLC, 2019 WL 4942481 (N.L.R.B. Div. of Judges) (finding a nursing home violated the NLRA by modifying the provisions of one of its contracts with the union; unilaterally offering and paying bonuses to employees for covering shifts that needed to be filled on short notice; making coercive statements about employee wages; withdrawing recognition of the Union; and disciplining and/or discharging individuals who served as union delegates)
Murphy v. NSL Country Gardens, LLC, No. 19-CV-10145-RGS, 2019 WL 2075590 (D. Mass. May 10, 2019) (granting petition for injunctive relief, including the interim reinstatement of employees discriminatorily discharged)
Bevilacqua Asphalt Corp., 369 NLRB No. 96 (June 3, 2020) (extending affirmative relief granting discharged worker access to premises as an employee of one of the business’s customers)
Kingspan Insulated Panels, d/b/a Kingspan Benchmark, (NLRB Div. of Judges, June 8, 2012), aff. 359 NLRB 248 (2012) (setting aside election because of a wage increase that was motivated by antiunion animus and interrogation of employees about their union activity during the critical period)
DHL Express, Inc., 357 NLRB 1742 (2011) (finding the employer’s entrance hallway to be a “mixed use” area and that the employer violated the NLRA when it prohibited employees from distributing union literature in that area)
Ohio Insulation and Manufacturing Co., 2013 WL 1282222 (NLRB Div. of Judges, March 27, 2013) (finding respondent terminated an employee because he engaged in protected concerted activities)
Education
University of Cincinnati College of Law, Juris Doctor
Texas State University, Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies
Professional Affiliations
Vermont Bar Association
AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance
Bar and Court Admissions
State of Vermont
State of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Contact
Office: 802-652-5124
Fax: 802-652-5125
Practice Areas
Provides full service representation to labor unions in the private sector and in the public sector before labor relations agencies and arbitrators and in the courts. Represents state and local government employees in civil service and other matters in administrative and court proceedings. Represents individual employees in all manner of employment-related claims including discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour violations.
Staff Assistant
Claire Connelly
