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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
James M. Darby
Lancaster Cty, PA

Arbitrator & Mediator/ Member, Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Have worked as a labor and employment neutral since 2003, deciding hundreds of cases in both the public and private sector, in all industries and covering a myriad of issues.
Permanent Arbitration Panels: Verizon, NJ and IBEW Local 827; NJ PERC Special Police and Fire Disciplinary Panel; Temple University Hospital and PASNAP/TUHNA; City University of New York and Professional Staff Congress; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and AFSCME, Council 13; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and District 1199-P/SEIU; National Railroad Adjustment Board – First Division; Union Pacific Railroad and United Transportation Union; SEPTA and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Have conducted numerous fact-findings in the context of police and fire interest arbitrations; have mediated resolutions when requested by the parties in numerous grievance arbitration settings.
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
B.A./M.A., University of Scranton; J.D., St. John's University School of Law
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Bar Admissions: NY 1985; D.C. 1988; PA 1992
Member, National Academy of Arbitrators; National Association of Railroad Referees.
Appointed to labor arbitration panels at the American Arbitration Association; National Mediation Board; Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation; Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board; and New York City Office of Collective Bargaining.
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
In 2005, nominated by the Governor and unanimously confirmed by the PA Senate to serve as a Member of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board.
Former NLRB Board Member staff counsel and Appellate Court attorney
Guest Lecturer, Widener Law School
Executive Board, Center for Labor and Employment Law, St. John’s University Law School
Contributing editor, The Railway Labor Act (BNA Books 1995)
Frequent speaker on labor and employment topics, including guest lecturer for PBI Institute.
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $1,600INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any): Per diem fee if cancelled/postponed within 21 days of scheduled hearing date.