Harriet E. Cooperman

Harriet Cooperman is an accomplished results-oriented strategic labor and employment attorney for publicly and privately held businesses and non-profits in court, at the negotiation table, and with executive leadership and management teams. She works closely with clients to develop and implement practical and creative solutions to address challenges and legal compliance issues. Harriet is nationally recognized for her labor and employment experience and litigation skills.

Harriet also is an experienced neutral party with over two decades of service on Maryland public labor relations boards. Currently, she is a member the Public Employee Labor Board, appointed by Governor Wes Moore, and she was previously chair, vice chair, and a member of the State Higher Education Labor Relations Board, appointed by four governors. Harriet’s ability to facilitate collaboration while also rendering firm, fair judgments positions her to handle a wide spectrum of legal disputes through both mediation and arbitration.

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Harriet has litigated numerous labor, employment, employee benefits, and business disputes, both jury and non-jury, before courts, administrative agencies, and arbitrators throughout the United States. These cases have covered a wide variety of issues, such as non-competition and trade secrets, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour claims and collective actions, employment torts, and ERISA including multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liability. Her knowledge and understanding of restrictive covenant law was on display before the High Court of Justice in London, England, when Harriet testified as an expert witness on Maryland non-compete law in a dispute involving two international power tool competitors. Her opinions and analysis were cited by the judge as being critical to his decision.

A substantial portion of Harriet's practice includes handling the multitude of traditional labor matters, including representation and unfair labor practice cases, collective bargaining negotiations, secondary boycotts, picketing and property rights litigation, labor injunction cases, grievance arbitrations, Section 301 cases, multi-employer pension and welfare plan issues and litigation.