Arthur Chinski

Arthur Chinski is a Shareholder of Buchalter Nemer, A Professional Law Corporation. He has been active in the Firm’s administration and at differing times has been Chair of Buchalter Nemer’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, a Member of the Firm’s Board of Directors and the Firm’s Co-General Counsel for Labor and Employment legal issues. He represents private and public companies and management in all areas of employment relations and labor law in a broad spectrum of industries. He has appeared in federal and state courts and before governmental agencies throughout the United States. He is currently Co-Chair of the Firm's Restaurant, Food and Beverage, and Hospitality Practice and represents a number of national private and public restaurant chains and food and beverage related manufacturing and retail companies. His practice includes Wage and Hour Class Action defense litigation and litigating and giving advice in the prevention and/or the defense of discrimination, wrongful termination, wage and hour, OSHA, and harassment and retaliation claims, claims arising under the National Labor Relations Act, and other employment related claims and issues. He also represents businesses in collective bargaining and response to Union organizing drives. Additionally, Mr. Chinski is an adjunct Professor of Law at Southwestern University School of Law, where he has taught Entertainment Industry Labor and Employment Law in the Law School's National Institute of Entertainment and Media Law. He represents a number of Entertainment Industry Taft-Hartley trust funds, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles’ Music Center Leadership Council.