Services
Education
- University of Nebraska College of Law, J.D., with high distinction, Order of the Coif, 1992
- University of Nebraska at Lincoln, B.A., magna cum laude, 1989
Scott S. Moore
1700 Farnam Street
Omaha, NE 68102-2068
Scott S. Moore, a member of the firm's executive committee, practices in the areas of management-side employment law and labor relations. He regularly represents employers in various industries with respect to labor relations and employment matters, including personnel policies and decisions, labor negotiations, preventive planning, immigration, workplace safety, equal opportunity, and the defense of employment-related claims. He has represented employers on labor and employment matters throughout the United States and was previously Vice President of Human Resources for a New York Stock Exchange organization.
Mr. Moore is included on the 2009 Great Plains Super Lawyers list and is named in The Best Lawyers in America 2009. He has also been recognized as one of Nebraska's top few employment defense lawyers in Chambers USA and is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He is the former Chair of the Labor and Employment Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association.
Selected Practice Highlights
- Integration of foreign businesses into the United States Labor Market
- Successfully defended numerous union organizing campaigns ranging from small shops to large multi-location facilities including campaigns by the Teamsters, UFCW, AFSME and SEIU
- Coordination and direction of multi-national downsizing
- Effectively litigated much watched NLRB matter regarding representation units in multi-location environment
- Advised and represented numerous employers on EEO matters against numerous state and federal equal employment agencies
- Advised corporate boards on CEO and executive selection processes
- Routinely advises and pursues work related authorization for employers on behalf of key immigrant employees, especially J-1 Waivers, H-1B and Green Cards for physicians
- Establishment of work related dispute resolution systems, including pre-dispute arbitration agreements
- Development and successful defense of several Affirmative Action programs before the OFCCP
- Successful defense against numerous OSHA and wage and hour investigations by the Department of Labor, including multiple site/organization wide wage and hour compliance audits
- Negotiation of several collective bargaining agreements on behalf of employers
Publications
Mr. Moore is a Chapter Chairman and Editor for BNA’s employment discrimination law treatise, Employment Discrimination Law, and a Contributing Editor for BNA’s leading labor law treatise, The Developing Labor Law. He has written several law review articles addressing the equal opportunity laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the drafting of pre-dispute arbitration agreements. He also had articles in such publications as Nation’s Business, Boardroom Reports, HR Focus and Personnel News and has been cited by the Wall Street Journal on labor relations issues. Mr. Moore's Employment and Labor Law blog may be found at, http://employmentlawcenter.blogspot.com/.
Bar & Court Admissions
- Colorado, 1993
- Iowa, 2004
- Nebraska, 1992
- United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- United States District Court, District of Colorado, 1993
- United States District Court, District of Nebraska, 1992
Seminars & Events
- Dealing with the New FMLA Regulations Webinar
- Employment Law in a Down Economy Webinar
- 22nd Annual Baird Holm Labor Law Forum
- Heartland Health Alliance Human Resource Task Force Meeting
Professional and Civic Affiliations
- Founder- Best Places to Work in Omaha, sponsored by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce
- Chairman- NSBA Labor and Employment Section, 2005-2007
- Chairman- Nebraska Lung Association Leadership Council, 2007-2008
- Board of Directors- Central States American Lung Association, 2006-2008
- Board of Directors- Conestoga Public Schools
- SHRM Nebraska State Council member
- Legislative Director- SHRM Nebraska
- Legal Counsel Human Resources Association of the Midlands
- Former Committee Chair and Board Member for the Human Resources Association of the Midlands
- Legal Counsel- Central Human Resources Management Association
- Labor Committee- Nebraska State Chamber of Commerce
- Corporate Chairman- 2007 Asthma Walk
- Corporate Chairman- 2007 Corporate Cup
- Executive Committee and Board member- Heartland Chapter of the American Red Cross, 2000-2006
- Former Board member for Omaha Theater Company for Young People
- ICAN Focus Leadership Graduate 1999
- American Bar Associations’ Sections on Labor and Employment
- American Immigration Lawyers Association