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Timothy L. Porter is Chief Client Relationship Counsel, residing in the New York office.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Tim spent 30 years at AT&T, where he gained extensive labor and regulatory experience as in-house counsel and later Vice President-Law and Chief Counsel for Labor, Employment and Environmental Health and Safety Matters. In this position, he oversaw AT&T’s domestic and international labor relations, employment, employee benefits and executive compensation legal matters, including appearances before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and labor arbitrations. He also was responsible on the law side for collective bargaining negotiations with the Communications Workers of America, one of the nation’s largest unions. Tim led regional and national organizations within AT&T’s Government Affairs Department, a position in which he interfaced with numerous state and federal officials and regulatory agencies that oversee public utilities. He also was a member of the Board of Directors of AT&T’s employee benefit plan asset management company, which managed billions of dollars in assets for the company’s retirement and savings plans.
Tim also has substantial experience in international labor law. While at AT&T, he devised strategies to counter union and political opposition to outsourcing and oversaw AT&T’s immigration practice. He also counseled on a range of individual employment issues that arose in Europe, Russia, Canada, Mexico, South America, the Caribbean and Australia on such matters as compensation, executive transfers and separations, employment discrimination complaints, and the extraterritorial reach of U.S. statutes.
Tim is a former adjunct law professor, a frequent lecturer and speaker on domestic and international law topics, the former U.S. Chair of the British-American Project, and served as the U.S. Employer Representative to the International Labor Organization (ILO) Conference on “Breaking through the Glass Ceiling” in Geneva, Switzerland. He also is a strong proponent of diversity initiatives.