Jacki Thompson represents management in a wide range of employment matters, with particular expertise in labor relations in the airline and healthcare industries.
Jacki guides clients through all facets of labor law. As a member of the firm's Airline Group, she assists both airlines and airline carrier service providers in grievance resolution matters, including grievance arbitrations and mediation. She has also successfully defended multiple AIR21 cases for her airline clients. In addition, Jacki negotiates contracts under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Railway Labor Act (RLA) and represents management in union matters before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the National Mediation Board (NMB). She handles collective bargaining negotiations and unfair labor practice cases before the National Labor Relations Board, and advises employers on legal issues related to union campaigns and picketing.
Jacki also defends employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), various state agencies, and in state and federal courts against claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, among other things. In addition, Jacki counsels employers on employee terminations, how to avoid/resolve labor and employment disputes and litigation, Title VII, FMLA, FLSA, and ADA compliance as well as other issues.
In addition to the airline and healthcare industries, Jacki has a special interest in charter schools and represents the first unionized charter school in Washington, DC. Her passions include the theater and animals. She counsels one of the nation’s largest performing arts centers on employment matters. With a Master’s degree in Zoology, Jacki spent time in Kenya working on a large-animal conservation project.
During law school, Jacki was a member of The George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law and was a student member of The George Washington Law School Academic Integrity Committee.