Nicholas DiGiovanni

Overview

Nick brings over five decades of experience to his diverse clientele and has handled cases and issues in virtually all aspects of labor and employment law. Over the course of his illustrious career, Nick developed a particular niche in labor and employment matters affecting colleges and universities, focusing especially on collective bargaining with faculty, staff and graduate student unions, proceedings before state and federal labor board agencies, arbitration cases, advice on union organizing, and management training. For example, Nick successfully litigated at the National Labor Relations Board the managerial status of full time faculty members at Tufts University Medical School and Elmira College under the standards of the Supreme Court’s Yeshiva University case. He has also negotiated dozens of initial and successor faculty, staff and graduate student collective bargaining agreements at both public and private institutions, including community colleges, private four year institutions and  R1 Doctoral research universities. As a result, Nick is one of the foremost authorities on higher education labor relations in the country and represents many institutions of higher education around the Northeastern region of the country.

In all of his work, Nick brings an acute awareness of the special dynamics of employee relations and the continual need to balance the changing interests of employees and labor unions against the vital operational needs and fiscal responsibilities of the institutions and companies he represents.  His approach to labor relations is one of thoughtful engagement and respect for the other side while nonetheless providing the highest caliber of legal advice, support and strategic analysis to ensure the best possible outcome for his clients.