Charles S. "Chuck" Birenbaum

Charles S. "Chuck" Birenbaum


Greenberg Traurig

Recognized since 2007

San Francisco, California

Practice Areas

Employment Law - Management

Labor Law - Management

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Charles S. Birenbaum serves as the firm’s Chair of Northern California. Chuck is an experienced labor and employment attorney who focuses his practice on traditional labor and employment law matters, and has wide-ranging experience litigating in state and federal courts as well as various administrative agencies. He has testified on proposed legislation impacting entire industries before state legislative committees, and has interfaced and negotiated with labor organizations, politicians, regulators, and industry leaders to resolve complex issues for his clients in the health care, energy, construction and other industries.

Chuck is an experienced trial lawyer, having tried race harassment class actions, noncompetition trials, unfair labor practice hearings before the national Labor Relations Board, and multiple arbitrations. His appellate work includes decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit under the National Labor Relations Act, Labor Management Relations Act, and the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act.

In the area of traditional labor law, Chuck has a broad array of experience in collective bargaining, union organizing and trust fund litigation for employers in the construction, energy, health care, manufacturing, and service industries. He has first chaired collective bargaining for all bargaining units at a health care system; first chaired collective bargaining over a bargaining unit of registered nurses at a dialysis provider; first chaired collective bargaining for construction agreements covering billions of dollars of heavy infrastructure development; and first chaired collective bargaining for a steel manufacturer and fabricator.

Chuck has been honored by numerous organizations for his labor and employment practice. In 2013 alone, Chambers USA listed him for his work in labor and employment law, Human Resources Executive® magazine named him one of the nation’s top 100 most powerful labor attorneys, and The Daily Journal singled him out as one of California’s top 75 labor attorneys.

Location
  • 101 Second Street, Suite 2200
    San Francisco, CA 94105
Education
  • Georgetown University, J.D., graduated 1982
  • Oberlin College, BA, graduated 1979
Bar Admissions
  • California, The State Bar of California
Affiliations
  • American Arbitration Association, Employment Law Panel - Arbitrator
  • Bar Association of San Francisco - Member
  • Georgetown University Law Center, National Law Alumni Board - Chair and Board Member
  • Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco, 2014 - Board Member
  • Oberlin College, President’s Advisory Council, 2011-Present - Member

Greenberg Traurig
Headquarters: New York, New York

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
Special Focus:
  • Employment
  • Labor
  • Management
Awards:
  • Law360 "Employment Practice Group of the Year," 2013
  • Super Lawyers magazine, Northern California Super Lawyer, 2004-2013
  • The Daily Journal, "Top 75 Labor Attorneys in California," 2013
  • Human Resources Executive® magazine, "Top 100 Most Powerful Labor Attorneys," 2013
  • Chambers USA Guide, Labor & Employment Law, 2013
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Trade Secrets Law

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