Marvin E. Kaplan, who received Senate confirmation August 2, was officially sworn in to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today (August 10). He serves a 3-year term through August 27, 2020.
Previous to this appointment, Mr. Kaplan served as Chief Counsel to the Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, as counsel for the House Committee on Oversight Government Reform, and as policy counsel for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. He has also worked at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Management Standards and with the law firm McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan. Mr. Kaplan holds a J.D. from Washington University in St Louis, and a B.S. from Cornell University.
Mr. Kaplan chose James R. Murphy to serve as his assistant chief. Read more about Mr. Kaplan and Mr. Murphy here.