First Name: Initial: Last Name: Suffix: Arbitrator Since: Jane Rigler 1986

Arbitration/Mediation Experience

Approx. 150 arbitration awards, with the majority being public sector, grievance, awards. Approx. 50 appointments as a Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board fact-finder. Approx. 50 pro bono mediations as a member of the pro bono mediation panel of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Approx. 400 conciliations for the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board Approx. 45 mediations for the Baltimore office of the EEOC, both pro bono and contract.

Panels/Permanent Arbitrator

AAA (Labor Panel); FMCS; NMB; USPS/APWU, Phila. and Central PA-Harrisburg Regions, Expedited Panels; Bayer Crop Science/IAMAW, Local Lodge #656; Fleet Readiness Ctr. East/IAMAW, Local Lodge #2297; Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation (grievance arbitration panel)

Issues/Industries

Education, public employment (of all types), retail, manufacturing, coal mining, steel, health care, food service.

Work History

Jan. 1976-July 1977: staff attorney, Florida Public Employees Relations Commission Aug. 1978-June 2005: professor of law, The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State Univ.(fall, 1984: sabbatical leave, Region 4 of the National Labor Relations Board) July 2005 to date: self-employed arbitrator and mediator

Education

B.A., University of Iowa J.D., Florida State University LL.M., New York University

Professional Affiliations