A long-time resident of Maine, Jack Hunt continues to have a law practice in Kennebunk, Maine, while he develops his labor arbitration practice in Maine and Pennsylvania/New Jersey. He has worked on both sides of the table and as a neutral in the public sector in Maine.

CURRENT PRACTICE

Mediation and arbitration practice in labor and commercial areas:

• Panel of Arbitrators, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, NLRB.
• Chair, Fact-Finding Panel (Maine Labor Relations Board).
• Mediator, Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Service.
• Legal practice concentrating on family law and criminal defense.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

• Staff Attorney, Maine State Employees Association, Local 1989, Service Employees International Union.
• Trial Attorney, Maine Department of Transportation.
• Panel of mediators, Maine Labor Relations Board (Trained in Interest-Based Bargaining, a special service of the MLRB.).

EDUCATION

• J.D.  University of Maine School of Law, May 1973
• B.A.  Columbia University, New York, N.Y., February 1969
• Certificates in Mediation and Advanced Facilitation University of Southern Maine 1996 and 1998
• “Becoming a Labor Arbitrator” (40 hours) – FMCS 2006

LEGAL ACTIVITIES

• Member, Grievance Commission
• Admitted to Practice Law in Maine, U.S. District Court for Maine, and U.S. First Circuit

NEUTRAL ACTIVITIES

• Member, Maine Association of Mediators

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Part-time lecturer, Political Science Department, University of Southern Maine.
• Board Member, Caring Unlimited (York County’s domestic violence prevention agency).
• Board Member, Kennebunkport Public Library