Renée D. McKinney

Judge McKinney was appointed July 17, 2023. She has spent her entire legal career at the National Labor Relations Board, beginning as an Honors Attorney in the Office of the General Counsel in 2008, where she rotated through the Division of Advice, the Office of Appeals, the Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Branch, and Region 5 (Baltimore). Judge McKinney went on to work as a field attorney at the Board, handling investigations, representation cases, and unfair labor practice trials in both Region 13 (Chicago) and Region 7 (Detroit). Most recently, Judge McKinney served as Supervisory Attorney and then Regional Attorney in Region 6 (Pittsburgh). Judge McKinney received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from University of Michigan (1991 and 1995) and her J.D. degree from the Chicago-Kent College of Law (2008).