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Please note that due dates to file or serve most documents continue to be tolled during the period of the shutdown. However, the due dates for filing unfair labor practice charges and certain representation petitions cannot be tolled. Click here for more information.

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About NLRB

Robert A. Ringler

Judge

Judge Ringler was appointed in January of 2011. He previously served as both an SSA judge and an administrative judge with the MSPB.  Before that he worked for 6 years as an NLRB field attorney in Region 3.  He also spent 5 years in private practice with emphasis on labor and employment law.  He received his B.A. degree from the State University of New York in Buffalo, his J.D. degree from the Hofstra University School of Law, and his L.L.M. in labor and employment law from Georgetown University Law Center.