Experience

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  Self-Employed

  • Labor-Management, Employment And Commercial Arbitrator And Mediator

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  Self Employed

  • Greater Boston and the Northeast

  • Labor-Management, Employment and Commercial Arbitrator and Mediator

    • Sep 2012 - Present
    • Greater Boston and the Northeast

    More than 40 years of experience as neutral arbitrator, mediator and advocate in labor-management, employment and commercial disputes both in private practice as a labor lawyer, litigator and as Assistant General Counsel for Major League Baseball Players Association. Extensive experience in labor and professional sports arbitration, including twenty-plus seasons of Major League Baseball salary arbitrations. Served as mediator and arbitrator in numerous disputes involving professional athletes and sports agents. Throughout his entire legal career Doyle has appeared as advocate or arbitrator in hundreds of labor, employment and commercial arbitration hearings. He has served as a member of the arbitrator panel for the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers (2013-17). He also served on the New York panel of mediators for Super Storm Sandy homeowners' insurance disputes.Nearly 20 years in private practice as labor lawyer, litigator and collective bargaining representative in a broad range of industries, including professional sports, construction, education (teachers, paraprofessionals, custodial, maintenance, school office and cafeteria workers), airlines (flight attendants, airline maintenance and ground employees), communications, communications equipment manufacture, steel, construction, police and firefighters, public sector office workers, public transportation, farm equipment manufacture, railroads, warehousing, trucking and others. Commercial and employment arbitration and mediation experience in licensing and endorsement disputes, professional sports, disputes involving non-compete and non-solicitation provisions in employment agreements, breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, wrongful termination, general civil litigation, etc. Available to serve nationwide as labor, employment or commercial arbitrator or mediator.

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  Major League Baseball Players Association

  • Assistant General Counsel

    • Sep 1992 - Aug 2012

    As a senior-level MLBPA staff attorney, Doyle provided labor law and general legal advice to the Association's staff, players and their agents and attorneys.He administered and enforced the MLBPA Regulations Governing Player Agents, including primary responsibility for the day-to-day administration of the private system of arbitration mandated for resolving all disputes between Major League players and agents, and among agents and their competitors. Formally and informally mediated numerous disputes involving players and agents. Represented MLBPA in arbitration hearings under the Agent Regulations.Represented MLBPA and advised Major League players and their agents and attorneys in salary arbitrations, grievance arbitrations and the Mitchell investigation of performance enhancing drug use in Major League Baseball. Investigated allegations of sports agent misconduct and administered disciplinary proceedings against agents. Represented MLBPA in arbitration appeals of disciplinary action by agents. Participated in collective bargaining negotiations, mediation, labor and commercial litigation.Represented MLBPA in distribution of $280 million collusion settlement among 800+ player claimants and in numerous arbitration hearings to resolve disputed claims. Represented MLBPA in court-ordered mediation of commercial licensing dispute over hundreds of Major League players’ bat endorsement contracts. Served as sole arbitrator in final offer arbitration between a major international sports agency and a former employee agent involving allocation of six-figure agent fees.Member of the legal team that organized and administered the first two World Baseball Classic tournaments, the premier international baseball tournament.

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  Jolley, Walsh, Hager & Gordon

  • Kansas City, Missouri

  • Labor Lawyer, Litigator, Partner

    • 1973 - 1992
    • Kansas City, Missouri

    In private practice as a labor lawyer in Midwest law firm. Doyle's practice concentrated on labor-management arbitration, labor and civil rights litigation, NLRB unfair labor practice cases and state and local agency proceedings. He appeared as an advocate in hundreds of labor-management arbitrations and numerous mediations before arbitrators and mediators from AAA, NAA, FMCS and NMB. Issues arbitrated and litigated include nearly the entire range of labor-management disputes, discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, disability and protected concerted activities, employment disputes, baseball salary arbitrations and others.Represented numerous local, regional and international AFL-CIO and independent unions, in both private and public sectors, including units of the AFT, USWA, IAMAW, IBEW, IBT, SEIU, AFSCME, ATU, Independent Federation of Flight Attendants and Major League Baseball Players Association. Occasionally represented management in disputes between union staff and their union employers, and in an employment dispute between a public school board and its school superintendent. Nearly two decades as primary outside labor counsel to Kansas City Federation of Teachers, Local 691 and Service School Employees Union, Local 12, representing teachers, custodial, maintenance and cafeteria workers of Kansas City School District in public sector bargaining and mediation, Teacher Tenure Act proceedings, litigation and appeals, including the Kansas City metropolitan desegregation litigation. 1981-1992 - outside labor counsel to Major League Baseball Players Association, including dozens of baseball player salary arbitrations and the free agent collusion arbitrations against MLB clubs, resulting in industry-wide settlement fund of $280 million .