The Eighth Circuit Bar Association has honored Jerry M. Hunter with the Richard S. Arnold Award for Distinguished Service, one of the circuit’s highest professional recognitions. The award was presented during the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference held in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 1, 2025.
Hunter serves as Senior Counsel at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, where he represents management in all aspects of labor and employment law, including labor arbitrations, supervisory training, preventive labor relations, and cases before the NLRB, EEOC, U.S. Department of Labor, and in both state and federal courts.
From 1989 to 1993, Hunter served as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C., after being nominated by President George H. W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. In that capacity, he supervised the Office of General Counsel and its 1,800 employees, oversaw operations across 33 regional, two sub-regional, and 17 resident offices, prosecuted unfair labor practice cases before the five-member Board, and represented the agency before federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
Before his federal service, Hunter was appointed Director of the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations by Governor John D. Ashcroft, serving from 1986 to 1989. There, he oversaw enforcement of Missouri’s labor and employment laws, chaired the Investment Committee of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System, and served on its ...
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