Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.

 

 

 

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Biography

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., the former Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) is a partner with Jackson Lewis Schnitzler and Krupman practicing out of the firm's Greenville, South Carolina and Washington, D.C. offices.  At Jackson Lewis, Mr. Foulke is specializing in Occupational Safety and Health issues including representation during OSHA inspections, OSHA compliance strategies, catastrophic accident and fatality prevention, imminent danger response, workplace violence risk assessment and prevention, OSHA litigation and appeals, OSHA criminal litigation, OSHA standard rulemaking and standard litigation, preparing testimony and testifying before Congressional Oversight Committees on workplace safety and health issues.  Mr. Foulke has been specializing in the area of labor and employment law for over 20 years.  Mr. Foulke is  admitted to practice in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and District of Columbia and is admitted in the Fourth, Eleventh, and D.C. Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.  Mr. Foulke’s writings have appeared in numerous legal and professional journals.  As an All-American swimmer in high school and college, Mr. Foulke received his Bachelor’s degree with honors in political science from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and he received his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Mr. Foulke also received his L.L.M. Masters in Law (Labor Law) degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. in May of 1993 and is the recipient of many professional honors. In December, 2000, Mr. Foulke was appointed a member of the Bush/Cheney Transition Policy Advisory Panel for the U.S. Department of Labor.