Profile
Mr. Messing has specialized in public sector labor law since 1976 when he first joined Carroll, Burdick & McDonough. He has been a partner with the firm since 1984, and opened Carroll, Burdick & McDonough's Sacramento branch office in 1980, where he has since practiced.
Mr. Messing has acted as chief negotiator for large California state associations with bargaining units consisting of up to seven thousand members, and is chief negotiator for numerous other local public safety and miscellaneous organizations.
He was lead counsel for Shoemaker v. Myers and White v. Davis, which resulted in landmark California Supreme Court decisions.
Mr. Messing is responsible for numerous precedent-setting Fair Labor Standards Act cases against the State of California and other public employers, including the "IOU" case.
Appellate
Mr. Messing has handled important appellate cases dealing with peace officers, Peace Officers Bill of Rights Act, firefighters, and other public employees.
Presentations and Publications
Frequent contributor to The Labor Beat, the firm's quarterly publication highlighting topics germane to our public sector labor clients.
Co-author with Gregg Adam, Impasse Resolution Procedures Mandated for Collective Bargaining, published in PORAC Law Enforcement News (January 2012). Read article
Panel member, "The Future of Public Sector Pensions," Labor & Employment Section of the California State Bar Association's 17th Annual Public Sector Conference (May 2011).
Panel member "Impact of Pension Problems on Collective Bargaining" at California Bar Association Labor & Employment Section Conference in Seattle (November 2, 2011).
Co-author with Brian Parino, Arbitrator Rules Yolo Court Deputies May Schedule Days Off at Their Discretion, published in PORAC Law Enforcement News (August 2011).
Co-author with Jason Jasmine, Victory for Public Employees in Orange County Retirement Case, published in PORAC Law Enforcement News (June 2011).
Panel member, "The Future of Public Sector Pensions, "Labor & Employment Section of the California State Bar Association's 17th Annual Public Sector Conference (May 2011).
Status of Donning and Doffing Cases, published in Laboris Legis, the newsletter of the Sacramento County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section (October 2010). Read article
Co-author, FLSA in the Public Sector – Controversy of Policy and Politics, The Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, State Bar of California (Spring 1992) and California Public Employee Relations Journal, No. 94 (June 1992).
Co-author, Pocket Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act, California Public Employee Relations Program, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley (January 2000).