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Peter Broida

Peter Broida is an attorney practicing in Arlington, Virginia. He graduated from New York University Law School in 1973. He has represented management, unions, and employees in private and public sector labor relations ever since. His practice includes federal sector representation before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the MSPB, and other courts and agencies responsible for adjudication of federal personnel and labor law cases. Peter is the host of a free weekly podcast on federal civil service law. Sign up for the podcast here.


Websites: CivilServiceLaw.com & BroidaLaw.com



A Guide to Federal Labor Relations Authority Law and Practice
A Guide to FLRA Law and Practice, 2023
New Release
By: Broida
Price: $775.00
Sku: 23FLRA
Edition: 36th/2023
ISBN: 978-1-956013-23-8
Samples: Table of Contents ------- Text Sample

In two volumes, Updated annually, the FLRA Guide is a complete research tool on unit determinations, negotiability and the collective bargaining process, unfair labor practices, and constraints on arbitration. The Guide includes discussion of cases, laws, and litigation practice before the FLRA and its reviewing courts. Major topics include jurisdiction, unit determinations and elections; labor organizations; procedures and substantive limitations on and specific applications of negotiability determinations; the Federal Service Impasses Panel; ULPs and remedies; review of arbitration awards; and administrative reconsideration and judicial review. This authoritative text is a component of the American Civil Service Law Series. (more details)




Principles of Federal Sector Arbitration Law
Principles of Federal Sector Arbitration Law, 2023
New Release
By: Broida
Price: $250.00
Sku: 23POA
Edition: 8th/2023
ISBN: 978-1-956013-16-0
Samples: Table of Contents ------- Text Sample

This encyclopedic text features summaries of federal sector arbitration awards addressing significant issues and major arbitration principles from 1999 through 2022. Awards are arranged by topic. Principles includes a table cross-referencing arbitrators to the awards they have issued. Major topics include the nature of arbitration, the collective bargaining agreement, arbitrability, grievances, hearings, management rights, contract interpretation, common substantive arbitration topics, settlement, remedies, attorney fees and damages. (more details)




A Guide to Merit Systems Protection Board Law and Practice
A Guide to MSPB Law and Practice, 2023
Coming Soon
By: Broida
Price: $775.00
Sku: 23MSPB
Edition: 40th/2023
ISBN: 978-1-956013-22-1
Availability: COMING SOON (June 2023)
Samples: Table of Contents (from 2022 edition) ------- Text Sample (from 2022 edition)

In three volumes, updated annually, the MSPB Guide is a complete research tool for Board cases, laws, procedure, and litigation practice and is the seminal text on this complex area of the law. Major topics include jurisdiction, appeals, discovery, hearings, evidence, PFRs, adverse actions and discipline, nexus and mitigation, substantive offenses, performance cases, RIFs, prohibited personnel practices, retirement, attorney fees, settlement, remedies, and judicial review. This authoritative text is a component of the American Civil Service Law Series. (more details)




A Guide to Merit Systems Protection Board Law and Practice
A Guide to MSPB Law and Practice, 2022 By: Broida
Price: $725.00
Sku: 22MSPB
Edition: 39th/2022
Samples: Table of Contents ------- Text Sample

In three volumes, updated annually, the MSPB Guide is a complete research tool for Board cases, laws, procedure, and litigation practice and is the seminal text on this complex area of the law. Major topics include jurisdiction, appeals, discovery, hearings, evidence, PFRs, adverse actions and discipline, nexus and mitigation, substantive offenses, performance cases, RIFs, prohibited personnel practices, retirement, attorney fees, settlement, remedies, and judicial review. This authoritative text is a component of the American Civil Service Law Series. (more details)




MSPB Case Summaries
MSPB Case Summaries, 2023
Coming Soon
By: Broida & Davis
Price: $250.00
Sku: 23MSCS
Edition: 14th/2023
ISBN: 978-1-956013-17-7
Availability: COMING SOON (SPRING 2023)
Samples: Table of Contents (from 2022 edition) ------- Text Sample (from 2022 edition)

Updated annually, this encyclopedic guide condenses MSPB and Federal Circuit decisions from 1999 through early 2023 into concise, usable summaries. Cases are arranged by subject matter areas and further categorized alphabetically. The MSPB Reference Materials free download and an index and table of cases rounds out this research tool. Major topics include adverse and performance actions, arbitration/collective bargaining issues, attorney fees, Board procedure, jurisdiction and judicial review, defenses, discrimination, evidence, harmful error, hearings, mitigation, prohibited personnel practices, retirement, reemployment, remedies, RIFs, settlements, substantive offenses, timeliness, USERRA and VEOA. (more details)




MSPB Case Summaries
MSPB Case Summaries By: Broida & Davis
Price: $250.00
Sku: 22MSCS
Edition: 13th/2022
Samples: Table of Contents ------- Text Sample

Updated annually, this encyclopedic guide condenses MSPB and Federal Circuit decisions from 1999 through early 2022 into concise, usable summaries. Cases are arranged by subject matter areas and further categorized alphabetically. The MSPB Reference Materials free download and an index and table of cases rounds out this research tool. Major topics include adverse and performance actions, arbitration/collective bargaining issues, attorney fees, Board procedure, jurisdiction and judicial review, defenses, discrimination, evidence, harmful error, hearings, mitigation, prohibited personnel practices, retirement, reemployment, remedies, RIFs, settlements, substantive offenses, timeliness, USERRA and VEOA. (more details)




Settlement Forms
for MSPB and EEOC Federal Personnel Litigation
Settlement Forms for MSPB and EEOC By: Broida
Price: $160.00
Sku: 21SFME
Edition: 2nd/2014
ISBN: 978-1-956013-00-9
Samples: Table of Contents ------- Text Sample

Newly updated, this guide provides practice notes and examples of provisions that are grouped by settlement topics. Major settlement provision topics include access to and return of agency property and access to facilities, actions upon and consequences of breach, cancellation or rescission of action, conditions of ongoing employment, construction of agreement, disclosure and maintenance of information, enforcement, financial considerations for the appellant, future employment, introductory clauses, leave status, performance, promotion, substituted employment actions, termination of appeal, waiver of rights, and miscellaneous settlement terms. (more details)



The Dewey Publications Podcast
By: Broida
Price: $0.00
Sku: Free Podcast, Dewey Publications Podcast

Link: http://www.deweypub.com/store/podcast.html
RSS: http://deweypub.com/podcast.xml
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dewey-publications-podcast/id888037481




Gilbert & Broida on EEO Advocacy
Civil Service Advocacy Series
14GBOE

Save 25% on both the Broida & Gilbert on EEO Advocacy and Representing Agencies and Complainants Before the EEOC.
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By: Gilbert & Broida
Price: $125.00
Sku: 14GBOE
Edition: 1st
Samples: Workbook Table of Contents
Format: 5hr 5min .mp4 video on DVD-ROM; workbook;
*optional Representing Agencies and Complainants Before the EEOC +$175

*optional Representing Agencies and Complainants Before the EEOC +$175

Gary Gilbert and Peter Broida provide intermediate to advanced level instruction for agency advocates on federal EEO administrative proceedings: discovery, hearings, and appeals. They discuss the proper role of counsel during the EEO counseling and investigation process; discovery; motion practice; effective summary judgment submissions; approaches to settlement; hearing preparation, practice, and procedure; examination of witnesses; opening and closing statements and briefs; OFO appeals; and interaction with judges, opposing counsel, and pro se complainants. (more details)




Broida on Negotiability
Civil Service Advocacy Series
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Price: $125.00
Sku: 14BON
Edition: 1st
Samples: Workbook Table of Contents
Format: 2hr 51min .mp4 video on DVD-ROM; workbook;
*optional Collective Bargaining Law for the Federal Sector +$30

*optional Collective Bargaining Law +$30

The procedural and substantive components of the negotiability process and related elements of collective bargaining are explained in a video course of approximately three hours by Peter Broida, author of A Guide to Federal Labor Relations Authority Law and Practice and other texts on federal sector labor and civil service law. The video course is accompanied by a workbook and bibliography. (more details)




Broida on MSPB Practice
Civil Service Advocacy Series
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Price: $125.00
Sku: 14BOMP
Edition: 1st
Samples: Workbook Table of Contents
Format: 4hr 11min .mp4 video on DVD-ROM; workbook; + optional 50% off MSPB Basics

*optional 50% off MSPB Basics (for appellants) and/or MSPB Basics: The Agency Edition

Peter Broida presents this video training course on MSPB practice. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida’s lecture (.mp4 video file sent on a DVD); workbook with reference materials, course notes–outline, and selected cases; and a bibliography. Major MSPB advocacy topics include organization and jurisdiction of the Board; developing the record; litigation management; appeal timeliness; gathering information; MSPB appeals process; motions practice; discovery; prehearing orders, submissions, conferences, and summaries; cases decided without a hearing; hearing preparations; hearings; petitions for review and judicial review; and settlement. (more details)




Broida on Federal Sector Arbitration
Civil Service Advocacy Series
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Price: $125.00
Sku: 14BOA
Edition: 1st
Samples: Workbook Table of Contents
Format: 3hr 37min .mp4 video on DVD-ROM; workbook;
*optional Principles of Federal Sector Arbitration Law book (save $60)

*optional Principles of Federal Sector Arbitration Law book (+$175)

Peter Broida presents this video training course on federal sector arbitration. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida’s lecture (.mp4 video file sent on a DVD); workbook with reference materials, course notes—outline, and selected cases; and a bibliography. Major arbitration topics include deciding whether to arbitrate; requesting and selecting an arbitrator; expedited proceedings; preliminary case preparation; hearing preparation; hearing presentation; and post-hearing issues. (more details)




Broida on Federal Sector Administrative Advocacy
Civil Service Advocacy Series
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Price: $125.00
Sku: 14BOAA
Edition: 1st
Samples: Workbook Table of Contents
Format: 3hr 45min .mp4 video on DVD-ROM; workbook
+ optional 25% off Settlement Forms for MSPB and EEOC and/or 50% off MSPB Basics: The Agency Edition

*optional 25% off Settlement Forms for MSPB and EEOC and/or 50% off MSPB Basics: The Agency Edition

Peter Broida presents this training course on federal sector advocacy in the three principal administrative forums—MSPB, EEOC and arbitration. Topics are broken down by the processes required before each tribunal. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida’s video lecture on DVD; a workbook with reference materials, course notes and outline, and selected cases; and a bibliography. Major advocacy topics include common and dissimilar elements, including jurisdiction, among the MSPB, EEOC and arbitration; basic case preparation and organization, discovery, summary judgment, settlement, prehearing procedures and preparation, the hearing, closing the record, and appeals. (more details)




Broida on Federal Sector Mediation
Civil Service Advocacy Series
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Price: $125.00
Sku: 14BOM
Edition: 1st
Samples: Workbook Table of Contents | Advocate's Practical Guide to Using Mediation Table of Contents
Format: 1hr 7min .mp4 video on CD-ROM, workbook, and 05APGM book

Peter Broida presents this video training course on federal sector mediation. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida’s lecture (.mp4 video file sent on a CD-ROM), a workbook with course notes—outline and listing of related products, and a copy of The Advocate’s Practical Guide to Using Mediation by John Settle, a prominent mediator. Major mediation topics include: issues amenable and not amenable to mediation; reasons to mediate; preconditions to settlement; traits of a good mediator; sources of mediators and mediation programs; mediator selection; mediation structure; preparation for mediation; the mediation process step-by-step; development and review of settlement agreements; and keys to effective mediation. (more details)




Broida on Federal Sector Settlement
Civil Service Advocacy Series
14BOS.jpg By: Broida
Price: $125.00
Sku: 14BOS
Edition: 1st
Samples: Workbook Table of Contents
Format: 1hr 14min .mp4 video on CD-ROM; workbook; + optional 25% off Settlement Forms book

*optional 25% off Settlement Forms for MSPB and EEOC (+$125)

Peter Broida presents this video training course on settlement of federal sector personnel cases. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida’s lecture (.mp4 video file sent on a CD-ROM); workbook with reference materials and course notes–outline; and a bibliography. Major settlement topics include the basic components of an agreement; settlement notebook; checklist for a typical settlement of an adverse or performance based action; and settlement formalities. (more details)




Senior Executive Service Legal Guide
(2009) Senior Executive Service Legal Guide By: Broida & Davis
Price: $100.00 On Sale! $50.00
Sku: 09SESG
Edition: 1st/2009
ISBN: 1-934651-19-2
Samples: Table of Contents ------- Text Sample

A review of the laws, regulations, statutes, and caselaw governing the federal government’s Senior Executive Service. Major topics include the history and structure of the SES, qualifications, recruitment, candidate development, selection, oversight and probation, appointments, compensation, executive development, reassignments, details and transfers, performance appraisals, awards, removal of probationers for unacceptable performance, misconduct, RIFs, moratoriums, leave, and reinstatement. (more details)



Best of the Board
(2009) Best of the Board
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By: Broida
Price: $80.00 On Sale! $72.00
Sku: 09BOTB
Edition: 1st/2009
ISBN: 1-934651-11-7
Samples: Table of Contents ------- Text Sample

Best of the Board is a compilation of the seminal MSPB and Federal Circuit cases from 1978 to the present. Subject matter expert, Peter Broida, details the essence of each case followed by a reproduction of that salient portion of the case text. Major topics include efficiency of the service standard, board decisional processes, evidence, charges and penalties, agency decisional errors, affirmative defenses, unusual jurisdictional issues, settlements, and attorney fees. (more details)



MSPB Basics: The Agency Edition
(2005) MSPB Basics: The Agency Edition By: Broida
Price: $55.00
Sku: 05MBAE
Edition: 1st/2005
ISBN: 1-932612-52-1
Samples: Table of Contents ------- Text Sample

For the benefit of agency representatives, this introductory, yet thorough discourse on MSPB practice covers seminal Board and Federal Circuit decisions, Board processes and litigation from the initial appeal through PFR, and regulations. Major topics include Board overview, agency appeal response, discovery, motions practice, settlement, discrimination issues, prehearing procedures, hearings, petition for review, counsel fee petitions, relationships with the judge, opposing counsel and pro se appellants, research, and significant decisions of the Board. (more details)



Winning at Arbitration (download)
04WAA.jpg By: Broida, Hadley & Wiley
Price: $80.00
Sku: 04WAA
Edition: 1st/2004
ISBN: 0-9729852-4-7
Format: download (.zip file containing executable) + optional CD-ROM backup

Offering an overview of the arbitration process with tips and tactics for success, this software practicum is essential to both union and agency representatives. The course is comprehensive covering pre-arbitration preparation through closing arguments. (more details)



MSPB Discovery Forms for Agency Representatives
(2004) MSPB Discovery Forms Book for Agency Representatives
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By: Broida
Price: $100.00 On Sale! $60.00
Sku: 04MSDF
Edition: 1st/2004
ISBN: 1-932612-26-2
Samples: Table of Contents ------- Text Sample

Drawing from actual cases, this quick reference offers discovery samples to guide agency representatives through litigation before the MSPB. Major topics include definitions, instructions, interrogatories, document requests, and request for admissions. (more details)





MSPB Basics
A Brief Guide for the Distressed and Perplexed
(2004) MSPB Basics By: Broida
Price: $55.00
Sku: 04MSBA
Edition: 1st/2004
ISBN: 1-932612-34-3
Samples: Table of Contents ------- Text Sample

An introductory discourse on MSPB practice, MSPB Basics covers seminal Board and Federal Circuit decisions, Board processes and litigation from the initial appeal through PFR, and relevant regulations. Major topics include an overview of the Board, filing an appeal, the agency’s response and preliminary motions, discovery and motion practice, discrimination, pre-hearing practice, hearing, settlement, whistleblower claims, petitions for review, and significant decisions of the Board. (more details)



EEOC and MSPB Litigation (download)
04EML.jpg By: Broida, Hadley, Gilbert & Wiley
Price: $80.00
Sku: 04EAML
Edition: 1st/2004
ISBN: 0-9729852-6-3
Format: download (.zip file containing executable) + optional 2 CD-ROM backup

Whether practicing before the EEOC or the MSPB, this training software explores and dissects each step of the litigation process. From pre-discovery to closing arguments, the speakers detail what practitioners before the Board and Commission need to know. (more details)



Witness Preparation (download)
03WP.jpg By: Broida & Wiley
Price: $80.00
Sku: 03WP
Edition: 1st/2003
ISBN: 0-9729852-2-0
Format: download (.zip file containing executable) + optional CD-ROM backup

This e-course examines and explains the purpose, strategies, and expectations of witnesses at Federal administrative hearings. This practicum covers what to expect and how to prepare for the hearing process from beginning to end. (more details)



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