Meredith “Merry” Campbell

Meredith (“Merry”) Campbell serves as a business advisor to local, national and global clients who look to her for counsel on managing their most important asset — their employees.  Clients hire her because she successfully resolves workplace-related issues while helping them to maintain a positive and productive workplace.  A peer noted that “Merry is an outstanding advocate who can both represent her clients zealously in litigation and find practical and efficient solutions to serve her clients’ best interests.”

Employers regularly praise Merry’s “combination of knowledge and practicality” and appreciate her proactive advice on employment agreements and handbooks, workplace harassment issues and training programs, performance management, reductions in force, FLSA and wage/hour compliance, independent contractors, social media and other aspects of the employment relationship.  Many clients have remarked on Merry’s ability to not only give them sound advice, but to also recommend the best implementation strategy for their specific organizations.  They appreciate her experience managing challenging organizational circumstances and competitive business environments. 

She has delivered exceptional results for manufacturing, technology and services employer-clients, including family-owned businesses, local and regional companies, and national and multi-national corporations in all phases of employment law.  She regularly handles equal employment litigation, wage and hour litigation, the protection of confidential and proprietary business information and enforcement of restrictive covenants. One client notes, “Merry is outstanding.  When I became General Counsel, I ultimately replaced all existing counsel with the exception of Merry.  I think that speaks volumes.”

Merry’s practice also includes representation of management in dealings with labor unions and the NLRB. She represents employers with bargaining units ranging from a handful to hundreds of employees.  She has helped clients defeat union campaigns and defend against ULPs, but she also understands that dealing with a union means creating a long-term relationship in which you need to know how to pick your battles.  She has worked with clients in several industries and work environments — including clients subject to the Service Contract Act (SCA) — and she regularly negotiates collective bargaining agreements that allow her clients to maintain workplace harmony while preserving management rights.

After obtaining her law degree from Harvard and starting her career with an international law firm, Merry returned home to Montgomery County, Maryland. She is the Chair of the Shulman Rogers Employment and Labor Practice Group.  She has been quoted in BusinessWeek, The Washington Post and other respected publications.  Merry is a published author for Thomson Reuters as well as her own employment blog, LegalSolutionsAtWork.com. 

Professional & Community Affiliations

• Maryland Chamber of Commerce Employment Issues Committee, Member
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Member
• Human Resources Bioscience Alliance (HRBA), Member
• Bar Association of Montgomery County, Member
• Maryland State Bar Association, Member
• Coalition of Women’s Initiative in Law, DC Chapter Steering Committee Member