Byron Boyd

Court Upholds DOL Reporting Requirements for Union Lawyers

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 06/02/2008 - 00:00

What union lawyers say to their clients in private is off the record.  But how much they bill them, and for what services, is a different story.  That was the view conveyed on May 5 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in a case that grew out of the convictions nearly a half-decade ago of several key members of the United Transportation Union (UTU).  In the new case, Warshauer v. Chao, the court ruled that the union’s designated legal counsel must file an “LM-10” employer financial report with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).  As an employer, the counsel provides money or other things of value to the union, and thus is subject to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, also known as LMRDA or the Landrum-Griffin Act.  In addition to filing an LM-10, this lawyer has other rules to play by.

Four Ex-UTU Officials Sentenced for Racketeering

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 07/19/2004 - 00:00

Byron Boyd and Charles A. Little, both frmr. presidents of the United Transportation Union (UTU), were each sentenced to prison terms on July 9, and ordered to forfeit to the United States a total of $200,000 in racketeering activity proceeds.  U.S. Dist. Judge Sim Lake (S.D. TX, Reagan) sentenced Boyd and Little to each serve a 2 year term of imprisonment, without parole, and ordered each to forfeit to the United States $100,000 in racketeering proceeds. Both men were also fined $10,000 each.

 

Intl. President Pleads Guilty to Bribery & Racketeering

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 03/15/2004 - 01:00

Byron Boyd, Jr., Intl. president of the United Transportation Union (UTU), pled guilty on Mar. 11 to labor racketeering conspiracy.  He also resigned the union presidency.  He is the last of the 4 frmr. union officials indicted in a nationwide bribery scheme involving lawyers in the union's Designated Legal Counsel (DLC) program.

 

Boyd and the other officials have admitted soliciting and accepting bribes from lawyers to be included in the DLC program, under which about 50 lawyers represent union rail employees whose job injuries result in claims against their employers under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA). FELA was enacted into law by Congress in 1908 to specifically address the dangers faced by rail employees and their need to seek compensation for injuries.

Current & Former Presidents Charged with Bribery, Racketeering

Submitted by David Kendrick on Mon, 09/29/2003 - 00:00

U.S. Attny. Michael Shelby announced the indictment on Sept. 12 of Byron A. Boyd, Jr., current pres. of the United Transportation Union, ret. pres. Charles L. Little, John R. Rookard, Boyds asst., and Ralph John Dennis, the UTUs former insurance director, with racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and commercial bribery. The four are charged with using their positions of authority as officers and employees of the United Transportation Union to solicit and collect cash payments and other things of value from attorneys doing business with the union over a period of 7 years beginning in 1995.

 

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