Obituaries
First African American chair of ABA labor part dies on his birthday
Bernard Ashe was a member of the ABA Journal Board of Editors. He was born March 8, 1936. Picture courtesy of Walter Ashe.
Bernard Ashe, a labor lawyer and former member of the ABA Journal Board of Editors, died March 8 on his 87th birthday. Ashe was lively within the ABA. He served on the ABA Board of Governors, the ABA Home of Delegates and was chair of the ABA Part of Labor and Employment Legislation, in response to an online obituary.
Ashe grew to become the primary African American chair of the labor and employment part when he took over the publish in 1982.
In 2017, he acquired the Arvid Anderson Public Employment Lawyer of the Ye ar Award from the part. The award recognizes attorneys who contributed to the event of public sector labor legislation.
Ashe started his profession as an lawyer for the Nationwide Labor Relations Board in 1961, in response to an online bio by Marquis Who’s Who.
He went on to turn into assistant basic counsel to the United Auto Staff, basic counsel to the New York State United Academics and an arbitrator. He was additionally an adjunct college member at a number of universities, together with Fordham College, Roger Williams College and Cornell College.
Ashe is survived by his spouse, Nannette, and his sons, Walter and David.
They launched this assertion to the ABA Journal: “For over 60 years, [Ashe] was dedicated and devoted to defending and assuring the rights of public staff. We share solely a glimpse of service by one of many American Bar Affiliation’s true believers in its objective, packages and capabilities to positively influence the implementation of our nation’s authorized techniques for the profit and welfare of all parts of our communities and our nation.
“Could it proceed to be so.”
