Mr. Busillo received his BA and MS degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and his JD degree from the Temple University School of Law. From 1979 through 1982, he served as legal counsel for the Pennsylvania Labor Relation Board. During this period, he was instrumental in developing the regulations and procedures for certifying police/fire collective bargaining units, as well as authoring initial decisions establishing the Board's unfair labor practice jurisdiction. Since that time, he has been in private practice specializing in the representation of law enforcement and public safety employees. He has also served as special labor counsel to both the Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police and the Pennsylvania Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police. His experience includes serving as an arbitrator/advocate in hundreds of Act 111 interest and grievance arbitration cases, representation of public safety employees before the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, as well as the various courts of the Pennsylvania State and Federal Judiciary, and litigating claims for benefits, including disability and pension issues, before state agencies. Mr. Busillo currently manages the firm's Harrisburg office. He has been a frequent contributor and lecturer at PBI, PBA and American Arbitration Association functions and has also lectured at Widener University and Penn State University. He has served two terms as Chair of the PBAs Labor and Employment Law Section and is currently a member of the Section's Executive Council.
