On July 17, 2025, President Trump announced that he was nominating Scott Mayer and James R. Murphy, both Republicans, to serve as Members of the National Labor Relations Board.
Mayer is presently the Chief Labor Counsel at The Boeing Corporation and James R. Murphy is a career NLRB attorney who has served as the Chief Counsel for several prior Board Members. The Board presently has two members: Republican Chairman Marvin Kaplan, and Democratic member David Prouty. Kaplan’s term is set to expire in August 2025, and it has been reported that Kaplan does not wish to be nominated for another term. If both Mayer and Murphy are confirmed after August 2025, the Board would have three-member quorum, including a Republican majority, and would be expected to begin to issue decisions. The fifth seat on the Board would remain vacant.
The President’s nominee for General Counsel, Crystal Carey, a management-side labor attorney, is currently pending before the Senate. She appeared before the Senate Health, Labor and Pensions Committee on July 16, 2025. At this time William Cowen continues to serve as the agency’s Acting General Counsel at this time.
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