Deirdre Hamilton

Deirdre Hamilton has worked as a staff attorney at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters since 2014, working exclusively with the IBT’s Airline Division. At the IBT she has represented most of the crafts or classes within the airline industry- including pilots, flight attendants, technicians, and aircraft cleaners- at both commercial and cargo air carriers. Before that, she was a staff attorney at the Association of Flight Attendants for twelve years. In her career, she has handled a wide range of legal matters including National Mediation Board elections and mediation, collective bargaining support, contract enforcement, and litigation of Railway Labor Act issues. She began her career as a legal fellow in the General Counsel’s office at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Since 2014, Hamilton has served as a panelist at meetings of the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Committee and Railway and Airline Labor Law Committee. Hamilton also serves as a Senior Editor for the ABA Railway Labor Act Treatise, Fourth Edition. Hamilton received her J.D. from the University of Michigan in 2000 and her B.A. from Oberlin College.