Michael T. Leibig

• General Counsel, Virginia Coalition of Police and Deputy Sheriffs;
• General Counsel, International Union of Police Associations;
• General Counsel, VCOPS affiliates in Virginia
• General Counsel, MCOPS (Maryland Coalition of Police & Deputy Sheriffs)
  

Virginia COPS General Counsel is Michael T. Leibig, a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Zwerdling, Paul, Leibig, Kahn, Thompson & Driesen. Mr. Leibig is also a 1971 graduate of the University of Virginia Law School and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center where he teaches public sector labor relations, the termination of employment, labor policy, and fiduciary responsibility. Mr. Leibig is the author of three basic texts - Police Unions and the law, Organizing Public Employees, and The Fair Labor Standards Act and Policing. He has also authored numerous articles on public employee benefit and pension issues. Mr. Leibig has represented police officers and organizations throughout Virginia, as well as California, Nevada, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Maryland in efforts to improve wages, hours and working conditions on the line level in law enforcement. In addition to his role as General Counsel to VCOPS, he serves as General Counsel to the International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO.