Randel K. Johnson, Chair
Randel Johnson was appointed as Chair, Administrative Review Board, on February 24, 2025. Johnson was formerly a judge on the Board, serving from August 2020 to June 2022, afterwards becoming associated with Cornell Law School and Syracuse College of Law. Formerly, a partner in the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw, his career history also includes stints with the Department of Labor's Office of Administrative of Law Judges, the Department’s Office of the Solicitor, serving as Labor Counsel to the United States House of Representatives’ Education and Workforce Committee and as Senior Vice President for Labor Immigration & Employee Benefits with the US Chamber of Commerce. Judge Johnson is a graduate of the University of Maryland Law School and holds a Masters of Laws from the Georgetown University Law Center and a Graduate Certificate from Harvard University’s Senior Managers in Government Program. He is a member of the Maryland, District of Columbia and various Federal bars. Johnson is also a Member of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. His bookend achievements of his time on Capitol Hill include work leading to enactment of the American with Disabilities Act and the Congressional Accountability Act extending private sector employment laws to the Congress for the first time.
Angela W. Thompson, Member
Angela W. Thompson was appointed to the Administrative Review Board in November 2023. Judge Thompson has served as in-house counsel at major labor unions, including most recently as General Counsel of a national union. Her private sector experience also includes work for a labor law firm and for the Immigration Assistance Program of the Diocese of Kalamazoo in Michigan. Judge Thompson’s public service includes more than seven years as a Senior Attorney at the National Labor Relations Board in the Division of Advice. She has a Bachelor in Music Performance from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and a Master of Labor and Employment Relations from Rutgers University in New Jersey. She earned her law degree from Yale Law School. She is a member of the bar in New York and the District of Columbia.
Jonathan Rolfe, Member
Jonathan Rolfe was appointed to the Administrative Review Board in November 2023. Judge Rolfe previously served as an Administrative Appeals Judge and Vice Chair on the Benefits Review Board (BRB). Prior to his service with BRB, Judge Rolfe served in the United States Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, where he represented the Director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs in litigation in front of the BRB and various United States Courts of Appeals on issues arising under the Black Lung Benefits Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and its extensions. Before beginning his government service, Judge Rolfe worked in private practice for ten years in the District of Columbia, where he focused on labor and employment law litigation in federal courts, primarily representing national and international labor unions. Judge Rolfe is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School and the University of Minnesota, Duluth.