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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Experienced in the following areas: Complex Labor and Employment Litigation, Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration and Arbitrations.
Representation of Employers before the National Labor Relations Board and various State Labor Boards; Union Organizing Attempts and Representational Issues, Employment and Discrimination Matters before Federal and State Courts (Wrongful Discharge, Race, Sex, National Origin, Disability, Harassment, and other Discrimination), Non-compete Enforcement, Alternative Dispute Resolution, including Mediation, and Arbitration.
Facilitator and Mediator in Employment Disputes.
Represented multi-national clients in collective bargaining negotiations as chief spokesman for employer.
General Counsel for various firm clients (various industries and not-for-profit corporations) on employment issues.
Won NLRB elections or obtained election petition withdrawals in automotive, moving and storage, juvenile lockdown (jail), and manufacturing.
Tried bench and jury cases defending wrongful discharge allegations, race discrimination, disability, age, and sex discrimination; Manufacturers Representative Commission; breach of commercial contract; guaranty; and other commercial litigation.
Serves as facilitator and mediator in employment disputes.
Principal negotiator for management during collective bargaining on behalf of clients in the manufacturing, moving and storage, service and non-profit.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
AT&T Inc.
AGS Automotive
Bosquett and Company
Ennis Center for Children
Genentech, Inc.
General Products Corporation
Merrill Lynch
MGM Grand Detroit, LLC
Spectrum Human Services
Valley Residential Services
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Commercial & Business Litigation
Labor & Employment Relations
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Michigan Super Lawyers
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Board of Trustees and Vice Chair, Human Services Association Workers' Compensation Fund, 1999-present
Michigan Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Section; Committee of Development of the Law Under the National Labor Relations Act 1984-present
Founding Trustee and Past Secretary, Michigan Quality Council
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Member and Secretary, Board of Directors, Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center, 1999-present
Former Director and Secretary, World Medical Relief, Inc.
Leadership Detroit XXVI (2004/2005)
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Faculty, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Deposition Skills Workshop
Detroit Regional Chamber, In-Brief, What's an Employer to Do (Prompt and Appropriate Response)
Panelist, OESA, Legal and Ethical Compliance
Lecturer, Michigan Association of CPA's When (Not) To Make a Record, MESC
Panelist, Association of Corporate Counsel, Non-Competes, Trade Secrets and Email evils
Faculty, Council on Education in Management, Minimizing Organizational and Personal Liability Risks
Faculty, Council on Education in Management, Avoiding Litigation in Termination of Employee and Workplace Investigations
Frequent lecturer on issues related to FMLA, ADA, ADEA, Title VII, Sexual/Religious/Age/ Disability Harassment and Litigation Avoidance
Preventative Counseling on Employment Matters including ADA, FMLA, WARNA, ADEA, FLSA, and other state and federal employment laws; Employee Severance/Termination Agreements; Pre-litigation Investigation, Strategy, Negotiation, and Litigation Avoidance
Employment Counseling
Employee Discipline and Discharge and Preventative Counseling on Employment Matters including ADA, FMLA, WARNA, ADEA, FLSA, and other state and federal employment laws
Employee Severance/Termination Agreements; Pre-litigation Investigation, Strategy, Negotiation, and Litigation Avoidance
Reductions in Force and WARNA Compliance
Personnel Policies and Procedures Manuals
EDUCATION
Eastern Michigan University, B.B.A 1979
Toledo University, J.D. 1982
Managing Editor, University of Toledo Law Review, 1981-1982 |
