• Supervise the employee relations staff and oversee management of employee relations cases.• Provide confidential assistance to university employees and leadership to help identify and resolve work-related problems or proactively avoid potential problems.• Interpret federal, state, and university laws and policies as it relates to employment law and procedures.• Lead individual coaching, group consultations, and dispute resolution assistance including mediation and facilitate conversations. • Advise supervisors on disciplinary procedures, manage grievances, advise on performance management. • Oversee and conduct personnel investigations and environmental assessments.• Advise Provost, Deans, department chairs, faculty and leaders of administrative areas regarding personnel issues.• Conceptualized, designed, and led university’s COVID-19 policy compliance and enforcement efforts for all faculty and staff.• Partner with key stakeholders in relation to reorganizations, restructuring, and position eliminations.• Participate as a trainer in areas of expertise in partnership with Organizational Development, Learning & Coaching team.• Serve on a number of high-profile campus committees including but not limited to: Threat Assessment Team (“TAT”), Mental Health and Well-Being Task Force, Faculty Handbook Committee, Violence Prevention Committee, and Administrative Professional Faculty Handbook Committee (Chair).• Oversee university response to unemployment claims.

• Advised D.C. government agencies regarding their labor relations programs, including interpretation, application and implementation of governing law, collective bargaining agreements, and policy.• Negotiated collective bargaining agreements on behalf of management (Executive Office of the Mayor and DC government agencies) regarding unionized employees’ working conditions.• Conducted impacts and effects bargaining on behalf of District of Columbia government agencies.• Litigated arbitrations and represented the District of Columbia before the D.C. Public Employee Relations Board (PERB).• Managed all aspects of litigation to include investigation, strategy, pleadings, discovery and post-hearing written submissions.

• Responsible for investigating and resolving all staff complaints.• Primary point of contact for performance counseling and corrective actions.• Conduct investigations involving alleged misconduct.• Write position statements to respond to charges of discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights (OHR).• Act as critical thought partner to Human Resources Service Delivery colleagues.• Provide support to both management and staff regarding employee relations matters.• Mediate disputes.• Develop and conduct trainings for human resources personnel and management.• Ensure University hiring complies with Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs rules.

• Advise management regarding applicable federal and District labor and employment laws.• Issue discipline to employees consistent with the relevant collective bargaining agreement.• Provide advice and assistance in interpretation of provisions of union contracts, rules, and regulations.• Collaborate and liaise with union partners.• Research grievances both formal and informal and work with employees and management toward resolution of these complaints.• Investigate, research, and write EEOC position statements.• Conduct investigations regarding workplace issues and proposed adverse and corrective actions.• Perform research and provide answers to inquiries from employees and management.• Develop and execute managerial trainings.• Aid in preparation for negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations.

• Edit, rewrite, and newly author sections and chapters on topics such as: Family & Medical Leave Act; and Fair Labor Standards Act for the Wages & Hours Manual.• Author of BNA’s first white papers that are neutral, in-depth research pieces; including the Employee Free Choice Act, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and Legal Implications of Infections Disease Control in the Workplace.• Created and update Labor and Employment Law Library’s Pending Legislation reference table that summarizes proposed law and tracks pending bills through the legislative process.• Developer of a cross-reference chart for users to find easily changes in newly amended Federal Regulations.

• Drafted memoranda and order opinions for the Honorable William J. Haynes, Jr.• Researched and wrote extensively on Title VII, ADEA, ADA, and FMLA as well as other areas of federal and state law.• Prepared Judgment and Commitment Orders based on Judge’s findings during sentencing.• Wrote jury instructions and voir dire. • Handled courtroom administration, including, maintenance of exhibits, creation and preservation of witness lists, document retention, preparation of short orders, and liaising between Judge’s chambers, the clerks’ office, and attorneys appearing before Judge Haynes.

• Created and edited content for a forthcoming judicial ethics and professional responsibility study aide for law students and legal professionals slated for national distribution.• Authored questions and designed storyboard type captions based on the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility for use in both internet-based and hardcopy study guides.• Managed product integrity by ensuring content accuracy, and consistent voice and tone across all materials.• Worked collaboratively with the President and Developer of Law in Motion to strategize ways that the pilot Law in Motion publication was effective, user-friendly and entertaining.• Conceptualized integral ideas that will appear in the final product and subsequent Law in Motion products. • Developed and refined the Law in Motion brand as it will be identified in the legal market.

• Conducted legal research and factual investigations for use in litigation to lessen or eliminated criminal penalties. • Interviewed newly-arrested clients and handled client communication in preparation for defense. • Performed research that directly led to the exclusion of an important prosecution witness during a murder trial.• Worked closely with team of three attorneys and an investigator to aid in the representation of persons accused of murder, robbery, rape and other felonies.

• Updated intellectual property registrations to maintain brand identity and integrity. • Researched requirements and submitted necessary documentation to obtain seniority on foreign national registrations for properties registered as Community Trademarks. • Monitored the unauthorized use of trademarks.• Acted as liaison between in-house and outside attorneys to facilitate prosecution of domestic and international piracy cases.