Edwin Daniel Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Va

Leads world-wide team of 25 attorneys, 5 paralegals & 4 support personnel located in Alexandria, VA; Atlanta, GA; Okinawa, Japan; Seoul, Korea; Wiesbaden, Germany; and Vicenza, Italy. Responsible for all legal services provided to DoDEA leadership, which operates 191 schools in 14 districts located in 12 foreign countries, seven states, Guam, and Puerto Rico serving approximately 86,000 students. Personally advises DoDEA Director, DoDEA Cabinet, and subordinate attorneys in all areas of federal legal practice.- Provided expert information law advice; protected private student information records systems - Advocated & received approval for changes to OGC structure to better serve Agency- Guided legal team in all practice areas including the litigation of 130 EEO, MSPB, & FLRA cases

Arlington & Alexandria Va

Principal litigation and investigation advisor at DoDEA Headquarters (HQ) and direct supervisor of four field attorneys in Germany, Italy, Korea and Japan. Also, supervises one HQ labor law attorney. Advises General Counsel, DoDEA leadership, and subordinate attorneys on a wide range of administrative law issues as set forth above. Negotiates with teacher’s unions and serves as Agency E-Discovery attorney. Currently managing approximately 80 EEO & MSPB cases, and personally litigating 4 HQ cases, including cases in Federal District Court. Recent accomplishments include:- Successfully represented Agency (Nov 12) at high-profile MSPB hearing--protected resources - Executed e-discovery strategies on major cases resulting pre-litigation advantages for Agency- Assisted Agency in structuring pre-decisional involvement (PDI) process w/ unions under EO 12871- Organized & advised on all major agency investigations & whistleblower cases- Defeated aggressive EEO class certification attempt by class agent represented by D.C. law firm- Drafted & reviewed numerous EEO, MSPB, FLRA & Federal Court pleadings--saving Agency dollars

Hanscom Afb, Ma

Principal advisor to installation leadership & actively managed all prosecutions, inspector general complaints, tort claims, environmental compliance, EEO & Merit Systems Protection Board cases, contract reviews, & ethics program - Supervised & led legal staff of 25, including 7 attorneys, 6 paralegals, & support personnel - Resolved over 95 civilian disciplinary cases, including over 10 removals- Provided ethics advice post government employment and reviews of OGE 450s and SF-278s- Reviewed over 70 FOIA and Privacy Act legal reviews to ensure Agency compliance - Resolved over a dozen EEO complaints at the informal level- Rated #1 of 10 legal offices in Command in 2007 for timeliness on disciplinary actions- Supervised and jointly resolved numerous procurement/fiscal issues with procurement attorney - Authored legislation permitting annual recovery of $500K in fire protection funds previously unattainable

Pentagon

Advised the Secretary of the Air Force & Air Force Chief of Staff on “front page” policy matters. Drafted 24 agency-wide opinions on political activities, drug testing, anthrax, gifts from foreign government & statutory interpretation- Authored agency-wide guidance restricting firearms from persons w/ domestic violence convictions- Promptly drafted regulatory language that implemented changed firearms policy - Implemented agency halt to DoD Anthrax Vaccine Program after DC Circuit Court injunction

Rosslyn Va

Directed all aspects of corporate communications for USAF Judge Advocate General’s Corps - Authored weekly essays for USAF Judge Advocate General; essays delivered to 4,600 people weekly- Served as principal speech writer for USAF Judge Advocate General

Columbus Afb, Ms

Principal legal advisor to base commander; supervised prosecutions, labor law, environmental law, contracts law, ethics, and inspector general issues - Led legal staff of 7, including 1 attorney, 3 paralegals, and support personnel - Provided prompt responses on hot-button congressional inquires - Personally reviewed over 100 OGE 450s - Regional Semifinalist, White House Fellowship Program

United Kingdom

Served as ethics adviser for installation, legal adviser to the Inspector General, and supervised criminal prosecutions, labor law, and contracts- Second in-charge of 28-person legal staff, including 7 attorneys & 8 paralegals- Conducted grand jury proceeding on homicide of Portuguese National; secured conviction- Won hotly-contested labor case - Completed investigation of AF misconduct against members of British activist group, i.e. Citizens for Nuclear Disarmament--publicly recognized for investigation—brought USAF into compliance w/ British High Court order

Kirtland Afb, Albuquerque, Nm

Provided ethics training, estate planning, legal opinions, civilian & military prosecutions- Prosecuted 110 civilians in federal court; only staff attorney with no acquittals!- Nominated for 1995 Outstanding Judge Advocate Award” by Chief Counsel (i.e. Staff Judge Advocate)

Ballistic Missile Organization, San Bernardino, Ca

Labor and Environmental Law Counsel- Won fiercely litigated sexual harassment case; removed harasser after 2-day MSPB hearing- Completed 2 large-scale fraud investigations, resulted in removal of guilty parties—restored order- Dual-hatted as attorney & Chief of Civilian Personnel during transition of Chief Personnel Officer - Authored 80-page environmental assessment (EA) on storage of Minuteman II missiles under START II Treaty. EA enabled movement of Minuteman II rocket motors across 2 states to Arizona storage facility. (Only installation-level attorney to start, finish, and execute an EA between 1992 - 1995)

Dover Afb

Litigated courts-marital and minor offenses in Federal Magistrate Court. Served as Installation Environmental Attorney as base was on EPA's National Priority List.

Master'S Degree, Legislative Studies

This was an executive master's program for busy professionals

Bachelor Of Accountancy, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Black Student Union

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Activities and Societies: Moot Court