Specialized representation of Higher Education executives, focusing on employment negotiations and separations for Presidents, Provosts, and Chancellors at colleges and universities nationwide. Provide strategic counsel on complex contract negotiations, compensation packages, and executive transitions. Handle sensitive matters including Title IX compliance, FERPA regulations, and institutional governance issues. Expertise in protecting client interests while maintaining institutional stability during leadership transitions.

Negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreements on behalf of management; advised managers and directors relative to labor and employment law matters.

Served as Professor of Ethics, teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses in Ethics, Composition, and Seminars. Designed and delivered comprehensive curricula focused on ethical decision-making, moral philosophy, and practical applications in contemporary contexts. Developed and led advanced seminars examining the intersection of ethics, law, and professional responsibility. Mentored students through complex ethical analyses and research projects while maintaining an active role in faculty governance and institutional development. Participated in curriculum development and academic planning committees, contributing to the school's strategic academic initiatives.

Develop, plan, organize, coordinate, and direct the day-to- day operations of the Labor Relations Department; supervise subordinate professional and clerical staff; and direct the largest, most complex, sensitive, and difficult labor contract negotiations for Santa Clara County.• Coordinate, assign, and direct other negotiation chairs; • Plan, assign, direct, and review the work of Labor Relations staff in the day-to-day operations of the labor relations program; • facilitate the most complex, sensitive, and difficult labor contract negotiations and administration;• Responsible for county-wide grievance handling, disciplinary appeals and arbitrations;• Represent the Deputy County Executive at meetings of the Board of Supervisors, Department/Agency Heads, committees, outside groups and labor organizations; • Recommend selection, retention, and discipline of subordinate staff;• Train, develop and evaluate staff;• Provide technical resources to subordinate staff;• Assist with departmental budget control and planning;• Function as staff advocate in complex hearings or arbitrations; • Participate in resolution of complex grievances, disciplinary issues, contract negotiations or disputes; • Recommend improvement in delivery of labor relations services;

Serves as the subject matter expert in areas of employment and human resources related requirements, insuring QCT’s adherence to legal standards and in-house policies, and all matters related to local, state and federal wage and hour, benefits, compensation, equal employment opportunity, fair employment practices and other employer compliance issues. • Participates in the definition and development of employee relations policies, procedures, programs, and provide continuing counsel and guidance on legal matters and on legal implications on employee relations matters. • Minimizes legal exposure through proactive review of existing company operational routines and provide recommendation of new or revised policies. • Assess the business’s future ventures to identify possible compliance risks • Keeps abreast of regulatory developments within or outside of the company as well as evolving best practices in compliance control• Develops and oversees control systems to prevent or deal with violations of legal guidelines and internal policies • Drafts, modifies, and assists to implement company policies• Conducts ongoing training of management relative to employee relations best practices, investigation techniques, and compliance in partnership with the Human Resources Department. • Manages federal and state litigation, administrative proceedings and arbitrations involving employment law matters, including management of outside counsel, risk assessment, oversight of case discovery and case resolution• Assists the Human Resources Department with investigations on labor law and employee relations concerns and disputes. • Collaborates with corporate counsels and HR departments to monitor enforcement of standards and regulations • Provides advice regarding potential employee disciplinary action.• Prepares reports for senior management and external regulatory bodies as appropriate

Develop, plan, organize, coordinate, and direct the day-to- day operations of the Labor Relations Department; supervise subordinate professional and clerical staff; and direct the largest, most complex, sensitive, and difficult labor contract negotiations for Santa Clara County.• Coordinate, assign, and direct other negotiation chairs; • Plan, assign, direct, and review the work of Labor Relations staff in the day-to-day operations of the labor relations program; • facilitate the most complex, sensitive, and difficult labor contract negotiations and administration;• Responsible for county-wide grievance handling, disciplinary appeals and arbitrations;• Represent the Deputy County Executive at meetings of the Board of Supervisors, Department/Agency Heads, committees, outside groups and labor organizations; • Recommend selection, retention, and discipline of subordinate staff;• Train, develop and evaluate staff;• Provide technical resources to subordinate staff;• Assist with departmental budget control and planning;• Function as staff advocate in complex hearings or arbitrations; • Participate in resolution of complex grievances, disciplinary issues, contract negotiations or disputes; • Recommend improvement in delivery of labor relations services

Labor and Employment Law Attorney and Hearing OfficerProvide high-level litigation support to Agency’s Regional Director whose work locales include Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina.Perform a variety of key litigation and investigative functions, addressing inquiries of current and potential violations of the National Labor Relations Act, communicating with partners and associates at leading law firms in the country, supervising eight attorneys and seven investigators in Alabama and Georgia regarding complex litigation and settlements, supervising and maintaining proper staffing levels, training attorneys and investigators relative to litigation, compliance, instruction, and written and verbal communications. Collaborate with management to oversee employee performance, distribution of Agency policies and guidelines, and compliance. • Investigated charges and drafted complaints, litigated cases, settled charges, and monitored compliance, ensuring that settlements comply with Agency practices, procedures and guidelines.• Litigated before administrative law judges, drafted briefs, motions, and appeals to The Board in Washington;• Facilitated million dollar settlements with default language.• Served as Hearing Officer during post-election hearings. • Worked as Acting Deputy Regional Attorney, supervising attorneys, investigators, and support personnel in eight-state region.• Develop and implement training for employees relative to current case law, litigation practices, and best writing practices.• Earned Life Coach Certification and trainer certification to equip attorneys and investigators to research complex cases.

Labor and Employment Law AttorneyServed as Attorney for the City of Milwaukee, representing Police Department, Fire Department, Engineering Department, City Hospital, Public Schools, City Libraries, Sanitation Department, EEOC Branch, Labor Branch and all municipal executives.Directed labor and employment disputes relative to unions and negotiations. Litigated arbitration hearings before private arbitrators relative to disciplines and contract violations. Litigated in State Court and before the Fire & Police Commission relative to employee disciplines. Conducted in-depth business-development research and compiled results for review by City Attorney and municipal executives. Detected and managed risk relative to employee relations and presented findings and proposals to municipal executives concerning labor & employment law issues, arbitration hearings, public sector labor law, and federal statutes. Respond to labor unrest, employee disciplines, labor disputes, contract negotiations, contract interpretation, and arbitration hearings.• Reduced two-year backlog of employee disciplines issued by police department and fire department executives by litigating a case each week before the Fire & Police Commission.• Reduced two-year backlog of pending employee grievances at municipal departments (City Libraries, Sanitation Department, Engineering Department, hospital).• Reduced two-year backlog of pending Advisory Requests tendered by municipal executives to the City Attorney’s Office by completing research and writing opinions relative local, state, and federal labor laws.

This was a boutique law firm which specialized in labor and employment law and we represented management. Our areas of specialty included but was not limited to Litigating in the following areas: Title VII (discrimination, retaliation, ADA, ADEA, Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Sex, Discrimination, Harassment), Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA, Worker's Compensation, and the National Labor Relations Act. i worked as an attorney, researching and writing briefs, motions like summary judgement motions; prepared witnesses; litigated during grievance arbitrations and other administrative hearings. We participated in contract negotiations, hearings before federal agencies like the EEOC and NLRB. We designed and developed training for our clients, including subjects like Work Place Violence and Unfair Labor Practices.