Gregory Powell Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

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.

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

Leesburg, VA (Virginia), US

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

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.

• 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.
• 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;

• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• 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;

US

• 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.
• 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.

• 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.
• 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.

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Employment Law

Master Of Divinity (M.Div.), Life Coaching, Practical Theology

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing

Journalism, English, Print Media