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Tampa, Fl, Us

Arcadia, Wi, Us

Arcadia, Wi, Us

Hired to establish Employment Law Compliance team for world’s largest furniture manufacturer and best selling furniture brand with more than 30,000 employees worldwide. Responsible for providing strategic advice to senior leadership on complex 50-state and international employment law issues while overseeing the defense of all employment law related litigation, including California based single plaintiff and class/PAGA claims. Successful performance of role requires daily resolution of employment matters in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, and e-commerce industries.Key resource to Chief Legal Officer and Finance team for the tracking, approval, and analysis of outside counsel spend across the department.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Hired to establish a Global HR Compliance Program for $1.5B business process outsourcing company operating in 23 countries with 50,000+ employees. Led a team of seven HR and legal professionals responsible for creating HR compliance strategy and policies; auditing, investigating, and remediating gaps in policies; and overseeing employment law litigation and agency matters, including large collective and class actions. Provided guidance directly to Board of Directors and C-Suite on global HR policy and employment law risks and developed proactive, business-oriented solutions to address those risks. Promoted to Officer position.Assumed day-to-day leadership of HR operations for 22 call centers across North America to assist the company during a period of leadership change. Fulfilled position while maintaining responsibilities for Global HR Compliance Program. In 2017, designed and assumed new position of Global Vice President, Ethics & Compliance. Responsible for developing a global strategy and program to address key enterprise-wide risks and centralize the oversight of compliance across all geographic regions and business units.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Sole employment law counsel to leading apparel and accessories retailer that operates more than 1,000 retail stores worldwide, employing over 30,000 full-time and part-time associates. Responsibilities included counseling senior executives regarding employment law risks, suggesting pragmatic approaches to address those risks and devising compliance initiatives that coincide with strategic objectives; providing daily legal advice on a full range of employment actions including recruiting, hiring, training, performance management, compensation, benefits, terminations, immigration, employment agreements, wage & hour matters and other complex HR related issues; oversaw all employment law litigation, agency proceedings and sensitive internal investigations, including management of outside counsel; reviewing, developing and presenting corporate-wide training materials, such as EEO, wage and hour, and positive employee relations training.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Sole labor and employment law counsel to largest publicly owned creator, manufacturer and distributor of social expression products, which employs 18,000 associates worldwide. Responsibilities included providing advice to Senior Executive Team and management on all aspects of traditional labor and employment law, including compliance with federal, state and local laws, drafting all employment agreements, identifying, drafting and implementing human resources policies, developing employment-related training programs, conducting sensitive internal investigations, guiding the company through corporate transactions and plant closings, assisting in labor contract administration, collective bargaining, defending grievance/arbitration disputes, as well as defending and overseeing all employment litigation and agency proceedings, including management of outside counsel.

Represented large publicly and privately held businesses in all aspects of labor and employment law.

B.A., History

J.D., Law