Jeanine Telfer Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

Washington, D.C., Us

Washington, D.C., Us

- Member of the Selection Sub-Committee of the Law Department’s Diversity Committee.- Effectively oversee a heavy national employment and labor caseload before Federal District Court, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Merit Systems Protection Board with professionalism and strong work ethic.- Directly provide risk-adjusted, advice to a diverse set of clients, postal management officials, often with competing interests, on a variety of employment and labor law matters. - Successfully manage a heavy litigation caseload as first chair and mentoring new attorneys by employing excellent legal acumen, time-management, organizational skills, critical thinking, creative thinking, leadership skills, attention to detail and adaptability. - Regularly engaging in legal research, discovery, depositions, witness preparation, mediation, arbitration, as well as written and verbal communication. Independently draft briefs, motions, pleadings, and case strategy.- Negotiate with third parties on behalf of clients. Provide training to postal management officials.

- Directly managed attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants. - Responsible for managing the assignment of cases to the entire office of Administrative Law Judges and attorneys, in addition to directly reporting paralegals and legal assistants. - Led the assignment of cases outsourced to the Regional and National Case Assistance Centers. - Supervised projects that analyzed and evaluated management practices, organizational issues, administrative systems, and operating procedures- Administered subject matter and technology related training to the office staff.- Spearheaded the dismissal cadre, aged case cadre, and pre-hearing development cadre.

- Appellate Attorney who evaluated the defensibility of complex SSA court cases and cases remanded from Federal District Court. - Utilized exceptional written and oral communication, as well as legal research to draft the appropriate action document, including denials of review, remand directives, and decisions. - Utilized critical thinking to conduct quality review of favorable and partially favorable hearing decisions and dismissals, to ensure adherence to procedural and evidentiary rulings, review of interrogatories, and reviewed for proper proffering of evidence.- Created and administering training to attorneys and judges regarding available technology tools to efficiently and effectively assess, as well as review the electronic record.- Provided training to newly hired attorneys and paralegals. Mentored, supervised, and reviewed the work of paralegals and newly hired attorneys.

- Independently reconfigured and streamlined an under-performing alternative dispute resolution program that mediated District Court misdemeanor and felony criminal cases. - Increased awareness of the program through public relations activities, publishing articles, and providing mediation services on the day of trial at criminal court proceedings.- Wrote program grant, conducted mediations, supervised mediators, trained new mediators, responsible for case management and assignments, conducted quality review of all mediators, and reviewed all mediation agreements. - Drafted and filed motions in relation to mediation, theft diversion program, and drug diversion program.

- Completed complex in-depth legal research and writing pertaining to state and federal procedural and substantive law. - Drafted case summaries, opinions, memoranda, and orders. Proposed recommendations orally and in writing for the Judge when ruling on motions and verdicts. - Managed a substantial docket of appellate and original jurisdiction criminal, family, and civil cases under time-sensitive deadlines. - Collaborated with attorneys and support agencies to improve case management. Established and maintained effective public relations with diverse user groups on behalf of the Judge.

Juris Doctor, Law

Bachelor Of Science, Biochemistry