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Chicago, IL, US

Mountain View, CA, US

• Seconded to support a global team, as a compliance manager, who provides the policy framework, expertise, and advice to support our business to engage a large contingent/extended workforce (made up of Temporary Staff.
• Managed end-to-end oversight of contingent workforce (made up of temporary agency staff, outsourced vendors and independent contractors).
• Support the team responsible for the strategy, governance, and operations across our extended workforce on policies and with local law across 70+ jurisdictions.
• Engaged in a scaled review of outsourcing arrangements in some high-risk business areas to identify and remediate co-employment risk factors identified in our SOWs, manner of engagement with suppliers and/or governance.

San Francisco, California, US

• Served as the senior L&E attorney to direct legal operations for global HR teams while their in-house team is busy at trial, and their Chief People Officer takes a sabbatical.
• Provided counsel on California employment issues and collaborated with the Employee Relations team on day-to-day employment issues.
• Some responsibilities in this role included advisement on hiring decisions, internal employment investigations, policy revision and development (focusing mostly on ADA and FMLA compliance), advisement on internal.

Lake Forest, IL, US

• Primary attorney for I-9 compliance.
• Review and revise FCRA background check compliance measures.
• Respond to wage and hour complaints before state and local Departments of Labor.
• Review and revise company HR policies and procedures.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Conducted Due Diligence analysis of employment policies and processes for potential acquisition of medical company.
• Drafted jury instructions for upcoming Section 1981 and Georgia Whistleblower trial.
• Researched and advised on various wage/hour issues across multiple jurisdictions, including but not limited to independent contractor status, wage shift differentials, tax treatment of non-discretionary bonuses.
• Prepared multi-state checklist for unique employment law issues for expanding employer.
• Drafted motion to dismiss discrimination and worker’s compensation retaliation claim under New Jersey law.

New York, New York, US

• Advised and updated domestic and international COVID requirements and protocols.
• Supervised domestic investigations into violations of Company Ethics, Compliance and Employment Policies, including allegations of discrimination and retaliation.
• Served as internal legal representative in collective bargaining in multiple locations.
• Advised on day-to-day issues, including but not limited to reasonable accommodations, discipline, leaves and attendance.
• Reviewed and revised Corporate HR policies and processes.
• Managed litigation and outside counsel, including wage and hour class actions in multiple jurisdictions.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Updated domestic and international COVID requirements and protocols.
• Supervised domestic and international investigations into violations of Company Ethics, Compliance and Employment Policies, including the jurisdictions of Barbados and Portugal.
• Investigated allegations of employment discrimination and retaliation in Atlanta, Ga.

Westmont, IL, US

• Modernized internal investigation processes and mentored five HR team members on due diligence while completing internal investigations; slashed external legal spend from $1.2M to $120K after internalizing counseling.
• Created employee engagement rewards program using multiple vendor platforms at no cost; directed two-member Talent Acquisition Team to design and launch professional development and growth program; employed tools to.
• Formulated COVID-19 protocol to safeguard operations; resulted in only one positive case based on in-office interaction since May 2020 across 5,000 employees at ten U.S. locations.
• Managed, coached, and mentored team of ten employees spanning HR, Safety and Worker's Compensation, and Talent Acquisition; achieved zero lawsuits filed against company.
• Solidified policies and procedures for benefits and payroll; audited and revised payroll processes to eliminate wage/hour law exposure to near 0%.
• Created and facilitated continuing education program targeting skill gaps with 150+ training modules available to employees; achieved 70% participation rate for classes covering sales, recruiting, HR, and talent.

Chicago, IL, US

• Managed litigations for seven divisions including seven wage/hour class actions against Company; procured $15K settlement of one CA wage/hour class action with purported class of 5,000+ employees; saved company $5+M.
• Secured dismissal and appellate victory of Illinois Biometric Privacy Act class action with alleged class of 20+K employees; eliminated multi-million dollar liability exposure.
• Optimized State and local sick leave policies across company; implemented policy changes that led to decrease in falsified use of sick time by approximately 25%.
• Pioneered multiple training modules on anti-harassment, joint employer liability, reasonable accommodations under ADA, FMLA management, and sick leave; eliminated up to 1,000 hours in lost time annually and.
• Instituted tracking system for California employee meal and rest periods; cut class action exposure to near 0%.

Chicago, IL, US

• Resolved union issues, defined workplace accommodations, spearheaded internal investigations, managed employee discipline and termination, and governed workforce reductions; reduced workforce up to 20% annually.
• Drafted and revised post-merger employee handbooks for continental U.S., Guam, and Micronesia; impacted 90+K employees.
• Managed litigation for Airport Operations group and lowered legal spend by 15+%.
• Secured significant 4th Circuit victory against former employee alleging FMLA retaliation; spared Company $100+K and established clear and judicially accepted process for investigating fraudulent use of FMLA leave.

• Supervised and managed responses to third-party class action subpoenas regarding benefits services.
• Prepared employees for interviews in discrimination and harassment investigations as well as responses to government agency inquiries.

• Managed law suits, assisted in trials, and provided counsel on day-to-day employment matters.
• Managed 15 discrimination-based lawsuits in state and federal agencies and courts on behalf of Lowe’s Companies Inc., resulting in a decrease of the average settlement payout and legal fees by approximately 15%.
• Assisted in ERISA class action bench trial victory on behalf of Abbott Laboratories, including managing discovery, drafting witness outlines, preparing corporate witnesses and conducting expert depositions.
• Counseled clients on employment matters, including employment agreements, restrictive covenants, wage and hour issues, preparation and revision of employee handbooks, internal investigations, employee discipline and.

Miami, Florida, US

• Managed litigation defense team for over 750 automobile breach of warranty lawsuits for General Motors Company, reducing docket to 40 cases by end of engagement.
• Assisted in mediation of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company product liability claims in Texas, successfully mediating multiple cases and drafting settlement agreements
• First chaired 5 state court product liability trials and was lead counsel for 5 state court appeals.

• Researched and prepared memoranda in support of dispositive motions.
• Prepared position statements in defense of discrimination charges.
• Performed factual investigations of discrimination complaints.
• Assisted in sexual harassment training.
• Prepared case analyses, discovery requests and discovery responses.

* Researched and prepared legal memoranda on failed savings and loan case. * Assisted in selection of Chicago Chief of Police. * Prepared real estate closing documents. * Assisted in preparation of pro bono criminal appeal.

* Conducted research, drafted motions and memoranda on issues including bifurcation of § 1983 claims and constitutional challenges to proposed ordinance. * Assisted in trial preparation. * Researched for and assisted in preparation and taking of deposition.

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