My responsibilities include the following:- Contribute to the development of employee relations-related policies, ensuring policy and practice comply with relevant law and are consistent with organizational goals. - Develop and provide training on employee relations matters, including conflict resolution, anti-discrimination training, and assuming the best of others as an employee relations practice. - Provide training on investigation best practices, including trauma-informed investigation practices, ensuring effective, competent investigation practices across the organization.- Collaborate with other NYP departments and Human Resources units to develop methods to resolve employee relations issues and promote a culture of social equity. - Investigate internal discrimination complaints, including harassment and hostile work environment claims, ensuring legal compliance and fostering an equitable work environment for NYP employees.- Contribute to the creation of programming intended to foster kindness and equity in the employee experience.

I took a needed break to reset and consider a new approach to the career portion of my life.

I worked in the EEO Office for a New York City government agency during this period. My responsibilities included:- Acting as the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity’s (OEEO) chief-of-staff, which included duties such as meeting with other divisional chiefs-of-staff, following directives provided by the Commissioner’s Chief-of-Staff concerning the agency's operations and keeping OEEO staff and the EEO Officer apprised of organizational updates that impacted their employment circumstances.- Managing OEEO’s personnel matters, including recruitment and retention planning. - Identifying processes managed by OEEO that required improvement, and worked with internal stakeholders to develop and execute plans to ensure improved processes and better service delivery to employees.- Advising senior leadership on strategy for implementing the NYC EEO Policy, to ensure equity for employees, job applicants, and agency clients with disabilities. - Representing the agency in meetings about New York City government’s workforce, ensuring workplaces remain equitable and accessible amid the pandemic. - Collaborating with the agency's divisions on initiatives that foster equity within the organization; initiatives include improving accessibility of digital materials for people with disabilities and programming intended to enable anti-racist practices. - Advising management on the reasonable accommodation process to ensure determinations comply with relevant law, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, New York State, and New York City human rights laws. - Supervising the work of investigators and reasonable accommodation specialists, ensuring their work fosters equity in the organization and complies with applicable law. - Conducting and facilitating employee training on EEO policy, ensuring legal compliance and equity within the organization.

My responsibilities included: - Providing counsel to executive staff on the development of NYC Department of Homeless Services' Transgender, Intersex and Non-binary Policy - Negotiating the settlement of gender-discrimination complaints filed against DHS at the City Commission on Human Rights- Providing guidance on employee relations issues- Guiding managers through the disciplinary process, providing training as needed- Acting counsel to DHS' Equal Employment Opportunity Officer on matters under her purview, including reasonable accommodation grants and internal EEO complaints - Drafting responses to complaints filed against DHS or HRA with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights or the New York City Commission on Human Rights.- Providing analysis of hiring decisions under Article 23A of the New York State Corrections Law - Reviewing referrals for employee discipline - Prosecuting employees' misconduct under applicable provisions of the New York State Civil Service Law

My practice focused on matters of employment law, regulatory compliance, policy creation and implementation and administrative law. My responsibilities included: - Advised executive staff on legal issues for programs aimed at reducing homelessness and helping clients transition to permanent housing- Drafting responses to complaints filed against DHS at the New York State Division of Human Rights and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. - Advising staff on employee relations issues. - Representing DHS at hearings concerning employee misconduct- Advising executive staff on shelter operations for regulatory compliance, with a focus on the correction of violations concerning safety issues and shelter habitability.- Advise executive staff on legal and regulatory issues for program initiatives, including most recently the implementation of processes to strengthen DHS’ ability to accommodate disabled clients under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)- Drafting and editing internal procedures and rules intended for promulgation under the City Administrative Procedure Act (CAPA). - Providing advice on New York City rule promulgation under CAPA. - Drafting memoranda of understanding between DHS and other governmental agencies.- Conducting research of legal cases, opinions and decisions as needed.

Analyzed agreements regarding the production, distribution and licensing of television programs, entered into by clients of MediaVest. Advised MediaVest of potential liabilities and outstanding obligations relating to these agreements. Cataloged and indexed these agreements and all documents concerning the chain of title of the intellectual property governed by these agreements.

Researched and analyzed legal issues in civil litigation before the court. Conducted preliminary and compliance conferences regarding actions brought before the court. Drafted orders, decisions and other correspondence with attorneys. Verified legal citations and references in documents sent to the court.

Analyzed agreements governing matters in digital media. Extracted and documented information from agreements in an organized and detailed manner.

Reviewed, analyzed and summarized licensing agreements governing the intellectual property rights of clothing brands owned by Iconix Brand Group. Assisted the Director of Licensing Operations with the enforcement of license agreements. Maintained files of license agreements and other pertinent documents.