LEGAL EXPERIENCECounseled individuals and businesses in civil, commercial, bankruptcy, and regulatory matters. Concentrated in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) matters as a neutral and advocate. ADR neutral panel member: Better Business Bureau; Community Dispute Resolution (CDR); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Bar Association of Erie County Fee Dispute (panel chair); and various panels for Erie County and New York State.PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCEDeputy Director of Budget and Management, County of Erie 2017 - PresentChair, Erie County Legislature Citizens' Budget Review Commission 2013Supervisor, Clarence, NY 2008 - 2011Deputy Supervisor, Clarence, NY 2006 - 2007Councilman, Clarence, NY 2002 - 2007• Represented 30,600+ residents. Lead responsibility for department and a workforce of 100+. Instilled a more participatory town government structure. • Effectively managed $21+ million town budget. Facilitated in making Clarence, the oldest township in Erie County and having a total assessed value of $3+ billion, one of the most desired places to live in America. Installed multi-year budgeting. Provided benchmarked government services to an area encompassing approximately 52 square miles without deficit spending. • Instrumental in development of a premier Youth Department.• Member of Project Selection Committee for Erie County’s Community Development Block Grant program.• Prime mover behind Town of Clarence enacting historic preservation legislation in 2007. In 2009, accepted “Preservation Leadership” award from Preservation Buffalo Niagara on behalf of Town.• Led Town’s Lean Six Sigma initiative to further Clarence’s effectiveness.• Provided exemplary, solid, & compassionate direction, and guided the involvement of numerous local, state, and federal agencies in response to the tragic disaster of Flight 3407 in February 2009.Attorney Advertising