Experience

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  Employers council

  Sept 1997 - May 2002

  Staff attorney

  Represented employers in legal matters before the EEOC, DOL, NLRB, OSHA, OSHRC, equivalent state agencies, and in labor arbitrations; negotiated collective bargaining agreements and settlements; drafted contracts; conducted workplace investigations; advised clients on legal exposure of contemplated actions; and taught classes on HR topics for the nation’s largest full-service association of annual dues-paying employers, offering legal representation, HR-outsourcing, management training, surveys, and advocacy.• Achieved 100% success rate on 60+ position statements filed with the EEOC and equivalent state agency.• First-chaired 20+ labor arbitrations and won all contract interpretation cases and most grievance cases. Show less

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  Employers group

  May 2003 - Jul 2008

  Senior consultant

  Provided compliance solutions and management best practices to 3000+ member companies; developed webinars and classroom training and delivered the same; researched common law, legislative, and regulatory HR developments; and wrote articles for publication.• Recognized as the highest consulting producer in the department, resolving over 20,000 compliance- and management-related issues during tenure.

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  University of maryland global campus

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2014

  Adjunct instructor & academic advisor

  Coached students on academic planning; prepared syllabi, assignments, exams, and delivered courses in academic research, expository writing, and business in classrooms and online for a university providing degree programs to servicemembers and Department of Defense civilians assigned to Europe.• In student evaluations, consistently rated among the top faculty members in each discipline taught.

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  Employers group

  Jun 2011 - Sept 2019

  Regional director & senior consultant

  Led a department of HR consultants; managed the most valued service line in the company, based on customer feedback; provided counsel to CHROs and HR professionals on complex employee relations issues; drafted compliant policies and employee handbooks for client companies; and facilitated courses on all matter of HR content for the nation’s oldest association of annual dues-paying employers, providing in-house services to include HR consulting, training, coaching, surveys, and advocacy to California-based companies, many with a multistate footprint.• Singled out in company surveys for providing superior consulting services and making compliance topics accessible.• Regularly tasked by CEO to provide consulting services on the most challenging topics to the most valuable clients. Show less

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  Archbright

  Oct 2019 - now

  Daily provide legal advice to member clients on labor and employment law matters, from alleged employment discrimination to complex labor law topics; draft and review contracts; represent employers before governmental agencies; conduct workplace investigations and, when not the investigator, advise employers on next steps based on the investigator’s findings; negotiate collective bargaining agreements; and facilitate classes on compliance matters in a law firm environment, while also jointly employed by the nation’s most innovative association of annual dues-paying employers, offering HR-outsourcing, Archbright University instruction, and workers’ compensation support. Show less Daily consulted with business owners—some with no inhouse HR function, others with fully-staffed HR departments—on compliance best practices concerning a spectrum of employment matters; conducted workplace investigations of all varieties of complaints; facilitated classes on HR compliance and best practices.• Fastest onboarding, highest departmental percentage of hours directly billable to client, and, with departmental colleagues, highest volume of client questions fielded in company history—within the first year of employment.• In all-employee meeting, individually recognized by company president for exceptional customer service. Show less

  • Attorney, Workplace Law Group

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Senior Human Resources Advisor

    Oct 2019 - Dec 2023