Summary
I serve both as a counselor and advocate for my clients, concentrating on finding practical, legal and profitable solutions to their management and employee problems. I am an adjunct Professor of Human Resources Management, an Arbitrator, and a Hearing Officer for state and local governemnts I serve as Labor Counsel to numerous corporations, local governemnts, and individuals and as General Counsel to the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, and FBI National Academy Associates..
Representation of companies, local governments, executives, and individiuals in employment and labor law, union organizing,collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, discrimination law claims, wage-hour laws, OSHA issues, Department of Labor matters, negotiation, drafting and litigation of employment and severance contracts, non-compete agreements, litigating wrongful termination claims, public employment disputes, proactive employment policy creation and advice, and management training.
Education: Catholic University of America, J.D., 1971; Editor Catholic University Law Review; Former Chair, State Bar of Georgia Labor and Employment Law Section; Former Co-Chair, Georgia Bar Federal Court Liason, and State Bar Compensation Committees
Year Admitted to the Bar: 1972 (Maryland), 1978 (Georgia and District of Columbia) 2005 (U.S. Supreme Court)