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| University | Michigan State University, B.A., with high honors, 1991 |
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| Law School | University of Michigan, J.D., 1994 |
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| Admitted | 1994, Maryland; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fourth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Maryland State and American (Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. |
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| Biography | Listed: Maryland Super Lawyer; Chambers USA; America's Leading Lawyers for Business; The Best Lawyers In America. Representative Articles and Speeches include: "Hiring and Firing: Doing It Right to Avoid Problems," Weinberg Fellows Program, July 22, 2003; "Developments in Arbitration in the Non-Union Setting," MICPEL's Employment Law Institute, May 7, 2003; "Ex Parte Communications with Former Employees Under the Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct," The Defense Line, Spring 2003; "Untangling the Confusing - and Often Conflicting - Web of Leave Laws: FMLA, ADA and Workers' Comp," Council on Education in Management, December 2001; "References Once More Become A Land Mine," Baltimore Business Journal, March 14-20, 1997; "Downsized; Partners May Bring ADEA Suits," National Law Journal, Sept. 30, 1996; "Beware the Native Tongue: National Origin and English-Only Rules," Society for Human Resources Management, Legal Report, Spring 1995; "ADR For Today's Workforce," Warfield's Business Daily — August 1996; "ADR Agreements with Employees Growing in Use and Popularity," The Daily Record, August 27, 1996; "Individual ADR Agreements: Effective and Enforceable," Personnel Law Update, Council on Education in Management, February 1996. Seminars include: "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002," Baltimore Metropolitan Area of Chapter for the American Payroll Association, February 2, 2004; "Will They or Won't They? The Proposed Regulations to Overtime Exemptions Under the Fair Labor Standards Act," an Internet seminar presentation with ADP Services, October 9, 2003.
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| Reported Cases | Howell v. Network Solutions, Inc., et al., 84 Fed. Appx. 301, 2003 WL 23019219 (4th Cir. 2003) (race/age discrimination, retaliation); Pounds v. Board of Trustees, Anne Arundel Community College, et al., 215 F.3d 1320 (4th Cir. 2000) (race discrimination); The Baltimore Opera Company v. The Musicians' Association of Metropolitan Baltimore, Local Union 40-543, American Federation of Musicians, 79 FEP Cases 891 (D Md. 1999) (successfully vacating arbitration decision); Stills v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, et al., 48 F. Sup.2d 495 (D.Md. 1999) (ERISA); Hammad v. Tate Access Floors, Inc., 31 F. Supp.2d 524 (D. Md. 1999) (national origin discrimination). |
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| ISLN | 909693105 |
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