Seasoned, peer and industry recognized, and results-focused attorney, mediator, and arbitrator with extensive experience and practice area expertise in management-side traditional labor and employment, immigration, compliance, and commercial litigation, as well as a long history of providing general counsel services to businesses of varying sizes, and an exceptional track record of delivering favorable outcomes to prominent corporate clients. All characterized by a successful career of demonstrated effectiveness as a partner with a leading southwest regional firm and an Am Law 100 firm, as well as leading, managing, and maintaining oversight of all client services for my fully staffed, multi-office corporate defense firm, in part, by employing a teamwork approach of collaborating with attorneys, other professionals, and firms in matters where collective efforts efficiently and, effectively, maximum diverse skills and talents, to achieve the best result for each client.

SAMPLE OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Defeated class certification in large plaintiff FLSA collective action alleging independent contractor misclassification and willful failure to pay overtime
Directed verdict in Title VII, defamation, breach of contract, tortious interference, fraud and conversion action Defended unfair labor charge involving termination of several union employees for engaging in misconduct while on strike, resulting in decertification of the union
Successfully assessed the risks and negotiated high stakes buy-sale agreement in minority shareholder oppression dispute allowing national retail client to avoid litigation and tens of millions in loss revenue
Defense verdict in wrongful death, negligence, negligent hiring, negligent supervision, negligent training and, negligent entrustment action, where liability was admitted
Victory in nation-wide union employees’ labor arbitration challenging management’s right to implement a no-points attendance policy and various zero tolerance safety regulations
Numerous victories in labor arbitrations for disciplines, terminations, threats of violence, theft, safety violations, performance issues and interpretations of collective bargaining agreements. 

AREAS OF PRACTICE AND EXPERTISE

• Labor Relations, NLRA, RLA, SCA, Good Faith Collective Bargaining, Union Avoidance Campaigns, ULP Charges & Related NLRB Matters

• Employee Relations/Investigations
• Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, EPA, PDA, FLSA, RIF, OSHA, ERISA & WARN
• Non-Competition/NDA’s/ADR

• EEO, AA, OFCCP, USERRA, HITECH Act, GLB Act & DPPA, §1981, §1983, FEHA & TCHRA • HIPAA, FCA, FCRA, PCI & FTC
• Worker’s Compensation
• Trade Secrets/Trademarks
• E-Discovery/E-Verify/FOIA
• GDPR, CCPA & Dodd Frank

• General/Commercial Litigation; Shareholder Disputes;Negotiate, Draft, Analyze, Manage, & Administer Contracts & Related Disputes

•Torts •Products/Insurance/Personal Injury

• Risk Assessment & Management, Litigation Avoidance & Privacy Reg./Statutory/Ethics Compliance Whistleblower/Sarbanes-Oxley/Qui Tam/AIR21

• Business, Investor, & Family Immigration
• Corporate/Commercial/M&A