Representative Engagements

• Brogan v. Lucent (1996) (defense verdict in three-day federal jury trial involving breach of employment contract claims).
• Maier v. Lucent (1996) (favorable jury award in five-day federal jury trial of breach of employment contract claims)
• Rodgers v. Greyhound (1997) (defense verdict in one-day federal bench trial involving race discrimination claims)
• Johnson et al. v. Astra Merck (1999) (lead attorney in race and sex discrimination class action – successfully opposed motion for class certification and reached favorable settlement on behalf of corporate defendant).
• Griffin et al. v. Deere & Co. (2001) (lead attorney in sex discrimination and harassment class action – reached favorable settlement of claims against corporate defendant prior to class certification)
• Nettles v. LSG Sky Chefs (2001) (lead attorney in race discrimination, harassment and retaliation action brought in New York State by Company’s highest ranking African-American executive (ongoing)).
• Abumheimid v. LSG Sky Chefs (2002) (lead attorney in 12-plaintiff race/national origin/religious discrimination action – achieved summary judgment as to all plaintiffs’ termination claims; reached favorable settlement of all but two of the remaining plaintiffs’ harassment claims, leaving only two harassment claims for trial (ongoing)).
• Betts et al. v. Costco (2002) (lead attorney in 6-plaintiff race discrimination action (ongoing)).
• Jefferson v. United (2002) (defense summary judgment disposing of federal race discrimination and harassment claims).
• Harris v. Sodexho (2002) (dismissal with prejudice of federal disability discrimination claims).
• Bacon v. Greyhound (2002) (defense summary judgment disposing of federal disability discrimination claims).
• Nettles et al.. v. LSG Sky Chefs et al . (2004) (lead attorney in federal district court race discrimination “pattern and practice” action brought by Company’s highest ranking African-American executive (related matter, ongoing)).
• Blakely v. Lucent (2000) (voluntary dismissal, after plaintiff’s deposition, of federal race and ERISA discrimination claims).
• Murphy v. Royal Crown (1999) (dismissal of federal race discrimination claims).
• Spencer v. AT&T (1998) (defense summary judgment disposing of federal age, sex and race discrimination claims).
• Jones v. Gannett (1998) (defense summary judgment disposing of federal retaliation and harassment claims).
  
  

• Teamsters/Bloxton v. Mercy Hospital (2005) (arbitration award upholding discharge of a long-term union employee).
• Unite/Fernandez v. C-Line Products (2004) (arbitration award for Employer in contract interpretation case).
• Teamsters/O’Hale v. Mercy Hospital (2004) (arbitration award upholding discharge of long-term union employee).
• Teamsters/Napper v. Mercy Hospital (2002) (arbitration award overturning termination but upholding suspension of long-term union employee).
• Teamsters/Harding v. Mercy Hospital (2001) (arbitration award upholding discharge of long-term union employee).
• Teamsters/Malecki v. Jackson Park Hospital (1998) (arbitration award upholding discharge of long-term union employee)
• Allied Waste Industries d/b/a BFI-Quincy (2003) (company victory in representation election involving Operating Engineers union).
• Allied Waste Industries d/b/a American Disposal Services (2002) (company victory -- union withdrew petition -- in representation proceeding involving Teamsters union).
• Kiewit Materials Co. d/b/a Black Butte Coal (2002) (company victory in representation election involving Boilermakers union).
• Kiewit Materials Co. d/b/a Pacific Rock Products (2002) (company victory -- union withdrew petition -- in representation proceeding involving Teamsters union).
• Kiewit Materials Co. d/b/a Fort Calhoun Stone (2000) (company victory in representation election involving Operating Engineers union).
• Kiewit Materials Co. d/b/a Black Butte Coal (1999) (company victory in representation election involving Steelworkers union).
• Nucorp Associates d/b/a Munster Med-Inn (2003) (chief negotiator for ongoing contract negotiations with Teamsters union).
• Allied Waste Industries d/b/a Central Waste Services (2003) (chief negotiator for ongoing contract negotiations with Teamsters union).
• Allied Waste Industries d/b/a Duckett Disposal (2003) (chief negotiator for ongoing contract negotiations with Teamsters union).
• Mercy Hospital and Medical Center (2002) (chief negotiator for contract negotiations with Teamsters union).
• Jackson Park Hospital (1999, 2002) (negotiator for contract negotiations with Teamsters union).

Presentations

• Instructor, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, “Workplace Investigations,” 2003-2004.
• Presenter, American Bar Association Developing Labor Law Committee 2005 Mid-Winter Meeting, “Allied Mechanical Services, Inc: If Multiple Unions Merge Without an Employee Vote, Should the Successor Union Succeed to the Bargaining Rights of Its Predecessors?”
• Presenter, American Bar Association 2004 Annual Meeting, “How Clean A Slate? The Ups and Downs, Ins and Outs, Truths and Myths of Resolving Ancillary Issues to a Labor Dispute”
• Presenter, American Bar Association Developing Labor Law Committee 2002 Mid-Winter Meeting “The Implications of Crown Cork & Seal Co. For Employee Involvement Committees.”