Publications

• “After the Rain: Disaster Recovery and Employee Safety” Tower Times (November 2009)
• “Safety: The Universal Language? Literacy and Language Challenges in the Workplace” Concrete Openings (September 2009)
• “Balancing The ADA With Safety” Tower Times (July 2009)
• Swine Flu: The Employer’s Guide to the Legal and Workplace Implications of a Swine Flu Outbreak (September 2009)
• “OSHA Defense 101: Avoiding The OSHA Liability Pyramid” Render (June 2009)
• “Enhanced OSHA Liability For ‘Controlling Employers’” Tower Times (May 2009)
• “Safety Violations Could Cost You More Than Money — They May Cost You Your Freedom” Render (April 2009)
• “Increased Risk Of OSHA Repeat Citation” Render (March 2009)
• “Sick Building Syndrome: Employer Liability Issues” Tower Times (February 2009)
• “Avoiding Liability For Terminating The Injured Employee” Render (January 2009)
• "Balancing ADA with Safety" Employment Practices Liability Consultant (January 2009)
• “Avoiding Liability For Lockout/Tagout Violations” Tower Times (December 2008)
• “Personal Protective Equipment: Increasing OSHA Liability for Employers” Render (October 2008)
• “It’s Not The Same Old Song! Avoiding Age-Related Discrimination Liability” Tower Times (September 2008)
• “Guns at the Workplace – Liability Challenges” Tower Times (August 2008)
• “Responding to an OSHA Inspection (Part Three): Render Employee Interview Rights” Render (July 2008)
• “Necrotizing Fasciitis – Addressing Employee Concerns About the ‘Flesh Eating Bacteria’” Tower Times (June 2008)
• “Preventing and Managing Workplace Violence” American Bar Association, Editor, Section of State and Local Government (June 2008)
• “MRSA Infection – Workplace Liability Issues” Tower Times (March 2008)
• “Responding to an OSHA Inspection” (Parts I & II) Demolition, (January, February 2008)
• “Tuberculosis Liability Issues in the Workplace” Tower Times (Fall 2007)
• “OSHA Ability to Cite General Controlling Employer Limited” Tower Times (June 2007)
• “Corralling the Workplace Bully” Demolition, (May 2007)
• “Avoiding Liability for Sexual Harassment” Employment Practices Liability Consultant (Winter 2007)
• "Bye Bye Baby Boomers!" Demolition, Volume 35, Number 1, pp. 31-32 (January/February 2007)
• “Avoiding Hostile Work Environment Claims by Hispanic Employees” Employment Practices Liability Consultant (Fall 2006)
• "Dealing with a Hostile Employee," Occupational Health & Safety, Volume 75, Number 11 (November 2006)
• "Doing the Right Thing Without Fear: Employer use of Automatic External Defibrillator," Tower Times, the magazine for the National Association of Tower Erectors; Render, the magazine for the National Renderers Association; and Demolition, the magazine for the National Demolition Association (October 2006)
• “Business Continuity Planning: Preparing for an Avian Flu Pandemic,” Co-Author of Book, Alex Information Solutions, Inc. (August 2006)
• "Employee Access to Workplace Medical and Exposure Records," Occupational Health & Safety, Volume 75, Number 6, pp. 70-75 (June 2006)
• "Avian Flu is Not Just for the Birds: The Employer's Guide to Legal and Workplace Implications of an Avian Flu Outbreak," BNA Occupational Safety and Health Reporter, Volume 36, No. 15 (April 13, 2006)
• Candy Gives Employer a Major Toothache - Avoiding Defamation Liability in Employment Actions, Author, Employment Practices Liability Consultant (December 2005)
• “Employees Bypass OSHA for Retaliatory Discharge Claims” Employment Practices Liability Consultant (Fall 2005)
• Love at the Office, Dating May Lead to Disaster, Author, Demolition Magazine, National Demolition Association (May/June 2005)
• Guideline for Workplace Violence Prevention and Response, Contributing Committee Member, ASIS International, 2005
• Guns at the Workplace – Liability Challenges, Author, Employment Practices Liability Consultant, International Risk Management Institute, 2004
• School Violence:  From Discipline to Due Process, Author, Chapter 6 Workplace Violence:  School Liability, pp. 81-98, American Bar Association, 2004
• Get Out of My Face!  Dealing With A Hostile Employee, Author, Tower Times, National Association of Tower Erectors, May 2003
• Silence is Golden (Worksite Criminal Law Liability), Author, Tower Times, National Association of Tower Erectors, June 2003
• Workplace Violence:  Costs, Causes and Control, Employment Practices Liability Consultant, Summer 2003
• Courts Rule on Impact of Alcoholism and Stress, Author, Demolition Magazine, National Demolition Association (Sept./Oct. 2003)
• Inadequate Fire Response Reemerges In Tragedies, Author, Tower Times, National Association of Tower Erectors, December 2003
• Workplace Violence:  Costs, Causes and Control, Author, Employment Practices Liability Consultant, International Risk Management Institute, 2003
• What If . . . Emergency Contingency Planning, Author, Render Magazine, National Renderers Magazine, February 2002
• Violence Prevention at Work – A Business Perspective, Workplace Violence Symposium, Leesburg, Virginia, Presenter; U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, June 10, 2002
• Author, Timber! New OSHA Log Falls On Employers (2001)
• Contributing Editor, BNA Occupational Safety and Health Guide (1998)
• “Duty to Warn,” Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (First Quarter 1997)
• “Expert Witnesses; The Standards of Admissibility and the Standards Used in Testimony,” Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (First Quarter 1995)
• Contributing Author, Industrial Fire Chief Magazine (“Emergency Response,” January, 1992)
• “Complying with OSHA Regulations, Fire Safety and Emergency Response”  (University of Michigan, October, 1992)
• “Managing Occupational Safety and Health Law in the 1990s” (Seyfarth Shaw publication, 1992)