Steptoe & Johnson

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Jury trial on behalf of aircraft leasing company where plaintiff claimed constructive discharge, sexual harassment and battery claims
• Sought summary judgment on behalf of large law firm in shareholder's discrimination retaliation action
• Challenged National Labor Relations Board's bargaining order against nursing home when labor board changed the size of the bargaining unit after the union election

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2011
  Steptoe & Johnson
• 1995-2011
  Jackson Lewis LLP
• 1977-1994
  Thorp, Reed and Armstrong
• 1974-1976
  Labor Counsel, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
• 1978-1994
  Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh
• 1983-1986
  Adjunct Professor, Community College of Allegheny County
• 1972-1973
  Summer Internship, Honorable Hubert I. Tietelbaum, Judge, Western District of Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

• Labor Law Section, American Bar Association
• Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, American Bar Association

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Human Resource Committee, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
• Mt. Macrina Manor Nursing Home, Board of Directors

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• "Laughs, Libations & Liability," Smart Business Pittsburgh, 2010
• Defining 'Employee' Under Antidiscrimination Laws, Law 360 Employment Law, 2010
• When Employees Won't Work, Winning Strategies for Controlling Absenteeism, Warren/Youngstown Regional Chamber, 2006
• Buying & Selling a Business, Employment Law Issues, Sterling Education Series, 2003