Issues Addressed

Absenteeism, Arbitrability, Bargaining Unit Work, Beck Objections, Classification Systems, Community of Interest, Comparability, Concerted Activity, Conduct, Deferral, Demotion, Discharge, Discipline, Discrimination (Race, Disability, Gender, Age), Dues Checkoff, Dues Deductions, Duty of Fair Representation, Duty to Bargain, Duty to Exhaust, Duty to Provide Information, Employee Monitoring Technology, ERISA Benefits, Free Speech, Furloughs, Grievance Mediation, Health, Hiring Practices, Impact Bargaining, Incentive Pay, Independent Contractor Status, Insurance Benefits, Interference, Job Classifications, Job Performance, Job Posting, Jurisdictional Disputes, Layoffs, Leave Benefits, Long-Term Disability Claims, Management Rights, Mootness, Overtime Pay, Past Practices, Pension Plans, Seniority, Standard of Review, Statute of Limitations, Subcontracting, Tenured Teacher Discharges, Unit Clarifications, Vacation Benefits, Vacation Pay, Waiver, Work Assignments, Working Conditions, Working Hours, Workplace Violence.

Industries Addressed

Banking and Financial Services, Communications, Corrections, Education (primary, secondary, and higher), Electrical Equipment / Appliances, Entertainment / Arts, Fire, Hospitals / Nursing Homes, Labor Organizations, Metal Fabrication, Office / Clerical, Police / Fire, Public Works, Refrigeration / HVAC, Social Services, Utilities.

Professional Affiliations

Practitioner Member, Wisconsin Association of Mediators

Inns of Court, James E. Doyle Chapter

Conflict Consultants Network

Labor and Employment Relations Association, National and Wisconsin Chapters

National Association of Railroad Referees

Wisconsin Bar Association

Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (current Executive Board Member)

Labor and Employment Section (former Executive Board Chair)

American Bar Association

                 Labor and Employment Section

                 State and Local Government Bargaining and Employment Law Committee

;                Federal Labor Regulation Legislation Committee

                 Alternative Dispute Resolution Section

Work History

Mediator / Arbitrator / Fact-Finder:  Carne Dispute Resolution

Adjunct Professor:  University of Wisconsin Law School; University of Wisconsin--Oshkosh School of Business

Attorney, Mediator, Arbitrator, Administrative Law Judge:  Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission

Chief Legal Counsel / Deputy Director:  Wisconsin Office of State Employment Relations

Attorney, Hawks, Quindel, Ehlke & Perry, S.C..

Education

Juris Doctor, with distinction, University of Iowa College of Law, May 2002

Bachelor of Arts, Grinnell College, May 1996