ANN ARBOR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
2003 to present - City Attorney's Office, City of Ann Arbor
PRACTICE AREAS
Labor and Employment Law
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1994-2002 - Manager, Labor and Employment Law, DTE Energy and Michigan
Consolidated Gas Company
1985 -1994 - Attorney, Labor and Employment Section, Dykema Gossett Law Firm
EDUCATION
1985 - J.D. cum laude from Wayne State University Law School
1979 - B.S., Certificate in Physical Therapy, University of Michigan
TRAININGS PRESENTED
2007-2008 - Michigan Employment Law - Background Investigation Training for
Law Enforcement
2006 - Risk Avoidance in Employment: Ann Arbor Project Management Group
October 2000 - Working as a Team with Outside Counsel, Dykema Gossett
Employment Law Seminar
1994 - Violence in the Workplace, Michigan Public Employer Labor Relations
Association Annual Conference
1992 - Presentations in Florida and Michigan on the Older Workers Benefit
Protection Act
October 1986-2002 - Numerous trainings to employer groups on immigration, sexual
harassment, violence in the workplace, labor relations, Americans with
Disabilities Act and Family Medical Leave Act.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
2008 - Harvard University Program on Negotiation
2006 - Program on Labor Law and Labor Arbitration
1999-2001 - National Employment Law Institute, Americans with Disabilities Act
1991 - National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Masters Advocate Program
SIGNIFICANT CASES
City of Ann Arbor v. Willie Stevenson 20 MPER 13 (2007) (Unfair Labor Practice)
Hollowell v. Michigan Consol. Gas Co. 50 F. Supp. 2d 695 (1999)
(Race Discrimination)
Radtke v. Everett 442 Mich. 388 (1993) (Sexual Harassment)
Stenke v. Quanex Corp 759 F. Supp 1244 (1991) (Pension)
Washtenaw Community College 6 MPER LRP P24,128 (1993) (Unit Classification)