Resume

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:  

  • National Academy of Arbitrators
  • American Arbitration Association
  • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (#3216)

 EDUCATION:

  • Juris Doctor, Salmon P. Chase College of Law
  • Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
  • Bachelor of Arts, Business Marketing

CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Supreme Court of Ohio, Supreme Court of Kentucky, Supreme Court of United States,
  • Numerous Federal Courts of Appeal,
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 

ARBITRATION/LABOR RELATIONS EXPERIENCE:

Labor Tribunal Administrator, American Arbitration Association.

Trained with Charles Mullin, Jr., and Carl Stoltenberg, both from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

INDUSTRIES: 

Airlines, Aluminum, Automotive, Bakery, Beverage, Building Products, Brewery, Broadcasting, Canning, Cement, Chemicals, Coal, Communications, Construction, Dairy, Distillery, Education, Electrical Equipment/Appliances, Electronics, Entertainment/Arts, Food, Foundry, Glass/Pottery, Health Care,  Hotels/Motels/Casinos/Resorts, Hospital/Nursing Home, Iron, Lumber, Machinery, Metal Fabrication, Mining, Nuclear Energy, Office Workers/Clerical, Organizations, Packaging, Paint & Varnish, Petroleum/Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, Plumbing, Police and Fire, Printing and Publishing, Prison Guard, Pulp and Paper, Railroads, Real Estate, Refrigeration/HVAC, Restaurants, Retail Stores, Rubber/Tire, Sports, Steel, Stone/Quarry, Textile, Tobacco, Transportation, Trucking and Storage, Upholstering, Utilities, Warehousing.

 

ISSUES:

Affirmative Action, Absenteeism, Arbitrability, Bargaining Unit Work, Conduct, Demotion, Discipline (Non-Discharge), Discipline (Discharge), Discrimination:  Age, Disability, Race, Sex, Religion, National Origin, Drug/Alcohol Offenses, Fringe Benefits:  Bonus, Holidays, Insurance, Leave, Vacation, Grievance Mediation, Health/Hospitalization, Hiring Practices, Job Performance, Job Posting/Bidding, Jurisdictional Disputes, Layoffs/Bumping/Recall, Management Rights, Official Time, Past Practices, Pension and Welfare Plans, Pension Claim (Fed. Statute), Promotion, Retirement, Safety/Health Conditions, Seniority, Sexual Harassment, Strikes, Lockouts, Work Stoppages, Slowdowns, Subcontracting/Contracting Out, Tenure/Reappointment, Union Security, Wages:  Cost-of-Living Pay, Holiday Pay, Incentive Pay, Job Classification and Rates, Merit Pay, Overtime Pay, Severance Pay, Vacation Pay, Work Hours/Schedules/Assignments, Working Conditions/Work Orders, Violence or Threats.

PERMANENT PANELS:

Very numerous.  Examples include AK Steel/Armco Employees; Cinergy/IBEW; Cleveland Electric Illuminating/UWUA; City of Hamilton/IUOE, Local 20; City of Cincinnati/AFSCME, Ohio Council 8; City of Columbus, Ohio/FOP/OLC, Inc.; Franklin County DHS/OCSEA/AFSCME Lcoal 11; Plainville Concrete/ IBT Local 100; Ohio Office of Collective Bargaining/ FOP/OLC, Inc.; Cinery/UWUA; Five Rivers Electric/IUOE; Cintas/IUOE; Caterpillar/UAW.

ARBITRATION ROSTERS:

  • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
  • American Arbitration Association

 PUBLISHED CASES: Too numerous to list.

 FEES:

 PER DIEM FEE:  $2,500.00  

CANCELLATION FEE:  If canceled within twenty one (21) workingdays of scheduled hearing a one (1) day per diem will be charged.

Typical case fees include $0.80/miles for mileage/travel time if more than four (4) hours from Cincinnati, office; all expenses from Cincinnati, Office; and normal $75.00 administrative fee for decisions rendered.  No fees if scheduled hearing is canceled outside of time limits.