Full-Time Labor Arbitrator, Pittsburgh, PA (2010 – Present)

• Adjudicate management/labor discipline and contract interpretation grievances
• Experience in absenteeism, arbitrability, bargaining unit work, benefits, conduct (off duty), demotion, discipline and discharge, discrimination, drug/alcohol offenses, holiday pay, insurance, job classification, job performance, job bidding, layoff/bumping/recall, leave, management rights, merit pay, overtime pay, past practice, pension and welfare plans, promotion, race, religion, retirement, safety conditions, seniority, sexual harassment, subcontracting, vacation, violence/threats, wages, work hours/schedules, and working condition/work orders
• United States Postal Service/National Postal Mail Handlers Union Regular Panels for Western Pennsylvania District, Northern Ohio District, and Ohio Valley District

General Counsel, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Canonsburg, PA

• Litigated all labor arbitrations for Local 23 (now 1776), Western Pennsylvania’s largest labor union
• Represented union in National Labor Relations Board litigation
• Represented union in grievance negotiations and settlements
• Managed all unfair labor practice charges

Defense Attorney, Grogan Graffam & McGinley, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA

• Member of Litigation Practice Group
• Lead attorney for civil defense litigation matters
• Argued/briefed before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Law Clerk, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Emil E. Narick
• Assisted in drafting approximately 100 appellate opinions, primarily involving government entities

Contract Negotiator, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Monroeville, PA

• Negotiated and administered prime contracts for United States Navy nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers
• Made financial recommendations to the United States Navy for the purchase of equipment for submarine and aircraft carrier nuclear reactors

University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1997

• Intern for the Honorable Emil E. Narick of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
• Teaching Assistant, Legal Analysis and Writing Program
• Research Assistant, Legal Analysis and Writing Program
• Sports Columnist, The Pitt News

University of Pittsburgh, Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, 1990

• Dual major: Business and Rhetoric/Communication
• Attended on academic Provost Scholarship
• Sports Columnist, The Pitt News