Admitted: 1967, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1968, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1990, Maryland
Law School: University of Michigan, J.D.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Co-Chairperson, Steering Committee of Labor Law Division, 1996-1997; Member, 1972-1974, 1993-1995); American Bar Association (Member, Sections of: Labor and Employment Law; Individual Rights and Responsibilities Law; Litigation); National Employment Lawyers Association ( Vice President Public Policy, 2007, Treasurer, 2006, Member, Board of Directors, 2003,); Workplace Fairness (Member, Advisory Board); Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (President, 1993-1996; Board of Directors, 1988); District of Columbia Employment Justice Center (Board of Directors, 2000-2004); Chet Levitt Employment Law Fund (Co-Chair, 1997); College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Member, 2003).
Biography: Recipient: Federal Bar Association's National Outstanding Younger Attorney Award, 1969; Super Lawyers Washington, D.C., 2007 and 2008. Author: "Unjust Dismissal: District of Columbia Update," The Washington Lawyer, November/December, 1989. Co-Author: "Whistle Blowers and D.C.'s Public Policy Tort," The Washington Lawyer, July/August, 1992; "Getting to Trial with a Gender Harassment Case," D.C. Bar CLE, Spring, 1995; "Claims of Alleged Harassers: Enforcing the Rights of the Wrongfully Accused," The National Organization of Lawyers for Education Association Law Conference, Washington, DC, May 21, 2006; "Workers' Rights in Jeopardy: EEOC's Enforcement of Equal Employment Opportunity Laws Impede By Inadequate Funding," National Employment Lawyers Association report, April, 2007. Adjunct Professor of Law, Equal Opportunity Law, Denver College of Law, Spring Quarters, 1972-1974. Chairperson and Lecturer, Equal Employment Opportunity Law, CLE Colorado Bar, 1972 and 1973. Senior Attorney and Acting Chief, District Court Section, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1965-1970. ADA Policy Law Editorial Advisory Board. Editorial Board, Bender's Labor & Employment Bulletin.
Born: Detroit, Michigan, October 13, 1939
Cases: Lead Counsel: Bell et al. v. Automobile Club of Michigan, 80 F.R.D. 228 (ED.Mich. 1978).