Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

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Expert Details

Labor and Employment (Human Resources) Law

ID: 739293 Michigan, USA

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Expert is a Labor and Employment Attorney who represents private clients and businesses with respect to labor and employment matters. His career has related to the Human Resources space, and includes ten years of experience as a human resources professional, and six years as a practicing attorney. Expert represents employers in a variety of labor and employment matters including single-plaintiff litigation and workplace counseling. Prior to practicing law, he worked for more than a decade as a human resources professional including experience as a human resources director and labor and employee relations professional while employed in a variety of businesses. He was also a Presidential Management Fellow while working for the Social Security Administration for several years.

EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING SKILLS
• Performs workplace investigations and drafts reports and recommendations for business clients.
• Reviews collective bargaining agreements and memoranda of understanding agreements.
• Drafts restrictive covenants including covenants not to compete and non-solicitation agreements.
• Drafts employment agreements, severance agreements, employee handbooks, and workplace policies.

LITIGATION SKILLS
• Defends discrimination matters involving Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, EPA and FLSA claims.
• Drafts pleadings and motions such as answers, motions to dismiss, and motions for summary judgment.
• Manages discovery. Drafts interrogatories and argues discovery motions. Oversees document production and witness preparation. Takes and defends depositions of witnesses in preparation for trial.
• Participates in and represents clients in trial preparations and settlement negotiations, drafting jury instructions, motions in limine, position statements, mediation, arbitration, and settlement documents

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2017 Degree: JD Subject: Law Institution: Chicago-Kent College of Law
Year: 2010 Degree: MBA; MSc. Subject: Business Administration; Human Resources Institution: DePaul University
Year: 2006 Degree: MSW Subject: Social Work Institution: University of Michigan
Year: 2005 Degree: BA Subject: Sociology and Creative Writing-Literature Institution: University of Michigan

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2020 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Independent Counsel/Consultant Department:
Responsibilities:
• Performs contract services as outside labor and employment counsel for technology-based clients.
• Drafts labor and employment related documents as independent labor and employment counsel.
• Provides counsel on policy development (including COVID-19), employee relations, and layoff situations.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2020 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Adjunct Professor – Legal Writing Department:
Responsibilities:
• Teaches labor and employment law legal writing courses, instructing students on drafting litigation and transactional documents such position statements, employee handbooks, and employment agreements.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2019 to 2020 Employer: Seyfarth Shaw, LLP Title: Labor and Employment Associate Department:
Responsibilities:
• Defended Fortune 100 clients in Title VII discrimination matters arising out of allegations of race, sex, disability and age bias. Successfully settled and won summary judgment on those matters.
• Reviewed clients’ employee handbooks and workplace policies, proposing and implementing improvements to comply with developing laws regarding sexual harassment and paid sick leave.
• Drafted settlement and separation agreements aimed at limiting client’s liability.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2017 to 2019 Employer: Vedder Price, P.C. Title: Labor & Employment Associate Department:
Responsibilities:
• Defended Fortune 500 clients in Title VII discrimination matters arising out of allegations of race, sex, disability and age bias. Successfully settled and won summary judgment on those matters.
• Reviewed client’s compensation and bonus practices for sales professionals following Department of Labor audit, proposing and implementing improvements and adjusting compensation to comply with the FLSA.
• Drafted restrictive covenants including non-compete and non-solicitation agreements for clients.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2016 to 2017 Employer: Kopon Airdo, LLC Title: Law Clerk Department:
Responsibilities:
• Supported the firm’s employment counseling practice, drafting and reviewing employment documents such as employee handbooks, workplace policies, and reduction in force plans for the firm’s clients.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2016 to 2016 Employer: StephanZouras, LLP Title: Law Clerk Department:
Responsibilities:
• Supported the firm’s plaintiff-side employment litigation practice, drafting motions such as petitions for class certification and petitions for attorneys’ fees on class action wage and hour matters.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2013 to 2015 Employer: Scientel Solutions, LLC Title: Human Resources Director Department:
Responsibilities:
• Managed the entire human resources function (including talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation, and benefits) for networking and security company with a workforce of approximately fifty individuals consisting of exempt and non-exempt employees throughout the United States and Canada.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2011 to 2013 Employer: Robert Bosch, LLC, Title: Human Resources Business Partner Department:
Responsibilities:
• Served as an intermediary to global business units, participating in the talent acquisition process and providing guidance on issues such as pay equity, diversity, employee relations, and training, specifically overseeing all human resources needs for a multinational engineering firm.
• Trained managers on performance management and identifying employee relations issues and developed project management experience during M&A activities.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2007 to 2011 Employer: Social Security Administration Title: Presidential Management Fellow, Human Resources Department:
Responsibilities:
• Recipient of 2011 Regional Commissioner Citation, highest regional honor for exceptional initiative and leadership, attributed to innovative labor relations solutions.
• Completed Presidential Management Fellows Program, with rotations in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Chicago, gaining cross functional experience, and developing in depth knowledge of operations.
• Developed agency succession plan and human capital plan, resulting in increased hiring of disabled veterans.
• Negotiated grievances and disputes between the union and management.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 2015 to 2015 Agency: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Role: Judicial Extern for The Honorable Ann Claire Williams (Ret.). Description:

Career Accomplishments

Licenses / Certifications
Bar Administrations: IL (2017); DC (2018); MI (2022)

Fields of Expertise

human resources, employment, employment law, labor and employment

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