Honors and Awards:

• Best of Philadelpia Award, U.S. Local Business Association
• Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in America

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Federal Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and for the District of New Jersey.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), president of the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of NELA (1997-2003),  chairperson of the bylaws committee (2003-2007), member of the American Constitution Society, co-chairperson of the Sole and Small Practice Management Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association (2007), co-chairperson of the Women's Rights Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association (2000), member of the executive committee of the Public Interest Section (2000), former member of the executive committee of the National Association of Women Lawyers, participant on referral panels for the Patient Advocate Foundation, the Cancer Legal Resource Center and the American Association of University Women, public arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Member of Board of Directors of The West Philadelphia Mental Health Consortium Jan. 2009- Jan. 2011; member of fact-finding committee, 2010.
• Former member of the governing board and of the district advisory council of the Health Systems Agency
• American Guild of Organists
• Voter protection volunteer for the Committee of Seventy, 2008
• Chairperson, Personnel Committee of the Ethical Society of Philadelphia; member Finance Committee., 2011

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• "ERISA Litigation" Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases "Mandatory Disclosures Required by ERISA" 1 Employee Rights Quarterly No. 2.
• Presentation to the Sole and Small Firm Practice Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association., Attorney's Fee Awards under the Federal Fee-Shifting Statutes, 2004
• Presentation at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's seminar Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases., ERISA Litigation, 2007
• Presentation to the Elder Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association., ERISA Rights and Remedies, 2008
• Presentation to the National Employment Lawyers Association, Eastern Pa. chapter, organizer and co-presenter, Taxation of Awards and Settlements in Employment Cases, 2008
• Presentation to the Women in the Profession committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association identifying typical gender stereotypes impeding advancement in the legal profession.  , Speaker, Pennsylvania Bar Association Women in the Profession retreat, Gender Stereotyping: Perception and Punishment, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2010
• Presentation about Family and Medical leave for pregnant employees and workplace dating., presenter, Women in the Workforce, Career TV, 2010
• The effectiveness of the Dodd-Frank Act depends on actions of consumers and shareholders. Shareholders  must rise to the challenge  to obtain information about the link between financial performance and executive compensation and to question compensation.  Consumers may contact a single agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, about concerns and complaints.  Whistleblowers may receive between 10-30% of monetary sanctions imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, speaker, Consumer, Shareholder and Whistleblower Protections under the Dodd-Frank Act, Franklin Inn Club, 2011

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Cole v. Pa. House of Representatives, Republican Caucus (settlement).
• Peters Petals v. Pozsonyi, 869 F. 2d 590 (3d Cir. 1989)
•  DiGiacomo v. Teamsters Pension Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 420 F. 3d 220 (3d Cir. 2005)
• Holton v. Crozer Chester Medical Center, 570 F. 2d 575 (3d Cir. 1977); Keegan v. Steamfitters Local 420 Pension Fund, 211 F. Supp. 2d 632, aff'd 2003 U.S. App. Lexis 13223; Austin v. Neal, 933 F. Supp. 444 (1996); McKeever v. Atlantic Spring & Mfg. Co., 502 F. Supp. 684 (1980); Berry v. Office of Personnel Management, 50 MSPR 385 (1991), Winterle v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 442 A. 2d 1211 (Pa. Cmwlth., 1982). 
• Settled Merit Systems Protection Board appeals resulting in the reinstatement of two federal employees., 2008
• Settled EEO claim of a federal employee denied adequate training to successfully perform job duties, 2009
• Won a pension plan appeal overturning the denial of benefits based on participation status., 2009
• negotiated the reinstatement of long term disability benefits for a claimant suffering from fibromyalgia, 2009
• Settled collection case against an unincorporated association after prevailing on a summary judgment motion challenging responsibility of a parent association for debts incurred in the name of a project of the association., 2010
• Won breach of fiduciary duty plan appeal where retiree reasonably relied on misrepresentations., 2010
• Boandl v. Geithner - settled disability discrimination/retaliation claim for constructively discharged employee of the Internal Revenue Service., 2011
• Klele v. United States Postal Service - settled appeal filed at the Merit Systems Protection Board for failure to restore partially recovered employee to limited duty., 2011

Transactions:

• management services agreements for health care providers, employment agreements, severance agreements
• living wills, medical directives, health care powers of attorney, wills, probate

Representative Clients:

• government employees, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, executives, administrators, professionals including health care providers, engineers, musicians, composers, teachers

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• spearheaded task force to propose whistleblower protection legislation in Pa., 2009

Video:

• Interview about pregnancy discrimination and dating in the workplace

Educational Background:

• B.A., Livingston College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1972
• J.D., Rutgers Law School, Newark, N.J., 1975