Experience

Varnum LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Partner

  • Oct 2000 - Present

  I am a partner in the labor and employment practice group, focusing on employment issues and litigation. I have counseled business clients on a variety of matters affecting the workplace, including effective employee handbooks and policies, disciplinary and dispute resolution procedures, discrimination issues, disability accommodation, wage-hour matters, family medical leave, and harassment and litigation prevention. When litigation is unavoidable, I have significant experience representing employers under the numerous state and federal statutes that govern the employment relationship, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). I have experience in both single-plaintiff cases and complex class and collective actions



Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Oct 1994 - Aug 2000



United States District Court, Western District of Michigan

• Judicial Law Clerk

  • Aug 1993 - Aug 1994

  Judicial Clerk to The Honorable David W. McKeague Judicial Clerk to The Honorable David W. McKeague