Speaking Engagements

• National Employment Lawyers Assn. Continuing Education Program, Moderator Effective Arbitration Tips from the Experts, June 2007.

• National Employment Lawyers Assn. Federal Employment Continuing Education Program, October, 2004, Planning Committee and Speaker/Moderator of panels on “Navagating the Administrative Process,” and “Effective Advocacy before the EEOC.”

• National Employment Lawyers Assn. Annual Meeting 2004

• Affiliate Leadership Workshop - "Affiliate Governance."

• National Employment Lawyers Assn. Annual Meeting 2003 - Representing Federal Employees.


• American Arbitration Association, Atlanta Regional Office - Effective Employment Conflict Management - Legal Basis for Employment ADR

• W. J. Usery Center for the Workplace - National Alliance Training Program in Georgia - Disability Discrimination - (April 2000)

• National Education Association Annual Conference 2000 - Using Alternative Dispute Resolution to Resolve Discrimination Issues - (April 2000)

• Usery Center for the Workplace at Georgia State University Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution: ADR in Employment (1999)

• National Employment Lawyers Assn. Annual Meeting 1999 - Representing Federal Employees.

• EEOC Training on Family and Medical Leave Act (1998).

• Welcome Address; "Fall Into An Evening With Newt," Fund Raiser for the Spina Bifida Association of Georgia (September 1995).

"What A Lawyer Needs To Know About the EEOC - A Plaintiff's Perspective," Institute for Continuing Legal Education (December 1994).

"Alternate Dispute Resolution in Employment Law;" American Arbitration Association (November 1993 and October 1995).

"Alternate Dispute Resolution; What is the Proper Role for Arbitration and Mediation; " Fourth Annual National Employment Lawyers Association Georgia Chapter Employment Litigation Conference. (November 1994).

"Representing Federal Employees;" Third Annual National Employment Lawyers Association Georgia Chapter Employment Litigation Conference. (November 1993).

"Employment Challenges for the 90's A View of Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act; " Institute for Continuing Legal Education. (March 1993)

"What Everyone Needs to Know about Employment Law;" The People's Law School (Fall 1993)

"Leadership and Resilience;" Buckhead Business Association, Leadership Buckhead (January 1993).

"Connections - Relationships in the Practice of Law;" Atlanta Bar Association Program Chairperson (March 1992).

"Damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1991;" Address to the Board of Commissioners, Cooperating Attorneys and Special Masters of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity. (October 1992).

"How will the Americans With Disabilities Act Work;" Institute for Continuing Legal Education. (December 1991).

"Americans With Disabilities Act;" First Annual National Employment Lawyers Association Georgia Chapter Employment Litigation Conference. (September 1991).

Americans With Disabilities Act;" American Bar Assn., Litigation Section Annual Meeting. (August 1991).

"Trial of an Employment Discrimination/Retaliation Case, Plaintiff's Opening Statement;" Institute for Continuing Legal Education. (October 1988).

Address various employee groups on Labor & Employment Law, Business Law and Family Law.

Frequent Speaker at National, Regional, and local conferences on employment rights, educational rights of people with disabilities.