# overview
My research focuses on understanding the legal implications related to resolving workplace disputes. I also like to explore the intersection of race and alternatives to the court resolution process as those matters correlate with workplace legal concerns.

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Federal Rules of Evidence (United States)

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16 Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions

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Loyola University Chicago - (Chicago, Illinois, United States)

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University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States)

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Loyola University Chicago - (Chicago, Illinois, United States)

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Human Resources & Industrial Labor Relations

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University of Southern California - (Los Angeles, California, United States)

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M.B.A. Master of Business Administration

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California Lutheran University - (Thousand Oaks, California, United States)

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The NLRB as an beragency for the Evolving Workplace

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Unusual Unanimity and the Ongoing Debate on the Meaning of Words: The Labor and Employment Decisions from the Supreme Court's 2013-14 Term

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Preempting Justice through Binding Arbitration of Future Disputes: Mere Adhesion Contracts or a Trap for the Unwary Consumer

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Black and Blue Police Arbitration Reforms

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Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

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Unpaid Furloughs and Four-Day Work Weeks: Employer Sympathy or a Call for Collective Employee Action?

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A 2001 Employment Law Odyssey: The Invasion of Privacy Tort Takes Flight in the Florida Workplace

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Ethical Incentives for Employers in Adopting Legal Service Plans to Handle Employment Disputes

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Understanding the Ex Parte Communications Ban in Employment Disputes

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Finding Lawyers for Employees in Discrimination Disputes as a Critical Prescription for Unions to Embrace Racial Justice

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Opposing Excessive Use of Employer Bargaining Power in Mandatory Arbitration Agreements through Collective Employee Actions

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Employees have a right to express support for Black Lives Matter while theyre on the job, according to a historic labor board decision

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How the NLRB's Light Still Shines on Anti-Discrimination Law Fifty Years After Title VII

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Andrew Cuomos initial refusal to resign echoes executive harassment dilemmas for employers

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A New #MeToo Result: Rejecting Notions of Romantic Consent with Executives

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Proposing a New Paradigm for EEOC Enforcement after 35 Years: Outsourcing Charge Processing by Mandatory Mediation

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Negotiating Race in the Workplace after Trump

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Ruminations About the EEOC's Policy Regarding Arbitration

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The Audacity of Protecting Racist Speech under the National Labor Relations Act

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'Just Another Little Black Boy from the South Side of Chicago': Overcoming Obstacles and Breaking Down Barriers to Improve Diversity in the Law Professoriate

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Reading Ricci and Pyett to Provide Racial Justice Through Union Arbitration

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Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington

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Measures to Encourage and Reward Post-Dispute Agreements to Arbitrate Employment Discrimination Claims

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Against Employer Dumpster Diving for E-Mail

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University of South Carolina School of Law

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Debunking the Myth of Employer Advantage from Using Mandatory Arbitration for Discrimination Claims

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Mediating Psychiatric Disability Accommodations for Workers in Violent Times

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Addressing Race Discrimination under Title VII after Forty Years: The Promise of ADR as Interest-Convergence

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An Essay Challenging the Racially Biased Selection of Arbitrators for Employment Discrimination Claims

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Can NFL Players Obtain Judicial Review of Arbitration Decisions on the Merits When a Typical Hourly Union Worker Cannot Obtain This Unusual Court Access?

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Reconsidering Prejudice in Alternative Dispute Resolution for Black Work Matters

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Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law

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ADR and Access to Justice: Current Perspectives

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Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

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Employer-Provided Legal Services for Employment Claims

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What Matters for Black Workers After 2020?

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Tackling Employment Discrimination with ADR: Does Mediation Offer a Shield for the Haves or Real Opportunity for the Have-Nots?

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University of California Berkeley School of Law

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Race and Neutrality in the ADR of Employment Discrimination Claims: Are They Divergent Interests?

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University of California Berkeley School of Law

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Starbucks seeks Supreme Court protection from being ordered to rehire baristas who say they were fired for union-promoting activities

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Developing Workplace Law Programming: A Labor of Love

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No Strict Evidence Rules in Labor and Employment Arbitration

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University School of Law; 8500 TAMU

# inTheNews[].label
The huge diversity issue hiding in companies’ forced arbitration agreements