Representative Professional Organizations:
American Arbitration Association, Labor Panel
JAMS, Labor Panel
International Federation of Technical and Professional Engineers, Judicial Council 2 - Service as President, lead arbitrator, and many other roles in the leadership ladder
New York City Bar Association - ADR Committee, Arbitration Committee, and Commercial and Uniform State Laws Committee
New York State Bar Association - Multiple Dispute Resolution Committees
Labor and Employment Relations Association - Multiple Chapters
Federal Bar Association - Service on the Board of Directors, multiple leadership roles in Chapters (New York and Colorado), Sections (Dispute Resolution, and International Law Section), and Judiciary Division Chair
American Bar Association - Service as Chair, Judicial Division's (Administrative Judges Conference), Member of the Dispute Resolution Section, Immigration Commission Member, and Appointed as an ABA Representative to the United Nations Department of Global Communication
National Association of Women Judges - Service includes Executive Board and Vice President of Publications
Representative Publications:
Trading Robes for Resolutions: Tips for Success on the ADR Path, ABA Judges' Journal (forthcoming)
The Unionized Bench: The NAIJ's Struggle and the Shifting Landscape of Public Sector Labor Rights, California Western International Law Journal (forthcoming)
Inside Immigration Court: The Pros, Cons Of Remote Hearings, Law360
An Article I Immigration Court -Congress, it’s Time to Jumpstart this Vehicle to Judicial Independence, AILA Law Journal
The Immigration Court: Zigzagging on the Road to Judicial Independence, 93 Univ. of Colorado Law Review, 303
Judicial Independence Sidelined: Just One More Symptom of an Immigration Court System Reeling, 56 California Western Law Review: No. 1 , Article 3
Domestic Violence Protections for Unauthorized Migrant Victims in Colorado: A Federal-State Partnership, 91 Denver Law Review 617
United Against Gender Violence: Europeans Struggle to Provide Protection for Migrants, 42 Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 101Tipsy: A Sobering Look at the Effects of Alcohol-Related Incidents in Immigration Removal Proceedings, 59:8 The Federal Lawyer Magazine
A New Take on the Top Ten Rules for Court and Professional Life, 89 U. Denver L. Rev. 1
Incompetent Respondents in Removal Proceedings, Immigration Law Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, 3:1
Representative Awards:
FBA National President Award - Outstanding Leader
FBA National Section and Division Outstanding Leadership Awards
U.S. Department of Justice - Awarded recognition by the U.S. Department of Justice for work in support of Women’s Rights; Awarded recognition for establishing the Federal Government Pro Bono Committee in Colorado
U.S. Department of Justice - Official Testimony before the U.N. Rapporteur on Human Trafficking
Representative Speaking Engagements:
Labor Expert - Testimony before the U.S. Senate, Judiciary Committee (2023)
Labor Expert - Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee (2022)
Labor Expert - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee - Use of AI in administrative adjudications – drafted labor organization White Paper on best practices. (2025)
American Bar Association, Co-Panelist, Speaking Out—From Inside: Freedom of Speech and Government Whistleblowers (2024)
Frequent media expert on labor working conditions - CNN, New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, and others
Expert witness before the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General addressing labor and employment concerns
NGO Commission on the Status of Women - UN Program Speaker Lead (2021 - 2025)
Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School (2017 - present)
Related Education:
University of Virginia School of Law, Juris Doctor (1990)
University of Virginia Graduate School, Master of Arts, Government and Foreign Affairs (1990)
James Madison University, Bachelor of Arts - Economics (1986)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services and American Academy of Arbitrators Multi-day Labor Arbitration Training Program (2017)
Multiple training sessions - AFL-CIO/IFPTE Federal Sector: Arbitration Advocacy Skills (2019 - 2025)
New York State Bar Association - Commercial Mediation Training and Advanced Commercial Mediation Training (2025)
U.S. Department of Justice, EEO Employment Mediator Training (1994)