Résumé
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Lawyer: Missouri; Kansas (Inactive); U.S. Supreme Court; Various federal district & appellate courts
College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Fellow
National Academy of Arbitrators
American Bar Assn.: Section of Labor & Employment Law; Section of Dispute Resolution; Section of Civil Rights & Social Justice
LERA Chicago, Rocky Mountain, & Northwest Chapters
Missouri Bar ADR & Labor & Employment Law Committees
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, ADR, Federal Courts, and Labor & Employment Law Committees
EDUCATION:
University of Kansas (B.A., English & economics, 1982; J.D., 1985)
Missouri Rule 17 Mediator Certification (University of Missouri School of Law, 2013)
Family Law Mediation Certificate (Johnson County Community College, 2018)
ARBITRATION/LABOR RELATIONS EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Regional Attorney, United States Department of Health & Human Services (1985-1986)
Associate, Jolley, Walsh, Hager & Gordon (1986-1991)
Bonney Law Office (1991-2008)
Arbitrator - part time (Sept. 1, 2008, until May 31, 2018, while engaged in a non-labor & employment litigation practice as Legal Director of the ACLU of Kansas/Western Missouri)
Arbitrator - full time (since June 1, 2018)
ARBITRATION ROSTERS:
American Arbitration Association (Labor Panel & Panel of Employment Arbitrators)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
FINRA (qualified to serve as the chairperson or sole arbitrator in cases involving statutory discrimination claims)
Kansas Public Employee Relations Board
Montana Board of Arbitration
National Mediation Board
Oregon Employment Relations Board Panel of Arbitrators and Factfinders
Washington Public Employment Relations Commission
PERMANENT PANELS:
Ameren Illinois & IBEW L.U. 51
AT&T Mobility LLC & Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 7
NECA-KC & IBEW L.U. 124 (Repeat Discharge Arbitrator)
Rocky Mountain Power & Utility Workers Union of America, Local 127
Southwest Airlines & IAMAW Air Transport District Lodge 142 System Board of Adjustment
UPS & Teamsters Local 705 (Discharge Panel)
UPS & Teamsters Local 710 (Discipline Grievance Committee)
USDA-Food Safety Inspection Service & AFGE (Springdale District)
U.S. Postal Service & National Postal Mail Handlers Union (2018-2020)
PUBLICATIONS:
The Case of the Dozing Decider: Tips for Dealing with a Napping Neutral, 35 ABA Lab. & Emp. L.J. 449 (2021)
Labor Arbitration in the Time of Coronavirus: Who’s Ready for Video Hearings? (May 2020)
Arbitration is Here to Stay: Know How to Prepare and Present Your Best Case, 75 Missouri Bar Journal 176 (July-Aug. 2019)
“Opening Statements: To Reserve or Not to Reserve – That is the question,” 18 Mich. Lab. & Emp. Law Notes 11 (Summer 2008)
Contributing Author, The Fair Labor Standards Act (BNA Books 1999) (Ch. 10-B, “Principles for Computing Overtime Pay”)
The University Campus as Public Forum, 81 UMKC L. Rev. 545 (2013)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Fifty Years of Freedom, J. Kan. Assn. of Justice (July 2014) [reprinted in The Prairie Barrister]
Democracy’s Rainbow: The Long Ascent and Rapid Descent of Voting Rights in Kansas, 25 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol. 347 (2016)