He has over 25 years of teaching and consulting in the areas of labor relations, ADR, EEO and litigation. He is a nationally known authority on federal sector labor relations and EEO. He is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Industrial and labor Relations and the Washington College of Law at American University. Before becoming an attorney he worked as a field examiner for the National Labor Relations Board, as a statistician for the U. S. Dept. of Commerce and as a labor relations specialist for the Internal Revenue Service. Before entering private practice he served for many years as a supervisor and senior attorney for the Office of Chief Counsel for the U.S. Treasury Dept. In that capacity he advised on labor and EEO matters and litigated labor and EEO matters before various administrative bodies, U.S. district courts and courts of appeal.