Building Lasting Legal Relationships

Practice Areas

  • Labor and Employment Law – Employer 90%

  • State, Local, and Municipal Law 10%

Education

  • Albany Law School of Union University, Albany, New York 

    • J.D.

  • State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York 

    • B.A. - 1997 

    • Honors: magna cum laude

    • Major: History

Bar Admissions

  • New York, 2001

  • Illinois, 2006

  • Missouri, 2012

Current Employment Position

  • President and Chief Executive Officer

Past Positions

  • Hesse Martone, P.C., Principal, 2012 through 2020 

  • Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council, Attorney, 2006 through 2011 

  • Civil Service Employee Association, Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, 2002 to 2006 

  • New York State Law Enforcement Officers Union, Council 82, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, 2001 to 2002

Classes & Seminars

  • "Funding and Collective Bargaining" in the Public Sector, IIT Chicago Kent College of Law, 2020 

  • Are We Really Going to Talk About Pot?, Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders, 2020 

  • Social Media Policies - Employer Needs & Employee Rights, National Business Institute, 2018 

  • NLRB Rules and Recent Decisions, National Business Institute, 2017 

  • Discipline & Discharge Bootcamp for Public Employers, Illinois Municipal League, 2017 

  • Employee Handbooks, Discipline, & Discharge, National Business Institute, 2017 

  • Employee Sick Leave Act & Illinois Human Rights Act, Association of General Contractors of Illinois, 2017 

  • Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act, Illinois Association of County Administrators, 2016 

  • NLRB Obligation and Compliance, National Business Institute, 2016 

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Springfield Theatre Centre, 2019 to Present

  • Copper Coin Ballet Company, 2022 to Present

Languages

  • English

Fraternities or Sororities

  • Phi Alpha Theta