Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 1984. Hays Civil Liberties Fellow
  • University of Chicago, M.A. (political science), 1981
  • Swarthmore College, B.A., 1978

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • Southern District of New York
  • Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. Courts of Appeals, Second Circuit
  • U.S. Courts of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • U.S. Courts of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Professional Activities

Publications and Presentations

  • Participant, Mock Trial, ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law, 2008 Annual CLE Conference. Denver, Colorado. September, 2008
  • “Strategies for Navigating in an E-Discovery World”, panel discussion at ABA 2008 Annual Meeting. New York, New York. August 2008
  • “Going Somewhere? – Notes on Restrictive Covenant Practice in New York”, panel discussion at National Employment Lawyers Association/New York Spring 2008 Conference. Hunter, New York. May 2008
  • “Idea for a Horror Film: ESI Meets the Hearsay Rule” panel discussion ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee 2008 Midwinter Meeting. Monarch Beach, California. April 2008
  • “Electronic Discovery: What’s Permitted”, panel discussion ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law, 2007 Annual CLE Conference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November, 2007
  • "Notes on E-Discovery Practice Under the Amended Rules", paper delivered at ABA Technology and the Workplace Committee midyear meeting. New York, New York. April 26, 2007
  • "Electronic Discovery", CLE program for federal law clerks in Second Circuit. New York, New York. April 18, 2007
  • "On the Trail of Electronically Stored Information", panel discussion at ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Midwinter Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. March 2007
  • "Plain Talk About Direct Examination", paper delivered at joint ABA Labor and Employment Section / NYU Law Center for Labor Law and Policy Workshop on Litigation Skills for the Employment Lawyer, New York University School of Law. February, 2007
  • "Electronic Discovery After Zubulake and Under the New Federal Rules", ABA Labor and Employment Section National CLE Teleconference. October 2006
  • Mock Oral Argument on Electronic Discovery, ABA Labor and Employment Section, ABA Annual Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii. August 2006
  • "Electronic Discovery: Considerations for Employment Plaintiffs", published in Litigating Employment Discrimination & Sexual Harassment Claims, 2006, (Practicing Law Institute, 2006)
  • "Don't Touch That File: Electronic Discovery After Zubulake", ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. March 2006
  • "Employment Contracts, Actually" The Practical Lawyer (ALI-ABA). February 2006
  • "Electronic Discovery: Considerations for Employment Plaintiffs", panel discussion at New York State Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law. January 2006
  • "Restatement of Employment Law – Contracts" panel discussion, Seminar on Employment Law for State Court Judges, NYU Institute for Judicial Administration. November 2005
  • "Cybersmear," panel discussion, ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. Key Biscayne, Florida. March 2005
  • Contributor, Practice Commentaries: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2nd Ed. (Nat. Inst. Trial Advocacy, 2004), also published online as Lexis Practice Commentaries and on CD in Lexis U.S. Code Service.
  • "Employment Contracts, Basically," paper delivered at ABA Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia. August 2004
  • "Electronic Discovery: Considerations for Employment Plaintiffs" paper delivered at National Employment Lawyers Association. New York, Spring Conference. March 2004
  • "Cost Shifting in Electronic Discovery," paper delivered ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. Palm Springs, California. March 2004
  • Contributor, Depositions and Discovery: Practice Commentaries and Statutes (Nat. Inst. Trial Advocacy, 2003)
  • "Getting to Less: Submission of Briefs on CD-ROM," The Practical Lawyer (ALI-ABA). March 2003
  • Contributor, Practice Commentaries: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Nat. Inst. Trial Advocacy, 2001) , also published online as Lexis Practice Commentaries and on CD in Lexis U.S. Code Service
  • "Employment Contracts, Basically," paper delivered at ABA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California. August 2003
  • "I Spy: High Tech Surveillance in the Workplace," panel discussion, ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 2003
  • "Getting to Less: Submission of Legal Briefs on CD-ROM," paper delivered ABA Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. August 2002
  • "I Guess You Had to Be There: Is Work From Home a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA?," paper delivered ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. March 2002
  • "Internet Firewalls and Other Technology Issues", panel discussion, ABA Annual Meeting, Labor and Employment Section. Chicago, Illinois. August 2001
  • "Developments in the Law of Restrictive Covenants", paper delivered at National Employment Lawyers Association, New York Chapter, Spring Conference. New York, NY. March 2001
  • "Emerging Issues in the Discovery of Electronic Documents," paper delivered ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee 2001 Midwinter Meeting. St. Petersburg, Florida. March, 2001
  • "When the Tango Takes Three: Restrictive Covenants Reconsidered," ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Newsletter, Vol 5, No. 2, Fall 2000
  • "Employment Contracts, Basically," presentation at ABA Annual Meeting. New York, New York. August 2000
  • "Getting the Message: Discovery of Email Communications," paper delivered at ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee 2000 Midwinter Meeting. La Jolla, California. March 2000