Background

Education

1976 -1979 J.D.;
Villanova University School of Law,
Villanova, Pennsylvania

1972-1976 B.A.;
Political Science; Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Bar Memberships

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

United States Supreme Court

Publications

Chapter Editor, Discipline and Discharge in Arbitration, 3rd Ed., Melissa Biren and Norman Brand Editors (Bloomberg BNA, 2015)

 

Fit for Duty? Controllable Health Conditions and an Employee’s Ability to Perform Safety Sensitive Work: An Introduction to a Discussion, June 1, 2016 Proceedings of the 68th Annual Meeting, National Academy of Arbitrators

 

“The Ray Corollary Initiative:  How to Achieve Diversity and Inclusion in Arbitrator Selection ” by Homer C. La Rue and Alan Symonette, 63 Howard Law Journal 215 (2020)

Papers

Labor Arbitration and Police Discipline: Misperceptions and Reforms

Beyond the Protocol: A Discourse on the Future of Workplace ADR

Constructive Discharge in Labor Arbitration

Ethics and Empathy

A Practical Guide to Arbitration: The Dos and Do Nots

Interest Arbitration The Process and Substantive Consideration

Board Memberships

Support Center for Child Advocates; (1983 – 1997)
Interact Theatre Company (1985 – 1990)
Loan Fund; Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, United Methodist Church (1995 -2002)
AIDSFund; (1995 - 1999)
Oversight Committee; Greene Street Friends School (1997 – 2006)
Board of Managers; Swarthmore College (1995-97; 1999 - 2002)
Board of Lay Ministry; Eastern Pennsylvania Conference; United Methodist Church (1999 - 2004)
Mt. Airy Baseball Assn. (1998 - 2007)
Board of Trustees, Lebanon Valley College (2008 – 2013)
Board of Advisors, Scheinman Institute, Cornell University School of Industrial Relations

Miscellaneous Projects and Recognitions

  • 2023 National Academy Arbitrators Delegation to the Arbitration Council, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • Delegation to South Africa; Sponsored by U.S. Department of State, South African Commission on Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration, American Arbitration Association and ILO (December, 1999)
  • 2008 – 2019 Recognized as one of the Top Attorney’s in Pennsylvania as Published in Philadelphia Magazine’s Super Lawyers Section
  • 2014 Peggy Browning Fund Award Recipient
  • Narrator: “The Art and Science of Labor Arbitration”;
    www.laborandemploymentcollege.org/index.php/video-history/completed-projects
  • (9/2015) FMCS International ADR Training Program, Swaziland