DEWEY PUBLICATIONS - Key Persons
Carl C. Bosland, Esq., is a labor and employment arbitrator, hearing officer, factfinder, and mediator in private practice. A member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, Carl serves on federal, public, and private sector arbitration panels and rosters throughout the United States. He is a frequent speaker on labor arbitration advocacy such as National Academy of Arbitrator conferences. Mr. Bosland is the author of several other books on federal sector employment law, including A Federal Sector Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act & Related Litigation, Fourth Edition, FMLA Basics: A Federal Supervisor's Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act, Second Edition, and Labor Arbitration Practice for the Federal Sector, all by Dewey Publications. Retired from the United States Postal Service, Carl served in various positions, including Chief Counsel, Labor Relations, Chief Counsel, Employment Law, Chief Counsel, Safety, Chief Counsel, National Employment Litigation Unit, and Managing Counsel of the Capital Metro Area Law Office. Mr. Bosland is the former DC Chapter President of the Society of Federal Labor & Employee Relations. He has a B.A. from Hobart College, a J.D. from Fordham University, and an LL.M. in Labor Law from New York University, where he was the recipient of the Seymour Goldstein Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence in Labor Relations.
Eleanor Laws is an Administrative Law Judge with the National Labor Relations Board. She has previously served as an Administrative Law Judge with the Social Security Administration, and as an Administrative Judge with the EEOC. In addition, she was the Director of the Equal Opportunity Office at The University of Montana, and has worked in private practice, with both the Law Offices of Gary M. Gilbert and Associates and the Law Offices of Ernest C. Hadley. Her practice included representing clients in proceedings before the EEOC, MSPB, and OWCP. She is a frequent speaker on various legal topics, including workers' compensation and employee leave.
The author, Ernest C. Hadley, who passed away suddenly in April 2021, was previously engaged in the private practice of law in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. A graduate of the late Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C, he represented employees, and occasionally agencies, in the federal sector and was the author or coauthor of several books on federal sector employment law. He also was a founding director of the Federal Employment Law Training Group.
A former reporter and editor with the Lewiston Daily Sun and Bristol Press, Ernie had an MFA in Writing (Fiction) from Vermont College of Fine Arts and also studied fiction writing at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, Grubb Street in Boston, and the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Truro, MA. In 2015, he was awarded a fiction writing residency by the Outer Cape Artists Residency Consortium. He was the publisher and editor at Nevermore Press in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Gary M. Gilbert is an attorney, consultant, and mediator specializing in the area of employment discrimination law. He has lectured and written extensively on various aspects of employment law. He is a former Chief Administrative Judge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In his sixteen years as an administrative judge with the EEOC, he presided over hundreds of employment discrimination complaints and supervised the case management of thousands of others. He served on numerous workgroups and committees while with the EEOC, and had substantial input into the Commission's regulatory reforms enacted in 1989, 1992, and 1999 and the accompanying changes to the Commission's Management Directives to federal agencies. While with the EEOC, he also provided substantial input into the Commission's guidance and regulations on the American with Disabilities Act and he was one of three individuals responsible for developing materials and training all Commission lawyers on disability law after passage of the ADA. Prior to his appointment at the EEOC, he worked for Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc., where he litigated a variety of cases including employment matters, and directed one of the largest pro bono legal programs in the country. He also served for four years as the legal assistant to the Secretary of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
He is a frequent speaker on employment matters, appearing at conferences such as the annual Federal Dispute Resolution Conference and the annual EEOC-sponsored EXCEL conference. He has been called upon to provide training for lawyers, non-attorney representatives and other employees at many federal agencies.
Mr. Gilbert's law office is located in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is also a partner in the management consulting firm of Vitaro, Goodfriend & Gilbert. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and is admitted to the bar in the states of Maryland and Florida. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife, Diana, and has two daughters, Michelle and Stacie. Mr. Gilbert can be reached at gary@ggilbertlaw.com.
Natania M. Davis authors several Dewey employment law publications, covering litigation of discrimination, harassment, telework, and MSPB caselaw. She is the Author of the best selling A Guide to Federal Sector Equal Employment Law and Practice.
Natania began working for Dewey Publications in 2001 as the primary editor of its employment and labor law texts. Her work for Broida and Associate representing employees and federal agencies before the MSPB and EEOC and in alternative dispute resolution settings soon followed in early 2002 through late 2004. From 2004 to 2006, Natania practiced general civil litigation in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she represented individuals and entities in state and federal court and ADR settings in a variety of civil matters. She returned to Dewey Publications in 2007 again as principal editor and began co-authoring books with Peter Broida. In 2014, she and her family moved to Bentonville, Arkansas, where she currently resides, and continues to write. Natania is a 2001 graduate of the University of Oklahoma, College of Law, where she served as a Member and Note Editor of the Oklahoma Law Review.
Peter Broida is an attorney practicing in Arlington, Virginia. He graduated from New York University Law School in 1973. He has represented management, unions, and employees in private and public sector labor relations ever since. His practice includes federal sector representation before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the MSPB, and other courts and agencies responsible for adjudication of federal personnel and labor law cases. Peter is the host of a free weekly podcast on federal civil service law. Sign up for the podcast here.
Peter Broida presents this video training course on MSPB practice. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida's lecture (.mp4 video file sent on a DVD); workbook with reference materials, course notes-outline, and selected cases; and a bibliography. Major MSPB advocacy topics include organization and jurisdiction of the Board; developing the record; litigation management; appeal timeliness; gathering information; MSPB appeals process; motions practice; discovery; prehearing orders, submissions, conferences, and summaries; cases decided without a hearing; hearing preparations; hearings; petitions for review and judicial review; and settlement. (more details)
Peter Broida presents this video training course on federal sector arbitration. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida's lecture (.mp4 video file sent on a DVD); workbook with reference materials, course notes-outline, and selected cases; and a bibliography. Major arbitration topics include deciding whether to arbitrate; requesting and selecting an arbitrator; expedited proceedings; preliminary case preparation; hearing preparation; hearing presentation; and post-hearing issues. (more details)
Peter Broida presents this training course on federal sector advocacy in the three principal administrative forums-MSPB, EEOC and arbitration. Topics are broken down by the processes required before each tribunal. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida's video lecture on DVD; a workbook with reference materials, course notes and outline, and selected cases; and a bibliography. Major advocacy topics include common and dissimilar elements, including jurisdiction, among the MSPB, EEOC and arbitration; basic case preparation and organization, discovery, summary judgment, settlement, prehearing procedures and preparation, the hearing, closing the record, and appeals. (more details)
Peter Broida presents this video training course on federal sector mediation. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida's lecture (.mp4 video file sent on a CD-ROM), a workbook with course notes-outline and listing of related products, and a copy of The Advocate's Practical Guide to Using Mediation by John Settle, a prominent mediator. Major mediation topics include: issues amenable and not amenable to mediation; reasons to mediate; preconditions to settlement; traits of a good mediator; sources of mediators and mediation programs; mediator selection; mediation structure; preparation for mediation; the mediation process step-by-step; development and review of settlement agreements; and keys to effective mediation. (more details)
Peter Broida Law Practice - Peter Broida is an attorney who specializes in federal sector personnel and labor law. Mr. Broida is the author of A Guide to Merit Systems Protection Board Law and Practice and A Guide to Federal Labor Relations Authority Law and Practice.
Samuel A. Vitaro is a labor arbitrator, mediator, fact-finder, and consultant in private practice; additionally he provides consulting services, case reviews, and he participates as an expert witness in lawsuits involving discrimination or civil service law. He teaches mediation, Merit Systems Protection Board and EEO practice and procedure, and other employment related matters. Between 1982 and 1988, he served as an Administrative Judge with the MSPB, where he decided disputes involving disciplinary matters and EEO matters. Between 1979 and 1982, he was employed as a supervisory trial attorney with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and from 1971 to 1979, he was in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA. He has a B.S. from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He is co-author of MSPB Charges and Penalties and several other texts. He may be reached on 415-461-9627, e-mail at svitaro@aol.com, or write him at 334 Los Cerros, Greenbrae, CA. 94904.
Sarah Tuck retired after more than 32 years of government service, serving in various roles. She was a Deputy Director over five HR functions (Employee Relations, misconduct investigations, a branch that covered many functions (to include but not limited to reasonable accommodation and telework), Labor Relations, and Hearings and Appeals). Prior to that position, she was also a supervisory employee relations specialist, a director of Civil Rights Division and an agency representative on numerous Merit Systems Protection Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cases. Sarah frequently presents at conferences such as the Federal Workforce Training and Expo, EEOC EXCEL, LRP audio events, the Federal Dispute Resolution conference, the Federal Employment Lawyers Group and for the Office of Personnel Management. She has authored three books with Dewey Publications.
Mr. Wiley is a federal employment law attorney. He served in government as an agency representative, then as Chief of Staff to the General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and completed his federal career with 10 years of service as a Presidential appointee as the Chief Counsel to three members of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. He authors both books and e-training modules. He is a founder and former President of the Federal Employment Law Training Group, LLC.