Professional Experience:
2004 – Present: Attorney, McCarthy Smith Law Group, PLC.
Practice is exclusively in employment and labor relations law, representing management, in:

• General employment advice
• Arbitrations
• Employment-related litigation
• NLRB proceedings
• MERC proceedings
• EEOC proceedings
• MDCR proceedings
• Employee handbooks & personnel policies
• Defense of wage & hour claims

1996-2004: Attorney, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC, Kalamazoo office.

Law School :

University of Michigan, J.D., 1996

Undergraduate:

University of Michigan, B.A., 1991

Memberships:

American Bar Association; Michigan Bar Association; Kalamazoo County Bar Association.

Community Activities:

Food Allergic Friends and Families, 2007-present

• Founder and President

Junior League of Kalamazoo, 1996-present:

• Recording Secretary 2001-02;
• Board Member, 2001-02
• Executive Committee Member, 2001-02

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Stewardship Committee, 2004-2006

Christian Education Committee 2006-Present

Kalamazoo Central High School Mock Trial Team, Attorney Coach, 1996-97

Admitted to Practice:

Michigan State Courts (1996); U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (1996).