a)
Ombuds get Accolades for a Successful Year Pursuing a
Privilege of Confidentiality, Winter 1995
b)
Discussion of First North American Conference, Summer, 1996
c)
Federal District Court opinions arising out of Sexual
Harassment Claims at Universities, Fall 1996
d)
Administrative Dispute Resolution Act, Winter 1996
e)
The United States Sentencing Guidelines and the Ombudsman; a
Practical Approach, Spring 1997
f)
Freedom of Information Act, Summer 1997
g)
The Effect of Agency Principals on the Notice Issue, Winter
1997; with Anastase Markou
h)
Evolving Function and Role of Ombudsmen and Ombudsmen
Privilege, Spring 1998
i)
Summary of the 14th Annual TOA Conference, Summer
1998
j)
Tone and Policy Expressed by the U.S. Supreme Court Helps
Ombudsman, Fall 1998
OMBUDSMAN
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
Speaker: “Confidentiality
and Ombudsmen Practice.” Plenary Session, TOA 10th Annual
Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 1994
Panelist: “Confidentiality
and Legal Issues.” Plenary Session, TOA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
April 1995
Written
testimony: “Submitted written testimony on behalf of the Ombudsman
Association to Congress to seek re-authorization of the Administrative Dispute
Resolution to include the term “Ombuds.” September 1995
Panelist: “Legal
Issues Among Various Ombudsman Models.”
Plenary Session, First Super Conference of Ombudsman, St. Louis, MO,
1997
Moderator: “Forum on the Changing
Nature of Ombudsman Privilege.”
Plenary Session, TOA 14th Annual Meeting, Kalamazoo, MI, May
1998
Moderator: “Confidentiality,
The Core Principle of the Ombudsman.”
Plenary Session, USOA Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, September 1998
Panelist/Presenter:
“Ombuds and Corporate Counsel,” and “Draft Standards for United States
Ombudsmen.” Plenary Session, TOA 15th Annual Meeting, Phoenix,
AZ, May 1999
Panelist: “The
Ombudsman; Another Way to Advance Justice; A Critical Resource for Critical
Times.” ABA Annual Meeting, Presidential CLE Program, Atlanta, GA, August
1999
Moderator: “Ombudsmen
for the New Millennium.” ABA
Section of Dispute Resolution, San Francisco, CA, April 2000
Presenter: “Ombudsmen
Standards Draft.” Plenary Session,
Second Ombudsmen Leadership Forum Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2000
Moderator: “Ombudsmen
in the New Millennium: Standards for United States Ombudsmen.” ABA Annual Meeting, London, England, July
2000
Panelist: “The
Future of Private Dispute Resolution.”
Colorado Judicial Institute A.D.R. Forum, Denver, CO, March 2001
Presenter: “Confidentiality
Colloquium.” A day-long conference
in legal and ethical issues confronting ombudsmen. Denver Regional Ombudsmen Conference, Denver, CO, March 2001
Presenter: “Therapeutic
Jurisprudence and the Ombudsmen.”
Second International Conference, Cincinnati, OH, May 2001
Co-presenter:
“Specialized Course on Legal Issues.”
A day-long conference. TOA 17th
Annual Conference, Houston, TX, May 2001
Panelist: “Gathering
and Reporting Data.” TOA 17th
Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, May 2001
Panelist: “So
Your Company Wants to Open an Ombuds Office.” ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2001
Moderator and
Program Coordinator : “Powerful Landmines: Successful Strategies for the
Ombuds” - part I: Panel discussion; Part II: Workshop;
Presenter: “Legal
Update” plenary session. TOA/UCOA
Joint Conference Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., May 2002
Moderator and
Program Co-chair: “Evolution of Ombudsmen Worldwide” day-long program
for international and US ombudsmen; 2002 Administrative Law Conference, Section
of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, Washington D.C., October, 2002
Speaker: “The Ethics of Apology from
the Perspective of a Lawyer”, Western Michigan University Center for the
Study of Ethics in Society, Kalamazoo, Michigan, March, 2003
Moderator and Program Chair: “Why
the Organizational Ombuds is a Critical Component for Corporate Governance
Today”, Business Law Section 2003 Spring Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April,
2003.
Moderator and Program Chair: “The
Ombuds: Corporate Governance, Sarbanes-Oxley, One Solution”, Business Law
Section 2003 ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August, 2003
