Andrea

I had the good fortune to spend the past few days at the San Francisco Writers Conference, in support of my occasional writing hobby. I learned so much that my head hurts! I have a forty-five point To Do list to tackle. Many of the great ideas I heard there are also applicable to my legal practice, so I’ve decided to re-purpose the “Latest News” section of this website as a blog. I’ll write about legal issues concerning labor arbitration, and share some of the work I present at trainings and in articles. I’ll try to post at least weekly, and I hope you’ll come back to read the blog often. If you have ideas or topics you’d like me to address, please email me at andrealdooley at gmail dot com. I look forward to your feedback!

Last night, the Oakland City Council approved the Mayor’s and the Selection Panel’s appointments to the new Police Commission, which was formed with the overwhelming support of Oakland voters last November. Mayor Libby Schaaf appointed me as an alternate police commissioner, meaning I will sit as a commissioner if another mayoral appointee is absent or steps down from the commission. I am honored to serve the City I love and look forward to the challenges this appointment may offer. I will be revising my resume to reflect this change in the coming days.

I am honored to have been selected to participate in the American Arbitration Association Tribal Labor Panel, which provides arbitration services in the gaming industry in California.

I will be a faculty member at the Labor Arbitration Institute Labor Law and Labor Arbitration – Generalist Program on June 19 and 20, 2017, in Las Vegas, NV.  I will be teaching “Proving Elements of Specific Cases: Insubordination, Sleeping, Job Performance” and “Avoiding the Mistakes in Past Practice Cases,” as well as discussing a number of relevant hypothetical cases with other panelists. I hope to see you there!

I am very pleased to announce that I will be included in the United States Postal Service and American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO Arbitration Panel for the term of the current collective bargaining agreement. I look forward to working with the parties in expedited matters in three regions.

On March 30, 2017, the Northern California Region of the National Academy of Arbitrators will be hosting their popular Meet the Arbitrator Program on Oakland, CA. This lively program includes case studies presented by a number of Academy members, a keynote speaker and the opportunity to meet many new arbitrators. I am proud to be the Program Chair for this excellent program. Please email me at andrealdooley@gmail.com for more information.