Gary Rowell

Senior Labor Attorney: Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL, May 2011 to Present. Counsel in 8 hearings before EEOC administrative judges, and 2 hearings before MSPB administrative judges. Agency representative in 5 EEO evidentiary investigations. Negotiated and settled 5 EEO cases scheduled for hearings, and three informal EEO cases. Prevailed in an appeal to the EEO Office of Federal Operations, and in a Petition for Review before the MSPB. Prevailed in a Petition for Representation before the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
Rowell Law Firm: August 2007 to December 2010. Counsel in 2 very complicated stock fraud cases and in hearing before the Mississippi Board of Nursing. Researched numerous criminal and civil issues.
Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator: Office of Complainant Investigations, Department of Defense, Smyrna GA, August 2003 to September 2005. GS-201-13. Investigated 70 EEO cases for 9 Department of Defense agencies in 5 states to determine possible EEO violations alleged by DOD federal employees. Prepared written reports analyzing evidence. On 6 of 8 occasions successfully mediated settlement of EEO allegations.
Labor/Employee Relations: Federal Aviation Administration, College Park GA, August 2001 to August 2003. GS-201-13. Represented agency in 36 administrative hearings. Obtained arbitration award sustaining removal of Air Traffic Controller for leaving scene of accident, thereby expanding nexus for federal employee off-duty misconduct. Jurisdictional brief addressing two MSPB appeals resulting in dismissal for failure to meet criteria of employee as defined in 5 USC 2105.
Senior Labor Attorney: Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco GA, September 1998 to August 2001. GS-905-14. Agency counsel for two $300,000 EEO claims litigated in federal district court. Counsel in 30 hearings before EEOC administrative judges and 6 hearings before MSPB administrative judges. Represented the Center twice before the Office of Special Counsel. Advisor to special agents of the Department of the Treasury; involved in 84 inquiries and investigations over two years.
Air Force Chief of Operations Law, Lieutenant Colonel: Pentagon, Washington DC, July 1997 to July 1998. GS-905-14 equivalent. Provided advice to the Air Force Chief of Staff concerning an AF C-141 accident off the coast of Africa, and the issues surrounding a Marine EA-6B incident in Italy resulting in fatalities. Established cl