In addition to the HR Care® staff, the following authors contribute to our website and publications:
Jackson Lewis contributed the HR Vulnerability Self-Audit and various other articles to the HR Care® publications. Jackson Lewis is a national law firm representing management on labor, employment and benefit law and related litigation matters.
Alla Rosemarie Mintzer-Zapurdsky. Born Kiev, Ukraine 1970. B.A. 1992, International Relations with honors,
Grinnell College. J.D. 1996, University of California Berkeley School of Law - Boalt Hall, 1996. Articles Editor
1994-96, Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law. Associate, 1996-98, Allison, Slutsky, and Kennedy, P.C.,
Chicago, Illinois. Associate, 1998-2000, Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors, and Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, Iowa. Admitted
to Bar: Iowa and Illinois.
Greg Naylor, Esq. contributed portions of the original HR Care® Legal Guide -- U.S.A. in 1994.
Paul Curtis, President of Curtis Communications, Inc. Mr. Curtis writes articles daily for HR Care®. He graduated from Michigan Law School in 1982, worked for a labor law firm in London, England, and then represented management in their labor and employment law issues at the Gamble & Davis law firm in Des Moines, Iowa until 1994 when he started Curtis Communications. Mr. Curtis also taught courses in labor and employment law at Iowa State University in their MBA program.
Michael G. Sherrard and
Madeleine L.S. Loewenberg of the Toronto employment and labour law firm
Sherrard Kuzz LLP are the contributing authors for the HR Care® Legal Guide -- Canada. Mr. Sherrard and
Ms. Loewenberg practice exclusively as management employment and labour lawyers with expertise in the following
areas: Acquisitions, Divestitures and Restructuring, Administrative Law, Advising the Multinational Employer,
Attendance Management, Canada Industrial Relations Board Proceedings, Civil Litigation, Collective Agreement
Administration, Collective Bargaining, Compensation and Benefits Plans, Construction Labour Relations, Employee
Relations Programs, Employment-Related Immigration Law, Employment Standards, Grievance Arbitration, Human Rights
and Equity, Injunctive Court Proceedings and Judicial Review, Ontario Labour Relations Board Proceedings,
Occupational Health and Safety, Pay Equity, Plant Sale or Closure, Privacy, Responding to Union Organizing
and Applications for Certification, Strike/Lock-Out Management, Workplace Contracts, Workplace Safety and
Insurance, Workplace Screening and Hiring, and Wrongful Dismissal Litigation.
Mr. Sherrard was Called
to the Ontario Bar in 1992, can be contacted at 416.603.6240 or
[email protected].
Ms. Loewenberg
was Called to the Ontario Bar in 2002, and may be contacted at 416.603.6244 or
[email protected].
Alfredo Gutierrez Kirchner is the contributing author for the
HR Care® Legal Guide -- Mexico,
and is an international attorney, member of the Mexican Bar, licensed to practice law in the 31 states of
the Mexican Republic and the Federal District, where Mexico City is located. Since 1990
Mr. Gutierrez
Kirchner has practiced law in Mexico City, and has represented numerous international companies. Prior to
that time he practiced law in association with the Washington, D.C. firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin
and Kahn, and held numerous important positions with the Mexican embassy in Washington D.C. and New York.
Mr. Gutierrez Kirchner has served on several commissions within the Ministry of Labor and Social Security
and has been a member of the drafting committee for a great variety of Mexican fiscal and labor laws.
Mr.
Gutierrez Kirchner can be contacted at Ruben Dario #149, Col. Polanco, Mexico D.F., Mexico; telephone:
525.254.3198; fax: 525.254.3051; or e-mail him at
[email protected]
HR Care® Legal Guide -- Netherlands was written by
Ms. Bartje Schaberg of the
Simmons & Simmons,
Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Ms. Schaberg's practice areas include: 1. Specialist in Employment Law (individual
and collective) and 2. Advice on Employment Law regarding: employment contracts, terminations of employment,
reorganisations/social plans, changes of ownership of enterprises, right of participation option schemes,
competition matters, removal from office/appointment of directors and collective bargaining agreements.
Ms. Schaberg can be reached by telephone at +31 10 404 21 56 or by e-mail at
[email protected].
Jorge Angel is the contributing author for the
HR Care® Legal Guide -- Spain. Mr. Angell
is a partner with L.C. RODRIGO ABOGADOS, which was established in Madrid, Spain in July, 1973.
Jorge Angell was born on August 15,1946, and graduated in Law in 1971. He is a member of the
Madrid (Spain) and Lima (Peru) Law Societies. In addition to
Mr. Angell, the partners are Carlos Dulanto,
Martín Echniz, Mateo Amico, Angel Brioso and Manuel Rodríguez-Piero. The Firm has a long standing
relationship with Latin America as Spain is an important source of investments in said region and a
bridge between Latin America and the European Union.
Mr. Angell himself is actively involved in
litigation and insurance and reinsurance matters from regulatory issues connected with the licensing
of insurance and insurance brokerage companies to the winding-up of insurance companies, handling of
claims, insurance litigation and arbitration, employment practices liability, credit and bond,
professional indemnity, D&O liability, policy drafting and general advice on insurance matters.
Mr. Angell is the legal adviser to several insurance companies and insurance brokers. The services of
the Firm cover both domestic and international matters, assistance in business law matters, and civil
and administrative law, litigation and arbitration.
Jorge Angel can be contacted can be
contacted at: L.C. Rodrigo Abogados; Lagasca, 88; 28001 Madrid Espana; Tel: 34.914.355.412; or
e-mail him at
[email protected]
Robert Hill and
Matthew Howse of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert are the contributing authors for
the
HR Care® Legal Guide -- U.K. Barlow Lyde & Gilbert is an international law firm practicing
in the City of London with offices in Hong Kong and Lloyds. The firm's specialist employment group
have wide experience over a number of years advising on all aspects of employment law ranging from
the negotiation of employment, terms and conditions of employment and staff handbooks, to advising
both employers and employees on their respective rights, benefits and obligations. It has handled
large scale employment related injunctions, industrial disputes and strikes. It has extensive experience
dealing with claims for unfair and wrongful dismissal throughout the UK. It regularly advises on and
handles claims arising out of, discrimination of all kinds. The firm has particular expertise in
advising insurers and brokers on employment practices liability insurance, including wordings and
risk management issues.
Robert Hill can be contacted by telephone: +44 (0) 20 7643 8023; or
by fax: +44 (0) 20 7071 9724; or by e-mail:
[email protected].