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Samuel Vitaro

Mr.Samuel Vitaro is a Labor Arbitrator / Mediator / Fact - Finder in private practice. Additionally, he provides consulting services, such as file and case reviews, and participation as an expert witness in lawsuits involving discrimination or civil service law. He also provides training in mediation, EEO and Merit Systems Protection Board practices and procedures as well as other employment-related matters, such as prevention of sexual harassment and whistleblower reprisal. Between 1982 and 1988, he served as an Administrative Judge with the Merit Systems Protection Board. There he decided disputes involving disciplinary matters (e.g., discipline taken for sexual harassment, insubordination, theft, etc.) and EEO claims (e.g., disability, race, sex, religion, and reprisal.) He practiced law privately in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (between 1971 and 1979), was employed as a supervisory trial attorney with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (between 1979 and 1982). He has a B.S. from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. His publications include MSPB Charges and Penalties (2d ed Dewey Publications), co-authored with Renn C. Fowler; Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace (LRP Publications 2000); It’s More Than Sexual: Handling All Types of Harassment in the Federal Workplace (LRP Publications 2005; the Merit Systems Protection Board Yearbook; Federal Sector EEO Update (Dewey Publications) as well as numerous other articles and materials. He lives in Northern California with his wife and children. He looks forward to your comments and he can be reached by e-mail, svitaro@aol.com), by telephone, (415-461-9627), by or fax, (415-461-9628).

Jeffrey Goodfriend

Jeffrey Goofdfriend is a federal sector labor arbitrator, fact-finder, mediator and a former Administrative Judge with both the EEOC and MSPB.

He also provides training in such areas as: “The Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO”; “EEO for Employees”; “Prevention of Sexual Harassment”; “Latest Developments in EEO Law and Procedure”; “Administrative Fact-Finding”; “A Five-Day Mediator Training Workshop”; “Basic and Advanced EEO Counseling”; and “Effective Advocacy at EEOC Administrative Hearings.”

He was an Administrative Judge for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in San Francisco, California from 1984 through 1992, conducting formal administrative hearings and issuing decisions on federal sector discrimination complaints. He was an Administrative Judge for the Merit Systems Protection Board in San Francisco in 1982-1983.

His publications include being the co-author of “Federal Sector EEO Update” for 2004, 2005 and 2006. a book published annually, that summarizes hundreds of court and EEOC cases and suggests trends in EEO law.

Previously, he was the Acting Federal Sector Hearings Manager for the EEOC in San Francisco (1982), and a Trial Attorney for the EEOC in San Francisco and Los Angeles (1978-1982). He has been an arbitrator on national and regional panels for GSA and the Department of Homeland Security for about the past 10 years..

He graduated from the University of Santa Clara School of Law in 1977 and has been a member of the Bar of the State of California since 1977.

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Home Page >About Us > Why We’re Different

While there are several good training organizations, we are different. Our training is conducted by arbitrators and former administrative Administrative judges Judges for the EEOC and MSPB – with cumulative experience of more than _____ years deciding cases. We weave in multiple real life examples based upoin cases that we have decided or have otherwise been involved. And we are frequently commended for making our training classes interesting and engaging.

We know the federal sector inside and out. We know it in a practical and not just in a theoretical way. There are very few federal sector workplace situations we have not seen and addressed. We are frequently called upon by federal agencies to help in crafting a solution to a workplace problen – often

sensitive issues of some notoriety – and we have been successful, in providing an investigation of a sensitive issue, training and/or consulting with senior managers, EEO and HR staff.

Home Page >About Us > Publications

Charges and Penalties (Dewey Publ, 3d ed 2006) (with Renn Fowler)

Federal Sector EEO Update (Dewey Publ, each year 2003, 2004, 2005)

Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace (LRP Publications 2000)

It’s More Than Sexual: Handling All Types of Harassment in the Federal Workplace (LRP Publications 2005)

The Merit Systems Protection Board Yearbook (LRP Publications 19____

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Department of Agriculture

Forest Service

Headquarters, Washington, D.C.Region 2 Headquarters, Golden, ColoradoRegion 5 Headquarters, Mare Island, CaliforniaRegion 6 Headquarters, Portland, OregonRegion x Headquarters – Albuquerque, New Mexico

National Forests (NF)

Gifford Pinchot NF, Vancouver, Washington

Fremont-Winema NF, Vancouver, WashingtonLos Padres NF, Santa Barbara, CaliforniaOchoco and Deschutes NF, Prineville and Bend, OregonPayette, NF, McCall, IdahoTahoe NF, Lake Tahoe, California

Department of the Air Force

March Air Reserve Base

Ontario, California

Mountain Home Air Force Base

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Lake Mendocino, CaliforniaLake Sonoma, CaliforniaPortland, Oregon

Sacramento, CaliforniaSan Francisco, California

Sausalito, California

Department of Defense

Defense Finance & Accounting Service

Headquarters, in Washington, D.C.Multiple locations throughout the United States, including Dayton, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana and New York, New York

Defense Logistics Agency

El Segundo, California

Defense Language Institute

Monterrey, California

Department of Energy

Albuquerque Operations Office

Albuquerque, New MexicoGallup, New Mexico

Amarillo Site Office

Amarillo, Texas

Bonneville Power Administration

Portland, OregonX, Washington

Chicago Operations Office

Aurora, IllinoisBerkeley, CaliforniaStanford, CaliforniaPrinceton, New JerseyBrookhaven, N. Y.

Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC)

Cincinnati, OhioGallup, New MexicoLouisville, KentuckyOakland, CaliforniaWest Valley, New York

Idaho Operations Office

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Las Vegas Operations Office

Las Vegas, Nevada

National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaMorgantown, West VirginiaAlbany, Oregon

Oak Ridge Operations Office

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Richland Operations Office and Office of River Protection

Rocky Flats Field Office

Golden, Colorado

Richland, Washington

Savannah River Operations Office

Aiken, South Carolina

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

New Orleans, Louisiana

Western Area Power Administration

Golden, Colorado

Yucca Mountain Field Office

North Las Vegas, Nevada

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (and, previously, the Border Patrol, the Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service)

Border Patrol

Detroit, Michigan

Customs Service

Multiple locations throughout the United States,

Headquarters, Customs Service

Washington, D.C.

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Laguna Niguel, California and alsoMultiple locations throughout the Western United States.

Department of the Interior

Bureau of Fish and Wildlife (Sam)

Portand, Oregon

Bureau of Land Management

Multiple locations throughout the Pacific NorthwestCentral Oregon Fire Management Services, Prineville, Oregon

Bureau of Reclamation

Boulder City, NevadaMultiple locations throughout the Pacific NorthwestHungry Horse, Montana

Natural Resource Conservation Service

Spokane, Washington

Park Service

Regional Offices

San Francisco, CaliforniaSanta Fe, New Mexico

National Parks

GlacierMesa (?)YellowstoneYosemite

U. S. Geological Survey

Menlo Park, California

Department of the Navy

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterrey, CaliforniaStrategic Systems Programs, Sunnyvale, California

Department of the Treasury

Financial Management Service, San Francisco, California

Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CaliforniaVA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CaliforniaVA General Counsel’s Office, San Francisco, CaliforniaVA Regional Office, Oakland, CaliforniaVA Regional Office, Reno, Nevada

Environmental Protection Administration

San Francisco, California

General Services Administration

Auburn, WashingtonHonolulu, HawaiiPhoenix, ArizonaSan Francisco, California

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Sunnyvale, California

National Nuclear Security Administration

Albuquerque, New Mexico and Several multiple other locations within the United States.

National Guard Bureau

Denver, Colorado (Keynote Speaker)Boise, Idaho

Presidio National Trust

San Francisco, California

Social Security Administration

San Francisco, California

Unions

American Federation of Government Employees

National Border Patrol Council

NTEU

Government of Guam

Agana, Guam

Federal Executive Board

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Keynote Speaker)San Francisco – Quad ConferenceSan Francisco – Disabled Opportunity Conference

Multiple Agency Seminars

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