Hazel Hanley

Résumé / Curriculum Vitae

Hazel E Hanley, JD
Arbitrator / Mediator

Hazel is one of the original panel members of Colorado Mediators & Arbitrators (CoMA), where she has mediated and arbitrated commercial disputes.  She is extremely knowledgeable and thorough in her profession, and has contributed significantly to the improvement of CoMA’s processes and rules revisions.   Hazel assisted in the updating and revision of the IADR Arbitration course, and in 2008 she taught three sections of Arbitration (covering both labor/employment and commercial matters) through IADR at Colorado Technical University.

In the employment/labor arena, she is a Senior Attorney at the Denver Regional Office of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), and in her more than twenty years with that agency, she has applied dispute resolution techniques such as facilitated negotiation to resolve hundreds of unfair labor practice complaint cases that would otherwise require litigation.  At the FLRA, she serves as a hearing officer in representational cases (unit clarification of positions, for example), and in doing so, she controls the hearing, entertains and rules on motions, and makes disposition of evidentiary objections.   Also in connection with her work at the FLRA, she has served as an EEO counselor for fifteen years, and in doing so, she has negotiated pre-complaint settlements, received extensive training, and has been a client advocate in all phases of the EEO process for federal employees.

Ms. Hanley serves as an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) and mediates employment matters for the United States Postal Service (USPS).

EDUCATION

• J.D. William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota  1985, Cum laude
• M.A. English Language and Literature,  University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois  1972
• B.A. English,  University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 1970, Cum laude

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Colorado 1988
• District of Columbia 1990 (Currently Inactive)
• Minnesota 1985 (Currently Inactive)

SKILLS IN CONTROVERSY

 
EMPLOYMENT

LAW

1986 - Present Attorney, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Denver, Colorado: Conduct unit determination and eligibility hearings; analyze unfair labor practice charges arising among federal agencies, unions and employees; interview witnesses, prepare pleadings and motions, negotiate settlements, conduct trials and prepare briefs. From January 1996 to the present, Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor.

1983 - 1986 Curriculum Consultant, The Legal Practicum, William Mitchell College of Law: researched and edited publications for Professors Haydock and Sonsteng, including revision of a second edition of The Trial Book (West 1985). Law Clerk, Sigal and Miller, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Research Assistant for the Law Clinic, William Mitchell College of Law: researched and edited publications for Professor Haydock. Legal Intern, National Labor Relations Board, Minneapolis Region. Research Assistant to C. Paul Jones, Minnesota Public Defender.

TEACHING

1973 - 1982 Instructor, English Composition, English as a Second Language and Reading at Department of English and the General College, University of Minnesota from 1977 to 1982 and Northern Arizona University from 1976 to 1977. Served as Advisor on Faculty Advisory Committee for Women, under Title VII Consent Decree, Federal District Court at University of Minnesota. Also at University of Minnesota, editorial consultant: A. Liberman, Mikhail Lermontov–Major Poetical Works (Minnesota 1983). Teacher of Junior and Senior English, Longmeadow High School, Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Coach of "As Schools Match Wits" team for Channel 22, WWLP, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1975.

LEGAL PUBLICATIONS

• Book Review Editor: Trial Talk, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. June 1990 to 1998. Contributed several book reviews, including feature article "Professional Constraints and Ethical Taints in the Ross Carlson Case," October 1992
• Editor: "Summaries of Opinions -- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit," The Colorado Lawyer. January 1988 to August 1990
• Co-author: "Emerging Influence of Women in the Work Place: Employment Policies and Benefits Programs," CLE Program, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, August 1-2, 1985
• Editor: R. Haydock, Fundamentals of Pretrial Litigation (West 1985).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• American Bar Association (ABA), Litigation, Labor Law, ADR, and Public Lawyer Sections
• Association of Conflict Resolution (ACR): Commercial Section, Workplace Section
• Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Rocky Mountain Chapter
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
• District of Columbia Bar Association
• Plaintiff Employees Lawyers Association (Colorado Chapter)
   

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION, MEDIATION, NEGOTIATION and ARBITRATION TRAINING:

PRO BONO

Colorado Bar Association, Criminal Law Section: Work on habeas corpus review of death penalty in a Texas case from March 1988 - 1999

Dante Alighieri Society of Denver: Chairperson, By-Laws, 1994-present; Member, Program Committee, 1994 -1995; Member, Scholarship Committee, 1998-2001