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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, ), 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, Colorado
Region 5 Headquarters, Mare Island, California
Region 6 Headquarters, Portland, Oregon
Region x Headquarters – Albuquerque, New Mexico
National Forests (NF)
Gifford Pinchot NF, Vancouver, Washington
Fremont-Winema NF, Vancouver, Washington
Los Padres NF, Santa Barbara, California
Ochoco and Deschutes NF, Prineville and Bend, Oregon
Payette, NF, McCall, Idaho
Tahoe 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, California
Lake Sonoma, California
Portland, Oregon
Sacramento, California
San 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 Mexico
Gallup, New Mexico
Amarillo Site Office
Amarillo, Texas
Bonneville Power Administration
Portland, Oregon
X, Washington
Chicago Operations Office
Aurora, Illinois
Berkeley, California
Stanford, California
Princeton, New Jersey
Brookhaven, N. Y.
Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Gallup, New Mexico
Louisville, Kentucky
Oakland, California
West Valley, New York
Idaho Operations Office
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Las Vegas Operations Office
Las Vegas, Nevada
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Morgantown, West Virginia
Albany, 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 also
Multiple 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 Northwest
Central Oregon Fire Management Services, Prineville, Oregon
Bureau of Reclamation
Boulder City, Nevada
Multiple locations throughout the Pacific Northwest
Hungry Horse, Montana
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Spokane, Washington
Park Service
Regional Offices
San Francisco, California
Santa Fe, New Mexico
National Parks
Glacier
Mesa (?)
Yellowstone
Yosemite
U. S. Geological Survey
Menlo Park, California
Department of the Navy
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterrey, California
Strategic Systems Programs, Sunnyvale, California
Department of the Treasury
Financial Management Service, San Francisco, California
Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, California
VA General Counsel’s Office, San Francisco, California
VA Regional Office, Oakland, California
VA Regional Office, Reno, Nevada
Environmental Protection Administration
San Francisco, California
General Services Administration
Auburn, Washington
Honolulu, Hawaii
Phoenix, Arizona
San 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 Conference
San Francisco – Disabled Opportunity Conference
Multiple Agency Seminars
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Fact-Finding Investigations
Administrative Investigations
Consulting