Professional Background

Salawdeh Law Office, LLC (2007 to present)
Solo Practice Attorney (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin)
Practice area: Representation of employees in employment disputes
Successfully represent employees in federal court, federal employees before the EEOC, and complainants in state administrative hearings
Co-authored amicus brief in Wisconsin Bell, Inc., v. LIRC and Charles E. Carlson, 2019 WI 76
Urban & Taylor s.c. (2000 to 2007)
Attorney (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Practice area: Representation of employees in employment disputes
Successfully represented employees in federal court, federal employees before the EEOC, and complainants in state administrative hearings
Co-authored amicus brief in Crystal Lake Cheese Factory v. LIRC, 2003 WI 106, 264 Wis. 2d 200, 225, 664 N.W.2d 651
First, Blondis, Albrecht, Bangert & Novotnak, s.c. (1996 to 2000)
Attorney (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Practice area: Representation of employees in employment disputes
Successfully represented employees in federal court, federal employees before the EEOC, and complainants in state administrative hearings

Education

University of Wisconsin – Madison
J.D. and Master of Science - Industrial Relations 1996
Master’s Thesis: Federal Government Answers to Difficult Problems: How Have the Three Branches of Government Responded to the Glass Ceiling
Law School Dean’s List
Vilas Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin – Madison 1992-1993
Women’s Law Journal, Submissions Editor
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Bachelor of Business Administration 1991
Human Resources Management/German Literature Majors
International Business Specialization and Certificate
Bachelor of Business Administration Awarded with Distinction
National Merit Scholar
Dean’s List
Friedrich Wilhelm Universitaet in Bonn, Germany (1988 to 1989)
German Language and Literature

Bar Admission

State of Wisconsin Supreme Court 1996
U.S. Eastern and Western District of Wisconsin 1996
Seventh Circuit 2004

Memberships

National Employment Lawyers Association (1996 to present)
Executive Board Member (2005 to 2017)
 Executive Secretary (2007 to 2010)
Strategic Planning Committee (2018 to present)
Joint Fundraising Committee Chair (2010 to present)
 Chair(2010 to 2016)
Title VII/National Origin Committee Co-Chair (2005 to 2010)
Membership Committee (2004 to 2015)
Convention Committee (2006, 2007, 2018, and 2019)
 Convention Committee Co-Chair (2007)
ADA Restoration Task Force (2007 to 2010)
Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law and Public Policy (2008 to present)
Executive Board Member (2008 to present)
 President (2018 to present)
 Executive Secretary (2008 to 2018)
Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association (1996 to present)
WELA Co-Chair (1996 to 1998)
State Bar of Wisconsin (1996 to present)
Civil Rights and Liberties Section Board Member (2006 to present)
 Chair Elect (2008 to 2009, 2018 to 2019)
 Chair (2009 to 2010, 2019 to 2020)
 Immediate Past Chair (2010 to 2011)
 Secretary/Treasurer (2016 to 2018)
Labor and Employment Section Board Member (2000 to 2003)
Unemployment Compensation Appeals Clinic (2000 to 2005)
Board of Directors (2000 to 2005)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (2000 to 2010)
Board Member (2000 to 2001)
Legal Redress Committee (2000 to 2010)
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (2019 to present)
Fellow (2019 to present)

Presentations

“Recognizing and Combatting Implicit Bias in Race & National Origin Cases,” National Employment Lawyers Association Spring Conference, 2020

“Summary Judgement Evidence After Ortiz,” National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Convention, 2018

“Discrimination Based on Linguistic Characteristics,” National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Convention, 2017

“Evidence is Evidence: An End to Nonsensical Tests,” National Employment Lawyers Association Fall Seminar, 2016

“Current Issues in National Origin Discrimination,” Wisconsin State Bar Labor and Employment Section, 2016

“Religion in the Workplace,” Wisconsin State Bar Labor and Employment Section, 2015

“Direct and Cross Examinations,” 11^th Annual Seventh Circuit NELA Conference, 2012

“Going Solo,” National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Convention, 2011

“The Strategy & Tactics of Client Counseling and Mediation,” 6^th Annual Seventh Circuit NELA Conference, 2007

“Exploring & Identifying Patterns of Stereotyping: National Origin and Religious Stereotypes,” National Employment Lawyers Association Fall Conference, Beyond Stereotypes, 2016

“Recent Developments in Religious Discrimination Law,” National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Convention, 2006

“Overview of Discrimination Claims under the WFEA,” presentation to the Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association, 2006

“Dealing with the Business Side of Employment Law,” 4^th Annual Seventh Circuit NELA Conference, 2005

“Rights for Persons with Disabilities: the WFEA, the ADA, and the FMLA,” presentation to the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses, 2004