- Circuits:
Dublin- Other Memberships:
- Construction Bar Association
Corporate & Insolvency Bar Association (CIBA)
Employment Bar Association
Employment Law Association of Ireland
EU Bar Association
Health and Safety Lawyer's Association of Ireland
Professional Regulatory and Disciplinary Association
Vice-President Cornell Club of Ireland - Direct Professional Access:
- Provided
Biography
I am a barrister at the Law Library in Dublin, Ireland, specialising in the law of work, labour and employment.
I appear for both employers and employees before the Circuit Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Ireland. I regularly represent parties before Adjudication Officers of the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court. I provide legal advice and opinion to leading firms and organisations in Ireland.
In addition to my legal practice, I am committed to scholarship and teaching. I am a tutor at University College Dublin Sutherland School of Law in Torts, Company Law and Contract Law. I publish articles as often as possible, often collaborating with leading figures in the field. I provide weekly employment law case reviews for Legal Island, and I provide case reports for the Employment Law Reports. I am Treasurer of the Employment Bar Association.
From 2015 – 2021 I served as a national trade union official representing professionals in the Irish health service. During this time I undertook the Diploma in Legal Studies at the King’s Inns. I took the Barrister-at-Law Degree course full-time from 2021-22, and was called to the Bar in July 2022. I devilled for Desmond Ryan BL in my first year of practice.
Originally from New Jersey, I graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. I moved to Ireland after graduation and have remained since, proudly obtaining Irish citizenship by naturalisation in 2019.
Recent Cases & Legal Work
Leon O’Connor v Engage People Recruitment ADJ-00040781 (July 24th 2023)
A Consultant Surgeon v A Hospital ADJ-00024543 (February 8th 2021)
University Hosptial Kerry v A Worker LCR21853 (December 11th 2018)
A Medical Consultant v A Hospital ADJ-00004020 (May 25th 2018)
Mercy University Hospital v A Doctor LCR21624 (November 30th 2017)
St Patrick’s Mental Health Services v Asma Ayyaz PWD1713 (May 25th 2017)
Publications
Viewpoints from the Bar of Ireland – “20 Years Protecting Fixed-Term Employees: The Fixed-Term Work Act 2003” (with Cathy Smith SC) 14 July 2023
King’s Inns Law Review Volume IX – “Organisation of Working Time in the Digital Era” February 2020
Speeches & Lectures
Flexible Working and the Right to Disconnect – Winner of 2022 Employment Law Association of Ireland Student Video Competition.
This fifteen-minute video presentation addresses the question, “How should employment law change to ensure flexible working and the right to disconnect in a talent-driven market?”
In addressing that question I refer to:
– The need to transpose the Work-Life Balance Directive (now encompassed into the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill)
– The need for clarity on employee-led deviations from the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 under Section 4
– The practical challenges of employers fulfilling working time recording requirements under section 25 of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 when employees are working remotely
– The conflict between the Code of Practice on the Right to Disconnect and the stricter requirements under the Working Time Directive with regard to disruptions during rest periods
Pro-bono & Voluntary
Treasurer, Employment Bar Association, July 2023 – Present
Volunteer, Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), March 2023 – Present – Providing specialist employment law clinics on a monthly basis
Chairperson, Rathfarnham Concert Band Society, January 2017 – September 2018, awarded lifetime Honorary Membership of the Society for “exceptional services to the Society.”
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145-151 Church Street Dublin 7 - DX
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