MARY DRYOVAGE (CA SBN 112551)

Law Offices of Mary Dryovage

600 Harrison Street, Suite 120,

San Francisco, CA 94107

Telephone: 415 593-0095

Fax:415 593-0096

Email:mdryovage@igc.org

Ms. Dryovage represents unions and individuals in whistleblower, employment discrimination and labor cases. She has pioneered litigation against government agencies involving age, sex, race, national origin, disability and retaliation cases. Ms. Dryovage regularly litigates before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Merit Systems Protection Board, as well as in federal and state court. She also provides consultation services to other attorneys concerning procedural and evidentiary issues that arise in employment cases. She has achieved the highest, or AV, rating by Martindale‑Hubbell.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,

Ann Arbor, Michigan; B.A. Cum Laude in History, 1975

WAYNE STATE LAW SCHOOL,

Detroit, Michigan; Juris Doctor, 1978

BAR ADMISSIONS

Michigan - May 1979

California - January 1984

BAR MEMBERSHIP

United States Supreme Court, 1987

Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, 1985

Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit, 1987

Northern District of California, 1981

Eastern District of California, 1986

Central District of California, 1986

Eastern District of Michigan, 1979

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

AFL‑CIO LAWYERS COORDINATING COMMITTEE, 1984 to present.

AMERICAN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION,

Member, 1983 to present

Chair-elect, Employment Rights Section Executive Board (2004-2005)

CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA,1992 to present.

CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS ASSOCIATION,

Member, 1987 to present.

Chair, 1995 to 1996.

Executive Board member, 1993 to 2001.

FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION, 1984 ‑ 1988.

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS ASSOCIATION,

Member, 1987 to present.

Co-Chair of the Federal Employee Rights Committee, 1991 to present.

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, 1993 to present.

STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW SECTION, 1984 to present.

PUBLICATIONS

Book Review of Raymond F. Gregory, AUnwelcome and Unlawful: Sexual Harassment in the American Workplace@, Trial, October 2004.

"Your Office and the ADA", Trial, January 1994.

"Compliance and Litigation Resources for Implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1993.

"Accommodation of Handicapping Conditions: Is Reassignment Reasonable?" California State Bar Labor and Employment Law News, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1986), reprinted in The Recorder, January 1986, and Federal Merit System Reporter, March 1986.

"Should the Steelworkers Trilogy be Abandoned in Arbitrations of Federal Sector Disputes?" California State Bar Labor and Employment Law News, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1985.

"Wrongful Discharge of Federal Employees: Through the Labyrinth to Reinstatement," California State Bar Labor and Employment Law News, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1984.

PRESENTATIONS

American Bar Association

"A Mock Trial: Prosecuting and Defending an Americans with Disabilities Act Lawsuit", San Francisco, September 1992.

American Trial Lawyers Association

ATLA Teleconference, Speaker on the Whistleblower Protection Act on September 28, 2004.

ATLA Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, Speaker, "Workers Compensation and the ADA" 1993.

ATLA Seminar "Advocating for Disabled and Injured Workers: Employment, Disability, and Compensation," Washington, D.C. Speaker, "Overview on the American with Disabilities Act", 1992.

National Employment Lawyers Association

NELA Annual Meeting, Co-Chair of 1996 Convention Committee

NELA Trial Practice for the Plaintiff Employment Lawyer Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, Panelist, "Mock Mediation Demonstration", as Plaintiff's Counsel,1995.

NELA Annual Meeting, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, as speaker.

NELA Seminar, ALitigating & Winning Federal Employee Rights Cases@, March 17-18, 2000, Chicago, Illinois as co-chair and speaker.

NELA Seminar, AEverything You Need to Know to Represent Federal Employees, October 1-2, 2004, Washington DC as co-chair and speaker.

California Employment Lawyers Association

CELA Annual Meeting, Chair, 1995 Convention Committee;

California Employment Lawyers Association Annual Meetings in 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2004, as speaker and moderator

CELA/Los Angeles District Office EEOC Seminar on Federal Sector Employment Discrimination Procedures and Practice, January 2003.

Nevada Trial Lawyers Association

NTLA, "Expanding the Rights of Disabled Employees: Effective Strategies & Recent Developments under the ADA", San Francisco, California, 1996.

Numerous seminars given to:

American Federal of Government Employees

American Postal Workers Union and National Letter Carriers Association

various other labor, whistleblower, civil rights and community organizations.

Ms. Dryovage has been listed in:

Who's Who in America

Who's Who in American Law

Who's Who in California, Who's Who in Practicing Attorneys

Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America

America's Leading Lawyers

Best Lawyers in America.

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