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Tamara Cummings Related Seminars and Products

General Counsel

Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council

Tamara Cummings serves as General Counsel to the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council, a large public sector union representing law enforcement bargaining units in all areas of labor and employment relations. She is also a fellow of the ABA College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Previously, she was in private practice and represented Chicago Police Officers in administrative, criminal and civil matters.   She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago and her Juris Doctor degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Marvin Hill Related Seminars and Products

Arbitrator, Professor Emeritus

Northern Illinois University

Marvin Hill (JD & Ph.D, University of Iowa) is Emeritus Professor, Northern Illinois University. His teaching appointments include Indiana University and the Universoty of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa.  Hill is author of numerous books on arbitration including Evidence in Arbitration (BNA Books), Remedies in Arbitration (BNA), Arbitration Advocacy (BNA), Management Rights: A Legal and Arbitral Analysis (BNA), and Employee Lifestyle and Off-Duty Conduct Regulation (BNA). He has also authored numerous Law Review Articles on labor and constitutional issues.  These include “Riding with the Cops and Cheering for the Robbers:” Employee Speech, Doctrinal Cubbyholes, and the Duty of Loyalty, 25 Pepperdine Law Review 721 (1998)(lead article)(with James Wright);  “The Use of Hearsay Evidence by Labor Arbitrators: A Primer and Modest Proposal,” V. 1998, No. 1 Journal of Dispute Resolution (Univ. Missouri Law Review) (lead article)1-35 (1998)(with Tammy Westhoff); and “No Song Unsung, No Wine Untasted”-- Employee Addictions, Dependencies, and Post-Discharge Rehabilitation: Another Look at the Victim Defense in Labor Arbitration, 47 Drake L.Rev. 399-465 (1999)(lead article)(with Tammy Westhoff).  A member of the National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA), he is currently serving as a panel arbitrator for police, fire, and numerous airlines.  Hill also serves as an arbitrator for six government agencies: SSA, BOP, EPA, FEMA, VA, and TSA.  To remain sane, Marvin Hill swims 1,800 yards every day, attempting a modest speed of three minute hundreds.  He is the de facto commissioner of the local swimming pool, an unpaid but important social position. 

Richard Stewart Jr. Related Seminars and Products

President

The Stewart Law Firm, P.C.

Rick a solo practitioner in Springfield, Illinois. Rick regularly represents county and municipal employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law. He provides advice on labor and employment law issues on an almost a daily basis and provides representation at the negotiation table, before administrative agencies, and in labor arbitrations.

Rick has been practicing labor and employment law for over 23 years. In 2012, Rick entered private practice representing employers and in 2021 opened The Stewart Law Firm. Prior to 2012, Rick worked as in-house counsel for several unions in New York and Illinois.

Rick also serves as Legal Counsel to the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association where he routinely advises Sheriffs on the duties required by various statutes and policy matters.

Rick is very active in the Springfield area community performing arts. When he is not in the office or on the road, he can usually be found backstage at a theater volunteering or on stage performing.