Adam D. Jennings, J.D.

Law Clerk

About Adam

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With an extensive background in academic research and psychology, Adam serves as a Law Clerk and provides consultation and advice to clients on matters related to employee relations, workplace investigations, and labor negotiations.  In addition, Adam also assists in matters related to employee discipline, due process, grievance procedure issues, disability reasonable accommodation/interactive process issues, and other labor and employment law matters.

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Workplace Investigations

In the area of workplace investigations, Adam has conducted investigations related to workplace misconduct, sexual harassment, race discrimination, retaliation, sexual orientation harassment, theft, fraud, favoritism, misconduct, and abusive conduct.  He is a member of the Association for Workplace Investigators (AWI) and passed the rigorous examination to earn the Certificate Holder (AWI-CH) credential.

Labor Relations & Negotiations

Adam’s labor relations and negotiations experience includes participating in meet-and-confer matters related to wages, hours, and other working conditions of employment for both safety and non-safety units.  In addition to successor contract negotiations, Adam has participated in negotiations over implementation of personnel policies and procedures, changes in existing work conditions (impacts), effects of layoffs and furloughs, and classification study impacts. 

Adam is also skilled in responding to grievances and adjudicating the various steps of the grievance resolution process under a collective bargaining agreement, and assists in proceedings related to arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges, and regulatory agency complaints.

Education

Adam holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and he is currently pursuing a Juris Doctor degree from the Abraham Lincoln University – School of Law.