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Jack Hughes

Jack Hughes joined Liebert Cassidy Whitmore as an associate
attorney in 1996. Since then he has worked in all aspects of the firm's
labor and employment law practice.

Jack has been involved in public-sector employment law trial and
appellate court litigation on behalf of a number of cities, with
several published decisions to his credit including Robison v. City of
Manteca 78 Cal.App.4th 452, 92 Cal.Rptr.2d 748, City of Palo Alto v.
Service Employees International Union 77 Cal.App.4th 327, 91
Cal.Rptr.2d 500, and Smith v. City of Napa 120 Cal.App.4th 194, 14
Cal.Rptr.3d 908.

Jack has served as labor negotiator for city, county and special
district clients, and has represented charter cities in labor
negotiation impasse interest arbitration proceedings. He has
successfully negotiated Memoranda of Understanding involving
police officers, sheriff deputies, correctional officers, probation
officers, firefighters, supervisory staff, clerical staff, maintenance
employees and other blue-collar professions, in-home support
service employees and most other public sector classifications.

Jack is also one of the experienced presenters in the firm's
renowned management and supervisory training programs. Jack
has conducted hundreds of training seminars for municipal, county,
special district and federal agencies. Jack specializes in training on
protected status discrimination/harassment/retaliation, supervisor
skills, labor relations/negotiations, leave laws, disability laws,
workplace violence, free speech, disciplinary procedures,
grievance procedures and effective performance evaluations
among others.

Shondi Lee

Shondi has been the Program Manager for the Educational Support
Program for the County of Riverside since 2006 when she was hired
to develop a program to assist County employees with advancing
their education in order to move into high demand professions. In
this role she serves as the program manager and career and
educational counselor. She is also responsible for overseeing the
County’s College Relations and Internship Program as well as other
developmental programs for departments and employees of the
County. In addition to the Educational Support Program role, she
also is an internal leadership and organizational development
consultant to Riverside County departments, including MBTI and EQ

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