Human Resources Resource

HARRY HECK, PHR, CLA

**** **** *****

Las Vegas, Nevada 89120

(702) 467- 7837 (Cell)

*******@***.***

. Seven Years of Human Resource Experience (including Labor Relations)

. Fifteen years Paralegal Experience, both in-house and at firms

specializing in employment law

. Professional of Human Resources

. Gaming Licensed in Nevada, Missouri and Colorado

. Certified Legal Assistant

. Database Certified (Summation and CaseTrack)

EXPERIENCE:

Cooper Levenson April Niedelman & Wagenheim

Litigation Specialist

December, 2011-

Assist with various legal and litigation matters including employment law,

collections, contracts administrative, and insurance defense. Conduct Human

Resource investigations for clients, review Handbooks and Policies and

provide research. Draft Initial Disclosures, Discovery, Motions, Responses

to Motions and Demand Letters.

Pinnacle Entertainment

Director of Employee and Labor Relations

February 2011- May 2011

Primarily handled Union issues with outside counsel. Traveled 90%+ of the

time (mainly to St. Louis). Assisted in other areas of Human Resources and

Legal.

Caesars Entertainment Corporation (fka Harrah's Entertainment, Inc)

Temporary Paralegal- Labor and Employment

June 2010- February 2011

Respond to Administrative Charges such as Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Investigations

and local administrative agencies Charges and inquires. Assist with

litigation; review, organize and summarize Collective Bargaining

Agreements, respond to Union grievances and assist properties with Labor

and Employment matters. Update litigation and Charge software (CaseTrack).

Station Casinos, Inc.

Corporate Director of Team Member Relations/ Compliance (7/07- 2/10)

Human Resources Director- Wildfire Gaming Division (9/08- 2/10)

July 2007- February 2010

Problem solve employee issues. Insure employee satisfaction. Conduct Right

to Manage trainings and ensure properties remain Union free. Draft,

implement and enforce employee related policies and HR Compliance issues.

Conduct high-level investigations. Oversee unemployment and Charges of

Discrimination. Oversight of New Hire Orientation process. Audit Human

Resource practices. Acted as interim property Human Resources Director as

needed for as long as six months at a time.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.

Director of Employee Relations- Compliance

November 2005- July 2007

Conduct investigations and advise all levels of the organization on

Employee Relations issues. Worked closely with Legal to resolve disputes.

Consulted on various Employee Relations issues, including but not limited

to, FMLA, ADA, Union and disciplinary matters. Oversaw unemployment for the

entire Company. Extensive travel (70% of the time) to locations including

Louisiana, Missouri, Illinois and Iowa.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

Corporate Director of Team Member Relations

September 2004- November 2005

Conduct investigations and provide recommendations. Draft, implement and

enforce Employee related policies. Follow up to annual Employee

Satisfaction Survey, Union Avoidance and Anti- Sexual Harassment training.

Assist with Union campaigns. Extensive travel (80% of the time)

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.

Labor & Employment Specialist

September 1999- September 2004

Investigate and respond to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),

Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Investigations and local

administrative agencies Charges and inquires. Respond to daily inquires

from corporate and property Human Resources staff regarding a variety of

Human Resource issues including; but not limited to, Union contract

interpretation, ADA, FMLA, employee relations and policy issues. Assist

Company with Immigration matters. Assist with the oversight of all

employment- related litigation. Respond to Union grievances and assisted in

the investigation of grievances. Assist with Labor (Union) negotiations.

Recommend and implement new database (CaseTrack) including converting six

years of data. Responsible for training and report writing in CaseTrack.

Extensive travel (50% of the time) to locations including Louisiana,

Missouri, Illinois and Iowa.

Harry Heck, CLA

Freelance Paralegal

September 1997- September 1999

Assist attorneys with discovery, trial preparation, document organization,

research and other matters relating to litigation including construction

defect and other document intensive cases. Provide training and assistance

in the use of Summation litigation software. Assisted clients with business

and gaming licensing.

Kummer Kaempfer Bonner & Renshaw

Legal Assistant

1April 994- September1997

Responsibilities included coordination of all aspects of civil litigation;

including discovery, research, document analyzation and organization,

client contact and trial preparation with a heavy concentration on

construction litigation. Also assisted corporate department with various

matters including gaming applications, due diligence and document drafting.

Thorndal, Backus, Armstrong & Balkenbush

Senior Paralegal

September1989- April 1994

Responsibilities included assisting in all aspects of civil litigation with

an emphasis on insurance defense litigation. Additional responsibilities

included supervision of a paralegal staff of six.

EDUCATION:

University of Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada

Program: Human Resource Management Certification May 2005

Program: Communications Partially Completed

SOUTHERN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE Las Vegas, Nevada

Program: Paralegal Studies August 1989 Graduate

HENRY FORD COLLEGE Dearborn, Michigan

Program: Hotel/Restaurant Management June 1984 Graduate

REFERENCES:

Available upon request or at Linkedin.com.

Contact this candidate