VICKI C. BRYANT, ESQ.

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BAR ADMISSIONS: District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, DC Bar # 494977; Pennsylvania (ret).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association (ret.).

I.CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION EXPERIENCE

Attorney, Private Practice: Concentration in Federal and Private Sector EEO Administrative Proceedings, 2000 to 2013. Contract Attorney (2000-2013) for various law firms and national EEO contract firms in the conducting of EEO Investigations on and off the record; wrote Reports of Investigations (ROIs) and Final Agency Decisions (FADs) for 25 Federal agencies; wrote Letters of Determination (LODs) for the Government of the District of Columbia; deposed witnesses on the record; wrote interrogatories; represented clients before administrative tribunals and the EEOC. Focus: Title VI and Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1975, Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Bilingual Education Act of 1974, as codified in Equal Education Opportunity Act of 1974 and Title VI.

Attorney-Advisor, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., 1993-2000. Wrote legal memoranda and Attorney’s Opinions for Assistant Secretary of Army on various issues including section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; served as EEO Counselor from 1993-2000; participated in settlement negotiations in dispute resolution of informal employment discrimination complaints; assisted Agency EEO Officers with developing and implementing proactive measures to improve the agency’s compliance with civil rights laws and objectives.

Attorney-Advisor, Louisville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, KY, 1989-1992. Represented Army personnel in Title VII administrative hearings. Conducted major research for Agency compliance with laws requiring program access for individuals with disabilities, Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; wrote agency position paper on complaint filed by one of

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Corps; lessees at Wax Marina at Nolin Lake, Kentucky, with the U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Washington, D.C. Presented subject position paper at the Division Counsel Conference, 1992, Cincinnati, Ohio.,

II.APPELLATE EXPERIENCE

Appellate Counsel, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C., 2008 to 2013. Member of Criminal Justice Act Panel, prepared appellant briefs and oral arguments before court. This appointment enabled me to utilize my specialized ability to analyze, interpret case law, apply regulations, agency orders, and to utilize electronic and manual legal research tools, writing, and oral communication skills. I functioned independently as cases were assigned.

Attorney-Advisor, Board of Veterans Appeals, Bureau of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1987. Researched legal and medical issues necessary to draft appellate decisions for the Board regarding veteran claimants’ entitlement to veterans benefits; reviewed evidentiary record to determine the proper appellate issues; noted and responded to disposition of appellate issues, formulated Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; rendered a judgment; participated in administrative hearings.

Law Clerk, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., May-August 1984. Clerked in

Commission’s Bureau of Competition/Antitrust Division, which dealt with regulation of

the professions, exclusive of healthcare. Research and analyzed extensively the issue of

potential antitrust violations involving Section I of the Sherman Antitrust Act in Superior Court Trial Lawyers Association, Dkt. 9171. Researched the point of law concerning: (1) whether the strike for higher pay conducted by the Superior Court Trial Lawyers constituted an illegal conspiracy in restraint of trade or a boycott; and (2) whether the per se rule or the Rule of Reason applied in this action. Briefed the 40 cases that dealt with this point of law. Digested trial transcripts. Researched whether the attorneys, as members of a “learned profession,” were exempt from regulation, a point of law grounded in Footnote 17 of Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar, 421 U.S. 773, 781-85 (1975). FTC Litigation Experience: assisted the trial team write and verify findings of fact in Dkt. 9171

III. INTERNATIONAL

Foreign Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese.

Education: School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT. Graduate studies in

Master’s Degree Program of International Administration. Focus: economic,

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agricultural, natural resource issues in developing countries; fulfilled international

internship requirement working in Brussels, Belgium.

Boston University-Brussels School of Management, Brussels, Belgium.

Focus: organizational management and behavior, statistics and international business.

Experiment in International Living, Brattleboro, VT. Outbound Exchange Program to

Brazil for 4 months. Credits earned in Portuguese and Cross-cultural studies.

III.EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C., May 1985. Admitted to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bar, November 1985.

Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, English and the Humanities, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

Graduate Courses for ESL (English as a Second Language) Certification: The Catholic University of America and Trinity University, Washington, D..C. 2001-2002.

United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, Washington, D.C., 1997-98

Conversational French I (3.0 GPA); Conversational French II (4.0 GPA).

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Summer, Conversational French.

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