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SOL Contacts: Key Personnel and Phone Numbers

SOLICITOR

M. Patricia Smith

(202) 693-5260

Supervisory Staff Assistant

Gail Swann

(202) 693-5260

DEPUTY SOLICITOR

Deborah Greenfield

(202) 693-6038

Chief Administrative Assistant

Vacant

(202) 693-5260

DEPUTY SOLICITOR FOR NATIONAL OPERATIONS

Steven J. Mandel

(202) 693-5321

DEPUTY SOLICITOR FOR REGIONAL ENFORCEMENT

Katherine E. Bissell

(202) 693-5269

Staff Assistant

Sharron Watson

(202) 693-5260

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL SERVICES

Rose M. Audette

(202) 693-5718

DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR FOR MANAGEMENT LEGAL SERVICES

Susan (Suey) Howe

(202) 693-5431

DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL SERVICES (Acting)

James V. Blair

(202) 693-5508

National Offices

Office of Legal Counsel
Division of Black Lung and Longshore Legal Services
Division of Civil Rights and Labor-Management
Division of Employment and Training Legal Services
Division of Fair Labor Standards
Division of Federal Employees' and Energy Workers' Compensation
Division of Management and Administrative Legal Services
Division of Mine Safety and Health
Division of Occupational Safety and Health
Division of Plan Benefits Security

Regional Offices

Region I. Boston
Region II. New York
Region III. Philadelphia
Arlington
Region IV. Atlanta
Nashville
Region V. Chicago
Cleveland
Kansas City
Region VI. Dallas
Denver
Region IX. San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle

National Office Staff

 

OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL

(202) 693-5500
(202) 693-5539 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR

Robert A. Shapiro

Counsel for Ethics
Counsel for Legislative Affairs
Secretary

Robert M. Sadler
Jill M. Otte
Patricia A. Morgan

HONORS PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Susan Hutton

Management and Program Analyst

Serene Williams

DIVISION OF BLACK LUNG AND LONGSHORE LEGAL SERVICES

(202) 693-5660
(202) 693-5687 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR

Rae E. James
M. Elizabeth Medaglia

Counsel for Appellate Litigation
Counsel for Regulations and Legislation
Counsel for Longshore
Counsel for Administrative Litigation and Legal Advice
Counsel for Appellate Litigation and Enforcement
Staff Assistant

Gary K. Stearman
Patricia M. Nece
Mark A. Reinhalter
Michael J. Rutledge
Sean G. Bajkowski
Brenda W. Crawford

DIVISION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND LABOR-MANAGEMENT

(202) 693-5740
(202) 693-5756 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR

Christopher B. Wilkinson
Beverly Dankowitz

Counsel for Interpretation and Advice
Counsel for Litigation and Regional Coordination
Counsel for Civil Rights and Appellate Litigation
Counsel for LMRDA Programs
Counsel for LMRDA Advice
Management and Program Analyst
Secretary

Suzan Chastain
Consuela Pinto
Radine Legum
Sharon Eppes Hanley
Clinton Wolcott
Jo Ann Baptiste
Debra J. Lewis

DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING LEGAL SERVICES

(202) 693-5710
(202) 693-5732 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR

Gary M. Buff
Jonathan H. Waxman

Counsel for International Affairs and USERRA
Counsel for Immigration Programs
Counsels for Employment and Training Advice

Counsel for Litigation
Management and Program Analyst

Mathew P. Levin
Vacant
Michael N. Apfelbaum
Robert P. Hines
Harry L. Sheinfeld
Elizabeth C. Bandong

DIVISION OF FAIR LABOR STANDARDS

(202) 693-5555
(202) 69305689 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR

Jennifer S. Brand
William C. Lesser

Counsel for Legal Advice
Counsel for Appellate Litigation
Counsel for Contract Labor Standards
Counsel for Trial Litigation
Counsel for Whistleblower Programs
Management and Program Analyst
Secretary

Lynn S. McIntosh
Paul L. Frieden
Jonathan T. Rees
Jonathan M. Kronheim
Megan Guenther
Vacant
Gloria V. Ellis-Thompson

DIVISION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' AND ENERGY WORKERS' COMPENSATION

(202) 693-5320
(202) 693-5360 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR

Jeffrey L. Nesvet
Thomas G. Giblin

Counsel for Claims and Compensation
Counsel for Energy Employees Compensation
Counsel for Subrogation
Management and Program Analyst

Catherine P. Carter
Sheldon G. Turley
Alexandra Tsiros
Barbara B. Dixon

DIVISION OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL SERVICES

(202) 693-5405
(202) 693-5538 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR

Rose M. Audette

Secretary

Ansonia S. Fletcher

DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR FOR MANAGEMENT LEGAL SERVICES

Susan (Suey) Howe

Counsel for Administrative Law
Chief, Financial Management
Chief, Legal Technology
IT/IRM Manager

Ray Mitten, Jr.
James Taylor
Donald Knickerbocker
Cheryl C. Hogans

DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL SERVICES (Acting)

James V. Blair

Counsel for Appropriations Law
Counsel for Procurement & Contracts
Director, Office of Information Services
Counsel for Employment Law (Acting)
Counsel for FOIA/FACA/Privacy Act
Chief, Human Resources

Eileen McCarthy
David Koeppel
Ramona Oliver
Rolando Valdez
Joseph J. Plick
Michael Parrish

DIVISION OF MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH

(202) 693-9333
(202) 693-9361 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR

Heidi W. Strassler
Thomas A. Paige

Co-Counsels for Trial Litigation

Counsel for Appellate Litigation
Counsel for Standards and Legal Advice
Management and Program Analyst

Derek Baxter
Jason Grover
W. Christian Schumann
April Nelson
M. Jeannie Tideman

DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

(202) 693-5445
(202) 693-5466 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR

Joseph M. Woodward
Ann S. Rosenthal

Counsel for Health Standards
Counsel for Safety Standards
Counsel for Special Litigation
Counsels for Appellate Litigation

Counsels for Regional Litigation and Legal Advice

Management and Program Analyst
Legal Assistant

Ian T. Moar
Robert J. Biersner
Kenneth A. Hellman
Heather Phillips
Charles F. James
Orlando J. Pannocchia
Robert W. Swain
Stella L. Littles
Constance Jewel Young

DIVISION OF PLAN BENEFITS SECURITY

(202) 693-5600
(202) 693-5610 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR
DEPUTY ASSOCIATE SOLICITORS

Timothy D. Hauser
William Scott
Vacant

Counsels for Appellate and Special Litigation

Counsel for Fiduciary Litigation
Counsel for General Litigation
Counsel for Regulations
Counsel for Financial Litigation
Management and Program Analyst
Secretary

Elizabeth Hopkins
Nathaniel I. Spiller
Risa D. Sandler
Leslie Canfield Perlman
William White Taylor
Michael Schloss
Derrick R. Manning Sr.
Christine A. Spencer

Regional Office Staff

 

Region I. BOSTON
John F. Kennedy - Federal Office Building
Government Center, Room E-375
Boston, MA 02203

(617) 565-2500
(617)-565-2142 (FAX)

REGIONAL SOLICITOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL SOLICITOR
/ Counsel for OSHA

Michael D. Felsen
Christine T. Eskilson

Counsel for ESA / Wage-Hour
Counsel for ERISA
Counsel for Civil Rights / MSHA
Administrative Officer

Merle D. Hyman
Marjorie A. Butler
David L. Baskin
Judy L. Nelson

Region II. NEW YORK
201 Varick Street, Room 983
New York, NY 10014

(646) 264-3650
(646)-246-3660 (FAX)

REGIONAL SOLICITOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL SOLICITOR

Patricia M. Rodenhausen
Mark A. Holbert

Counsel for Wage and Hour
Counsel for OSHA
Counsel for ERISA
Counsel for Civil Rights
Administrative Officer

John Campbell
Diane C. Sherman
Evelyn H. Chung
Marc G. Sheris
Wilma O. Johnson

Region III. PHILADELPHIA
Suite 630 East, The Curtis Center
170 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3306

(215) 861-5121
(215) 861-5162 (FAX)

REGIONAL SOLICITOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL SOLICITOR / Counsel for BLBA

Catherine Oliver Murphy
Linda Thomasson

Counsel for BLBA / MSHA
Counsel for Civil Rights / LR
Counsel for ERISA
Counsel for ESA
Counsel for OSHA
Administrative Officer

Susan M. Jordan
Richard Buchanan
Joanne Roskey
Alfred J. Fisher, Jr.
Myrna A. Butkovitz
Tricia Sanders

ARLINGTON
1100 Wilson Boulevard
22nd Floor West
Arlington, VA 22209-2247

(202) 693-9393
(202) 693-9392 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE REGIONAL SOLICITOR

Douglas N. White

Counsel for ESA
Counsel for MSHA

Elizabeth Lopes Beason
Robert S. Wilson

Region IV. ATLANTA
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Room 7T10
Atlanta, GA 30303

(404) 302-5435
(404) 302-5438 (FAX)

REGIONAL SOLICITOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL SOLICITOR

Stanley E. Keen
Patricia Craft

Counsel for Employment Standards
Counsel for OSHA
Counsel for ERISA
Counsel for Civil Rights
Counsel for MSHA
Administrative Officer

Robert L. Walter
Christopher D. Helms
Robert M. Lewis
Channah S. Broyde
Tremelle Howard-Fishburne
Karen R. Cooper

NASHVILLE
Castner Knott Building
618 Church Street, Suite 230
Nashville, TN 37219-2440

(615) 781-5328
(615) 781-5321 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE REGIONAL SOLICITOR

Theresa Ball

Counsel for MSHA
Supervisory Legal Assistant

MaryBeth Zamer
Pam Reedus

Region V. CHICAGO
Federal Office Building
230 South Dearborn Street, Room 844
Chicago, IL 60604-1502

(312) 886-5260
(312) 353-5698 (FAX)

REGIONAL SOLICITOR (Acting)
DEPUTY REGIONAL SOLICITOR

Janet M. Graney
Janet M. Graney

Counsel for Employment Standards
Counsel for OSHA
Counsel for Civil Rights
Counsel for ERISA
Counsel for MSHA
Administrative Officer

William C. Posternack
Allen H. Bean
Dorothy J. Stephens
Christine Heri
Suzanne F. Dunne
Linda L. Kempista

CLEVELAND
Federal Office Building
1240 East Ninth Street, Room 881
Cleveland, OH 44199

(216) 522-3870
(216) 522-7172 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE REGIONAL SOLICITOR

Benjamin T. Chinni

Counsel for OSHA

Mary Anne Garvey

Kansas City
Two Pershing Square Building
2300 Main Street, Suite 1020
Kansas City, MO 64108-2416

(816) 285-7260
(816) 285-7287 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE REGIONAL SOLICITOR

H. Alice Jacks

Counsel for Civil Rights
Counsel for OSHA
Counsel for Wage and Hour
Administrative Officer

Vacant
Oscar Hampton
Malinda B. Schoeb
Vicky L. Fisher

Region VI. DALLAS
525 South Griffin Street, Suite 501
Dallas, TX 75202-5020

(972) 850-3100
(972) 850-3101 (FAX)

REGIONAL SOLICITOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL SOLICITOR

James E. Culp
Connie M. Ackermann

Counsel for OSHA
Counsel for MSHA
Counsel for ERISA
Counsel for Wage and Hour
Counsel for Civil Rights
Administrative Officer

Madeleine T. Le
Mary K. Cobb
Robert A. Goldberg
Margaret T. Cranford
Robert C. Beal
Rina Rucker

DENVER
1999 Broadway, Suite 1600
Denver, CO 80202

(303) 844-1745
(303) 844-1753 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE REGIONAL SOLICITOR

John T. Rainwater

Counsel for OSHA

Timothy Williams

Region IX. SAN FRANCISCO
90 7th Street, Suite 3-700
San Francisco, CA 94103-1516

(415) 625-7740
(415) 625-7772 (FAX)

REGIONAL SOLICITOR
DEPUTY REGIONAL SOLICITOR

Janet Herold
Kathy Alejandro

Counsel for Civil Rights
Counsel for Employment Standards
Counsel for ERISA
Counsel for MSHA and OSHA
Administrative Officer

Ian Eliasoph
David M. Kahn
Danielle L. Jaberg
Susan Gillett Kumli
Irene Santillan

LOS ANGELES
World Trade Center, Suite 370
350 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1202

(213) 894-4980
(213) 894-2064 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE REGIONAL SOLICITOR

Daniel J. Chasek

Legal Assistant

Laura P. Matus

SEATTLE
300 Fifth Ave., Suite 1120
Seattle, WA 98104-2397

(206) 757-6762
(206) 757-6761 (FAX)

ASSOCIATE REGIONAL SOLICITOR

Bruce L. Brown

Legal Assistant

Tammie R. Holper