"In college, I was fired from a bartending job. I was told my physical disability, hemiparesis, might make customers “uncomfortable”. I was shocked. After bringing a lawsuit of my own, I used the settlement to pay for law school. On the day I was admitted to practice law, I began representing people facing discrimination. Every day, I listen to people who simply want what we all want out of our working lives: to be treated as human and to have the opportunity to contribute and succeed.

I have come to believe that many workplace injustices reflect a deeper problem: what happens when profit becomes more important than people. When people are reduced to a means to an end, something essential is lost. Greed may create short-term gains, but it ultimately destroys the human connection that allow organizations to sustain themselves. We are all part of the same human community. My role is to stand beside people when that humanity is trampled upon and to hold those accountable when they are unable to be accountable for themselves."