Clark Hill Attorney Barbara A. Ruga to Present at Michigan Negotiators Association’s 2009 Labor Relations Academy

Grand Rapids



,

MI



– Clark Hill attorney Barbara A. Ruga will present Thursday, May 14

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from 1:30pm – 3pm at the Michigan Negotiators Association’s 2009 Labor Relations Academy.


Ms. Ruga’s topic, “Critical Points in Bargaining,” will address project timeline and strategic considerations.


For more information please contact Richard L. Higginbotham at

rhigg3@comcast.net

.

Barbara A. Ruga

has been practicing law for nearly 32 years in the areas of education, labor relations and employment law.  She predominantly represents public school districts in a wide range of employment and school law matters, and frequently lectures to public school districts on employment matters.


She was the 2007 recipient of the MNA Harlow Claggett Award for her contributions to collective bargaining in the public school sector in


Michigan


.  Ruga has also published several books and articles in the field of employment and school law.


Ruga earned her J.D. and B.A., cum laude, from the


University

of

Michigan


.

Since 1890, Clark Hill PLC has been providing Business Legal Services, Government & Public Affairs and Personal Legal Services.


With offices in

Arizona, Illiois,


Michigan

and


Washington

,

DC


, Clark Hill is a full service law firm with more than 190 attorneys.


For more information, visit


www.clarkhill.com


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