KAY'S RESUME

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kay Wilson Coaching and Training, 2002 – Present
Full service coaching, training and facilitation company. www.KayWilsonCoaching.com

Attorney, United States Postal Service, April 2001 - June 2006
Served as Agency Representative for the Postal Service in a variety of employment related matters, including:

• Claims under the ADA/Rehab ACT, ADEA, Title VII
• Terminations and other Disciplinary action
• Training Managers on Employment Law Issues such as Sexual Harassment Prevention, Communication Skills, Reasonable Accommodations and Harassment Prevention
• Analysis of Statutory and Contractual requirements
• Review of USPS compliance with relevant agency regulations, procedural requirements and OSHA regulations
• Advocacy before the Merit Systems Protection Board and the EEOC
• Participation in REDRESS™ Mediation

Served on two national training teams and independently developed four
training programs. Also served on the Northeast Area Diversity Committee,
which created programming and educational materials relevant to diversity
issues.

Law Offices of L. Kay Wilson, 1995 - 2001
General practice covering civil and criminal litigation (eight cases tried to verdict, numerous administrative hearings). Representation of both corporate and individual clients in the following practice areas:

• commercial litigation (breach of contract, tortious interference with contract)
• employment law (civil rights violations, workers compensation benefits)
• criminal defense (felonies, misdemeanors, violation of probation hearings)
• personal injury (medical malpractice, slip and fall, premises liability)

Law Clerk, Connecticut Insurance Department, Summer 1993
Served as a law clerk to Insurance Commissioner Robert R. Googins. Provided regulatory research support to the general counsel and the various compliance units of the Connecticut Department of Insurance.

EDUCATION

JD, University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, CT, 1994
BA, Political Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1989

Honors
American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure, 1990-91

Activities
CONNECTICUT JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

• Managing Editor, 1993 - 1994
• Member, 1992 – 1993
• Scholarship, Madison-Jefferson National Student Seminar on Separation of Church and State, Sponsored by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, 1992

Moot Court

• National Co-Director, William F. Starr Insurance Law Moot Court Competition, 1993
• Moot Court Executive Board, 1992 - 1994
• Semi-finalist, Loiselle Moot Court Competition, 1992

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• National Speakers Association, member since Sept. 2005
• Editor-at-Large, Connecticut Bar Journal, 1996 - Present
• Co-chair, Mentoring Committee, Hartford County Bar Association, 1996-1999
• President, Central Connecticut Women’s Forum, 2003 - 2005

COACHING TRAINING

Received intensive coach training, New York City, March 2002, through Results Coaching Systems.

Developed four training programs for the United States Postal Service
(Harassment Prevention Communication Skills, Sexual Harassment Prevention, How to Manage Your Boss, and Communicating with Clarity and Impact)

VOLUNTEER WORK

Volunteer Motivational Speaker for inmates at the Bergin Correctional Institution, Storrs, CT, since June of 2003. Developed program called Motivation and Self Mastery™.

Motivational Speaker and Coach to women inmates at the Charlene Perkins Center at York Correctional Institution, Niantic, CT, since December of 2005.

Connecticut Hospice Volunteer since 2003.