PR 26-0021 — Office of Employee Appeals Pia Winston Confirmation Resolution of 2025

MURIELENROLLED BOWSERORIGINAL MAYORA JanuaryRESOLUTION 6,26-33 2025IN TheTHE HonorableCOUNCIL PhilOF MendelsonTHE ChairmanDISTRICT CouncilOF oftheCOLUMBIA DistrictFebruary of4, Columbia2025 JohnTo A.confirm the appointment of Ms.

WilsonPia BuildingWinston 1350Pennsylvaniato Avenue,NW,the SuiteOffice 504of Washington,DCEmployee 20004Appeals. Dear Chairman Mendelson:

InRESOLVED, accordanceBY withTHE sectionCOUNCIL 2OF oftheTHE ConfirmationDISTRICT ActOF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Office of 1978,Employee effectiveAppeals MarchPia 3,Winston 1979Confirmation (D.C.Resolution of 2025”.

Law 2- 142;

D.C.

Official Code § 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 601 of the Distri_ct of the Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C.

Law 2-139;

D.C.

Official Code§ 1-606.01), I am pleased to nominate the following individual:

Ms.

Pia Winston N Street, SE Washington, DC 20019 (Ward 7) for appointment as a member of the Office of Employee Appeals, filling a vacant seat formerly held by Clarence Labor, for the remainder ofan unexpired term to end April 6, 2030.

Enclosed,you will find biographical information detailing the experience ofthe above-mentioned nominee, togetherwith aproposed resolution to assistthe Council duringthe confirmation process.

I would appreciate the Council's earliest consideration ofthis nomination for confirmation.

Please do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor's Office of Talent and Appointments, should the Council require additional information.

Sincerely, 2 Chairman Phil Mendelson at the request ofthe Mayor 5 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 8 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To confirm the appointment ofPia Winston to the Office ofEmployee Appeals.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this resolution may be cited as the "Office ofEmployee Appeals Pia Winston Confirmation Resolution of2025".

The Council oftheof the District ofColumbiaof Columbia confirms the appointment of:

PiaMs. Winston N Street, SE Washington, DC 20019 (Ward 7) as a member ofthe Office ofEmployee Appeals, established by section 601 ofthe District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C.

Pia Winston N Street, SE Washington, DC 20019 (Ward 7) as a member of the Office of Employee Appeals, established by section 601 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C.

Official Code§Code § 1-606.01), filling a vacant seat formerly held by Clarence Labor, for thea remainder ofan unexpired term to end April 6, 2030.

The Council ofthe District ofColumbia shall transmit a copy ofthisof this resolution, upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office ofthe Mayor.

BAR ADMISSION MarylandStateBar, Admitted December 2012 DistrictofColumbia Bar, Admitted February 2018 EDUCATION WrLLIAM & MARY LA W SCHOOL, Williamsburg, Virginia Juris Doctor;May 2012 Honors and Activities:

William&:

Mary Journal ofWomen and the Law, Editor National Black Law Students Association.

National Parliamentarian2010-2012 Black Law Students Association,W.C.

Jefferson Chapter, CommunityService Chair Peggy Browning Labor and EmploymentLaw Fellow, 2011 Marshall-BrennanConstitutional Literacy Fellow, 2011 Advocacy;

William & Mary National Trial Team William & Mary Alternative Dispute ResolutionTeam UNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, Berkeley, California Bachelorof Arts in Anthropology and African AmericanStudies;

May 2008 Ho11orsandActivities:

Academic HonorGraduate, African American Studies Ronald E.

McNair Scholar EXPERIENCE National LaborRelations Board, Washington, DC February 2017- Present TrialAttorney, Contempt Compliance and SpecialLitigation Branch Investigate whether particularrespondents have failed to comply with, and are thereby incontemptof, Circuit Court Judgmentsenforcing a Board Orderfrom the Nation.al Labor reations Board.

Conductciviland criminal contemptlitigationin the U.S.

Courts of Appeals to coerce complianceor to punish non compliancewithsaid judgments.

Analyze submissionsfrom Regional Offices, induding the Regional Offices' investigativefiles, to detemtlif contempt proceedings are appropriateand/or whether otherancillary proceedings should be instituted.

Prepare recommendations for consideration by the Board., and upon authorization, prepare pleadings, affidavits, motions, supportingbriefs, etc., necessary to initiate cases.

Negotiate with parties to determineicompliance can be achieved withoutfurther litigation and draft appropriate settlementpapers.

Prepare motions, draft interrogatoriesand requests for production;

condw..i:discovery including depositiorLs;

interview witnesses;

and preparefor and conducts trials.

Present oral arguments to SpecialMasters, DistrictCourts and/or CircuitCourts, as required.