Alexandra Rock, originally from upstate New York, began her oboe studies at the Eastman School at age 14. After receiving her Bachelor of Music from Ithaca College, she joined the Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, in Toluca, Mexico. In 1982 she returned to the U.S. to study with Elden Gatwood of the Pittsburgh Symphony, and Joseph Robinson of the New York Philharmonic. Ms. Rock joined the Omaha Symphony in 1983 and is currently their Principal Oboist. Other orchestral positions she has held include five years as principal oboist with the Des Moines Metro Opera, and English hornist for the New York Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Tri-Cities Opera Company, and Binghamton Symphony Orchestra.
Alexandra represents public and private entities in matters ranging from class actions, land use, civil rights and tort defense cases involving Section 1983 claims, employment, public contracting, dangerous condition of public property, catastrophic injury, and constitutional law issues such as due process, equal protection, and the First Amendment. Alexandra is also experienced in advising public agency clients on the Government Claims Act, Brown Act and Public Records Act, and advocates for her clients before legislative and regulatory bodies. Alexandra has a proven track record of achieving successful results for her clients in a variety of creative and cost-effective ways. She takes a proactive approach and enjoys advising her clients on potential areas of liability and offering strategies to anticipate and avoid litigation. She zealously advocates for her clients, while finding practical solutions and best possible outcomes in a cost-efficient manner. When a dispute is unavoidable, she counsels clients in responding to incidents, conducting administrative hearings and handling Government Code claims. She represents clients in all phases of litigation, including alternative dispute resolution, writ proceedings, jury and court trials and appeals.
Public Policy. Defeated class certification in a putative class action against local public transportation agencies alleging that the agencies improperly collect and use personally identifiable information for purposes of collecting tolls.
Wrongful termination. Won summary judgment in favor of a local public agency alleging whistleblower retaliation. The court found the agency had a legitimate, non-retaliatory basis for the termination.
Immigration Law. Secured a published Ninth Circuit victory on behalf of petitioner, a gay Nigerian client seeking asylum and protection under the Convention Against Torture in the United States.
Last week, Partner Oriana Kiley presented about Federal Civil Rights 1983 litigation at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Legal Officers Section Spring Training & Midyear meeting in New Orleans, LA. Click here to view the slide deck from her presentation.1983 Litigation Presentation -.pdf
On April 25th, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, together with M&T Bank/Wilmington Trust and Schwartz Heslin Group, Inc. will be hosting a panel discussion focusing on optimizing business transition outcomes. Chuck Haviland, Partner with our Business, Corporate and Commercial Practice Group, will join the panel of experts giving attendees a better understanding of best practices to prepare their business for sale or transition. Recognizing the challenges of selling a business, panelists will [...]
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna maintains a diverse legal practice that brings the sophistication and experience of a large, full-service law firm to its clients while maintaining an individualized, client-centered approach and emphasizing the efficiency that only a local law firm can provide.
This is the second volume of the final report of the Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel, which was established in 1983 to provide scientific oversight of the Joint Service Job Performance Measurement/Enlistment Standards (JPM) Project, intended to develop robust measures of performance in entry level military jobs so that standards could be linked to performance on the job. The two volumes address issues such as the development of job performance measures, evaluating the quality of performance measures, implications of cognitive psychology for measuring job performance, work sa ... Show more
This is the second volume of the final report of the Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel, which was established in 1983 to provide scientific oversight of the Joint Service Job Performance Measurement/Enlistment Standards (JPM) Project, intended to develop robust measures of performance in entry level military jobs so that standards could be linked to performance on the job. The two volumes address issues such as the development of job performance measures, evaluating the quality of performance measures, implications of cognitive psychology for measuring job performance, work samples as measures and measuring job competency. The contents are: Implications of cognitive psychology for measuring job performance / Robert Glaser, Alan Lesgold and Sherrie Gott; Work samples as measures of performance / Frederick D. Smith; Measuring job competency / Bert F. Green and Alexandra K. Wigdor; The evaluation of alternative measures of job performance / Linda S. Gottfredson; Range restriction adjustments in the prediction of military job performance / Stephen B. Dunbar and Robert L. Linn; Alternatives to the validity coefficient for reporting the test-criterion relationship / Linda J. Allred; Generalizability of military performance measurements: individual performance / Richard J. Shavelson; Procedures for eliciting and using judgments of the value of observed behaviors on military job performance tests / Richard M. Jaeger and Sallie Keller-McNulty; Exploring strategies for clustering military occupations / Paul R. Sackett.
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