Pete H. Noone | Noone Employment Training; LLC, Avery, Dooley & Noone, LLP

Peter H. Noone is the owner and lead instructor for Noone Employment Training, LLC, as well as a practicing attorney from the Boston area. He has been a Partner with the law firm, Avery Dooley & Noone, LLP, since 1998. He focuses his practice as a trial lawyer in the areas of federal employment law, administrative law and appeals, security clearance matters, and whistleblower and discrimination complaints.

Mr. Noone has represented federal employees and federal, state, and local law enforcement officers in litigation and disciplinary proceedings. He has assisted his clients in successfully defending disciplinary actions ranging from letters of reprimand to removal and has assisted clients in defending security clearance revocations and in adverse suitability determinations. Mr. Noone has represented clients throughout agency and criminal investigations in: Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) appeals, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hearings, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) hearings; Trials in United States District Court, and other proceedings before Federal Agencies.

He is a frequent instructor and lecturer for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) and has developed and provided training seminars to the Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) Office of Professional Responsibility. Mr. Noone is also a speaker at the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Criminal Investigator Academy and has provided discrimination education and training to various federal personnel. He has also developed training for the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Law Enforcement Steering Committee and various federal agencies.

Suzanne Summerlin | Summerlin Labor Strategies

Suzanne Summerlin is an attorney in solo practice and also serves as General Counsel of the Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network. She previously served as nominee for General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority under President Biden, and has led litigation on behalf of federal employees and unions challenging executive orders and agency-wide removals

Moderator, Hon. Wanda Wright | Administrative Judiciary Committee Chair, Judiciary Division

Judge Wanda Wright has been Administrative Judiciary Chair within the Judiciary Division of the Federal Bar Association since February 2025. Prior to assuming this role, Judge Wright served three years as a Regional Vice President and National Executive Board member of the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ), representing judges in 17 offices in the southeastern United States. During her tenure, Judge Wright was honored to serve as AALJ Chair of the Health & Safety Committee where she developed the AALJ’s re-entry safety inspection protocols nationwide during the covid-19 pandemic, implemented enhanced security notification procedures, and collaborated on a health and safety video series.

Judge Wright is the principal author of the proposed ALJ/AJ Privacy Bill. Prior to her appointment as an administrative law judge in 2010, Judge Wright was a disability advocate and assistant district attorney in New York. Judge Wright is admitted to the NY and NC bars and is a member of the federal bar in North Carolina. She is a graduate of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and she received her law degree from the University of Virginia, where she was Articles Editor of the Virginia Tax Review.

I. Current employment environment for the Federal Administrative Judiciary. MSPB process. Review of reprimand and grievance process and other resources | 4:00pm – 4:10pm

II. Analysis of executive orders and impact on discipline process and removal of ALJs/AJs | 4:10pm – 4:20pm

III. Jarkesy and the constitutionality of ALJ/AJ removal protections; Recent cases. Administrative Judiciary & Federal Attorneys Core Job Protections | 4:20pm – 4:30pm

IV. Forum selection & Thunder Basin Doctrine | 4:30pm – 4:40pm

V. Impact of executive orders and civil service reforms for federal attorneys and judges | 4:40pm – 4:50pm

VI. Q&A and resources | 4:50pm – 5:00pm