The Foreign Service Journal, May 2011

72 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / M A Y 2 0 1 1 A F S A N E W S CLASSIFIEDS AFSA NEWS BRIEFS Hail and Farewell AFSA welcomes several new staff members: Director of Policy Ed Dickens is a retired Senior FSO who has served in the former Yugoslavia, Belgium and Iceland on a wide variety of issues. He was selected to open the department’s first congressional liaison office on the Hill in 2001. Labor Management Counselor JanetWeber retired from the Senior Foreign Service in 2008 after serving in Poland, Russia, Costa Rica and Mexico. Since her retirement, she has worked primarily in the nonprofit sector on international visitor programs and child protection issues. Jeff Lau is the newWeb/IT assistant, providing Web support and development. A native of Lebanon, Pa., Jeff recently graduated from Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts. Check out his web site at www.drfrankenlau.com. Kristy Pomes is no stranger to AFSA; serving first as public affairs intern this past winter, she is now AFSA’s new member services representative. She attended the University of Florida and is a devoted traveler and softball player. Donna Ayerst joins us as the new AFSA News editor, starting with the June issue. Most recently she worked at the Family Liaison Office as the CLO program coordinator, and, before that, as FLO’s communications/publications coordinator. We say farewell to AmyMcKeever , who was tapped to be editor of Eater DC , a restaurant and nightlife blog. We also bid farewell to Legislative Affairs Director Casey Frary , who plans to continue working in a Hill-related capacity. Correction and Apology USAID representative Michael Henning was left off the list of those AFSA Governing Board members not de- picted in the March Annual report photo. AFSA News greatly regrets this omission and apologizes to Mr. Henning. LEGAL SERVICES ATTORNEY WITH 30 years’ successful experience SPECIALIZING FULL-TIME IN FS GRIEVANCES will more than double your chance of winning: 30% of grievants win before the Grievance Board; 85% of my clients win. Only a private attorney can ad- equately develop and present your case, in- cluding necessary regs, arcane legal doctrines, precedents and rules. Call Bridget R. Mugane at Tel: (301) 596-0175 or (202) 387-4383. E-mail: fsatty@comcast.net Free initial telephone consultation WILLS/ESTATE PLANNING by attorney who is a former FSO. Have your will re- viewed and updated, or new one prepared: No charge for initial consultation. M. Bruce Hirshorn, Boring & Pilger, P.C. 307 Maple Ave. W, Suite D, Vienna, VA 22180. Tel: (703) 281-2161. Fax: (703) 281-9464. E-mail: mbhirshorn@boringandpilger.com EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS REPRE- SENTING FS officers in grievances, per- formance, promotion and tenure, financial claims, discrimination and disciplinary ac- tions. We represent FS officers at all stages of the proceedings from an investigation, is- suance of proposed discipline or the initia- tion of a grievance, through to a hearing before the FSGB. We provide experienced, timely and knowledgeable advice to employ- ees from junior untenured officers through the Senior FS, and often work closely with AFSA. Kalijarvi, Chuzi & Newman. Tel: (202) 331-9260. E-mail: attorneys@kcnlaw.com LEGAL SERVICES ATTORNEYS EXPERIENCED IN REP- RESENTING FOREIGN SERVICE OFFI- CERS and intelligence community mem- bers in civil and criminal investigations, ad- ministrative inquiries, IG issues, grievances, disciplinary investigations, and security clearance issues. Extensive State Depart- ment experience, both as counsel to the IG and in L and in representing individual offi- cers. We have handled successfully some particularly difficult cases confronting For- eign Service and intelligence officers, both before the Foreign Service Grievance Board and in the federal and local courts. We work closely with AFSA when appropriate and cost effective. Doumar Martin PLLC. Tel: (703) 243-3737. Fax (703) 524-7610. E-mail: rmartin@doumarmartin.com Web site: www.doumarmartin.com LEGAL SERVICES PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD: $1.40/. word (10-word min). Hyperlink $11.00 in online edition. Bold text 85¢/word. Header or box-shading $11 each. Deadline: 5 wks ahead of publication Tel: (202) 944-5507 Fax: (202) 338-8244. E-mail: miltenberger@afsa.org PROFESSIONAL TAX RETURN PREP- ARATION: Forty years in public tax practice. Arthur A. Granberg, EA, ATA, ATP. Our charges are $95 per hour. Most FS returns take 3 to 4 hours. Our office is 100 feet from Virginia Square Metro Station. Tax Matters Associates PC, 3601 North Fairfax Dr., Ar- lington, VA 22201. Tel: (703) 522-3828. Fax: (703) 522-5726. E-mail: aag8686@aol.com TAX & FINANCIAL SERVICES