Biography
Ms. Baumhart focuses on trial and appellate work in federal and state courts, specializing in employment relations and employee benefits litigation. She has broad experience in dealing with the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and affirmative action issues. A frequent speaker at employment law seminars, Ms. Baumhart has published on such issues as affirmative action and OFCCP audits, performance appraisal processes, workforce reductions, employer access to workplace e-mail, and other workplace privacy issues.

She served as Employment Litigation Coordinator and Employee Relations Manager at Electronic Data Systems Corporation, where she was employed from 1977 to 1993 and dealt extensively with the OFCCP. Ms. Baumhart holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1993, she graduated with high honors from the Wayne State University Law School, where she received numerous awards for writing and scholarship, including the Order of the Coif. After graduating from law school, Ms. Baumhart served as a law clerk to Judge James L. Ryan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Bar and Court Admissions
Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Memberships and Activities
Oakland County and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Society for Human Resource Management; Legal Affairs Committee Member, Human Resources Association of Greater Detroit.