Mr. Nier is Assistant Chief Counsel with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission in Philadelphia. He practices in the areas of unfair educational practices, employment discrimination, public accommodations discrimination, and housing discrimination. Prior to his assignment in the PHRC, Philadelphia Regional Office, he practiced in the PHRC’s Housing Division involved in all aspects of a HUD sponsored project entitled: Financial Institution Lending, Targeting, Enforcement Remedy (FILTER). The FILTER project focused on investigating, targeting, and litigating cases against financial institutions and mortgage companies which were engaged in systemic unlawful discrimination against applicants or potential applicants or who engaged in redlining.

Mr. Nier has authored several law review articles, including, most recently: Perpetuation of Segregation: Toward a New Historical and Legal Interpretation of Redlining Under the Fair Housing Act, 32 J. MARSHALL L. REV. 617 (1999). Mr. Nier graduated cum laude from Ohio University in 1990; received his J.D. from The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University in 1993; received his L.L.M. with distinction in 1994 from the Georgetown University Law Center; and received his M.A. in 2000 from Temple University.