• Corporate Law
• Business Litigation
• Labor and Employment including Negotiations and practice before the NLRB, EEOC & OCRC
  

• Has nearly 25 years of experience in a diverse practice with special emphasis on general corporate law, labor and employment law, professional liability law and commercial litigation.
• Serves as general counsel to local and national companies handling all legal matters including corporate, general business, labor and employment issues.
• Serves as general or special counsel to local and national retail companies handling truth in advertising, consumer sales practices, general corporate and employment matters.
• Serves as counsel to family-controlled businesses, providing general corporate and family estate and succession planning advice.
• Extensive experience as a labor negotiator and arbitrator, representing both management and union clients in both the private and public sectors.
  

AV Rated - Martindale-Hubbell

Named to Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment Law, Woodward/White (2008)

Presentations
Frequent speaker on a wide array of topics

Council on Smaller Enterprises (COSE) Seminar on Personnel Manuals

Council on Education in Management's Annual Personnel Law Update Conferences

"Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of Attendance: Understanding the Interplay Among the ADA, FMLA and Workers' Compensation," Rockwell Automation (August 2006)

"Employment Discrimination and Wrongful Termination: An Overview," Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants' Firm Administrators Conference

"Negotiating the Employment Relationship," Cleveland Bar Association Corporate and Business Law Institute

Cuyahoga County Mayors/Managers Conference

"Legal Issues in Managed Care," University Hospitals of Cleveland's Managed Care Forum for Residents and Fellows

"Contemporary Issues in Employment Law," Weatherhead School of Management's Leadership for Changing Times Seeing the Future Conference

"Employment Law in an Era of Health Reform," CWRU Health Systems Management Center's Health Care Executive Education Series

"Cyberspace/Electronic Communications & Privacy Issues," Ohio CLE Institute's Midwest Labor Law Conference

"Sensitive Employment Records, Records Retention and Records Destruction," Ohio CLE Institute's Drafting Personnel Documents seminar

"The "People" Panel," Ohio CLE Institute's "Flying Solo" seminars

"Litigation Nightmares: What Else Can You Be Sued For; Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of Attendance: Understanding the Interplay among the ADA, FMLA and Workers' Compensation and Documentation & Discipline: Implementing Progressive Discipline Procedures That Improve Employee Performance," Employers Resource Council (ERC) Litigation Prevention Series

"Effective Use of the Internet in Your Law Practice," National Business Institute (NBI) seminar

American Bar Association

Ohio State Bar Association

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Case Western Reserve University School of Law Adjunct Professor of Law