REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- A national credit card company, accused of breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA for failing to provide spousal death benefit coverage to an employee (obtained dismissal of all claims, affirmed on appeal).
- A regional transportation authority accused of non-compliance with the ADA’s Accessibility provisions (obtained dismissal of all claims).
- A regional housing developer/builder accused by six different families and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission of discrimination on the basis of race by not offering favorable purchase terms to African-American buyers (obtained dismissal of all claims).
- A regional multi-family housing provider accused of gender discrimination in connection with the termination of a female employee (obtained dismissal of all claims, affirmed on appeal).
- A national multi-family housing provider accused of race discrimination in the leasing of apartment units to fair housing testers (obtained dismissal of all claims).
- A national multi-family housing developer, accused of constructing apartment buildings in non-compliance with the Fair Housing Act’s Accessibility provisions (obtained dismissal of all claims).
- A national television company accused of unlawful retaliation in response to an employee complaint of same-sex sexual harassment.
- A regional multi-family housing provider accused of unlawful retaliation in the eviction of plaintiff tenant (favorable jury verdict, affirmed on appeal).
- A national broker-dealer accused of unlawful race discrimination by a former employee (obtained reversal of $2.2 million jury verdict on appeal).
- A national apartment management company accused of the wrongful termination of an employee in violation of public policy (obtained dismissal of all claims).
- A global manufacturing company accused of improper denial of an employee promotion in violation of the FMLA and the Labor Management Relations Act (obtained dismissal of all claims).
REPORTED CASES
- Yeager v. FirstEnergy Generation Corp., 777 F.3d 362 (6th Cir. 2015) (Religious Discrimination).
- Ross v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, 2015 WL 3970128, June 30, 2015 (Sexual harassment, Hostile Work Environment).
- Morrissette v. DFS Services LLC, 2013-Ohio-4336, 2013 WL 5451109 (10th Dist. App. Ct.) (Affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s age discrimination claims via summary judgment at trial court level).
- Veltri v. DFS Services LLC, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, 2011 WL 3667447, August 22, 2011 (Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination).
- Fredebaugh v. Rockwell Automation/Reliance Electric Technologies, Case No. 1:08-CV-621, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, 2010 WL 4365876, October 28, 2010 (ERISA)
- Osadciw v. Ganley Chrysler Jeep, Case No. 1:09-CV-486, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, 2010 WL 3767590, September 24, 2010 (Age Discrimination)
- Fields v. NCR Corp., 683 F.Supp.2d 980 (S.D. IA 2010) (Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements)
- Eppert v. Swank, Case No. 3:07-CV-221, United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11804, February 14, 2008 (ERISA, Wrongful Termination)
- Meeker v. Vitt, Case No. 1:04-CV-1318, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15009, March 31, 2006 (Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination)
- Showe Mgmt. Corp. v. Kerr, Case No. 83406, Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District, 2004 Ohio App. LEXIS 2272, May 20, 2004 (Directed Verdict Affirmed on Appeal)
- Rucker v. Everen Secs, Case No. 81540, Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District, 2003 Ohio App. LEXIS 1103, March 13, 2003 (Promissory Estoppel)
- Page-Walters v. Discover Financial Servs., Case No. 02AP-899, Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate District, 2003 Ohio App. LEXIS 1811, April 15, 2003 (ERISA)
- Elliot v. Sterling Mgmt., 744 N.E.2d 560 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001) (Gender Discrimination)