MEMBERS OF FIRM
Joyce Goldstein (Member) admitted to bar, 1983, West Virginia; 1984, Ohio; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Sixth Circuits; U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, U.S. District Courts, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Courts, Southern District of West Virginia; U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: Vassar College (A.B., cum laude, 1977); West Virginia University (J.D., 1983) Order of the Coif. Editor: West Virginia Law Review. Winner: National Labor Law Writing Competition. Law Clerk: Hon. Thomas Miller, West Virginia Supreme Court. President: Labor & Employment Rel. Association, Northeast Ohio; Wm K. Thomas American Inn of Court. Board Chair, Policy Matters Ohio. Board of Advisors, Northeastern Ohio Chapter of American Constitution Society. Leadership Cleveland. Life Member of 6th Circuit Judicial Conference. Advisory Board of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Magistrate Selection Committee, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Member: Ohio State and Cleveland Metro Bar Associations; AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee. Reported Cases: No. Ohio ABC v. MetroHealth System, 280 Fed Appx 664 (6th Cir. 2008); Accuride v. UAW, 257 Fed Appx 574 (3rd Cir. 2007); Clev. Elect. Utility v. Utility Workers Local 270, 440 F.3d 809 (6th Cir. 2006); Clock v. NLRB, 162 F.3d 907 (6th Cir. 1998); Rose v. Volvo Const. Equip., 542 F. Supp. 751 (N.D. Ohio 2008); Fmr Employees of Indep Steel Castings v. USDOL, 29 Int'l Trade Rep. (BNA) 2140 (2007); Steris v. UAW, 489 F. Supp. 2d 501 (W.D. PA 2007); Dudich v. UAW Local 1250, 454 F. Supp. 2d 668 (N.D. Ohio 2006); EEOC v. IBEW Local 998, 343 F. Supp. 2d 655 (N.D. Ohio 2004); Spivey v. Ohio, 999 F. Supp. 987 (N.D. Ohio 1998); In re LTV Steel, 299 B.R. 863 (N.D. Ohio 2003); Ohio St Bldg & Const Trades Council v. Cuyahoga County, 98 Ohio St. 3d 214 (2002); Staples v. OCSEA, 31 Ohio St. 3d 602 (1987); UAW v. McFaul, 145 Ohio App. 3d 728 (8th Dist. 2001); UE v. Delaware City School Dist., 2001 Ohio App. LEXIS 2796 (5th Dist. 2001); UE v. SERB, 126 Ohio App.3d 345 (8th Dist. 1998); SERB v. Cleveland, 106 Ohio App. 3d 128 (8th Dist. 1995); Bertsch v. CWA Local 4302, 101 Ohio App. 3d 186 (9th Dist. 1995). Practice Areas: Union Organization; Union Labor Law; Union Elections; Employment Class Actions; Labor and Employment; Labor Law; Collective Bargaining; Age Discrimination in Employment; Employment Litigation; Employee Rights; Fair Labor Standards; Labor Arbitration; Wage and Hour Law; National Labor Relations Act; Labor Legislation; Labor Relations; Labor Strikes; Minimum Wage Law; Prevailing Wage Litigation; Public Sector Collective Bargaining; Union Contract Negotiations; Labor Antitrust.Email: Joyce Goldstein
Susan L. Gragel (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Kentucky; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Cleveland State University (B.A., cum laude, 1977) Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Research Editor, Cleveland-Marshall Law Review, 1979-1980. President, Cleveland Marshall Law Alumni, 1985-1986. Author, "Drug TestingThe Labor Union Perspective," J. L. and Health, 1987. Co-Author, "Criminal Justice: Arrest to Trial," Women's Legal Rights Handbook, 1980. Member: Cleveland Metro Bar Association (Past Trustee; Member, Judicial Selection Committee; Past Chair, Certified Grievance Committee, Labor Law Section), Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Eighth Judicial Conference (Life Member); Ohio Women's Bar Association (Member). Reported Cases: Johnson v. Olmsted Twp., 102 Fair. Empl Prac. Cas. 482 (Ohio App. 2007); Trustees v. Able Contracting Group, 42 Emp.Benefits Cas. 2249 (N.D. Ohio 2007); NCS Healthcare, Inc. v. Candlewood Partners, LLC, 160 Ohio App.3d 421,827 N.E.2d 797(2005);Gettings v.Bldg. Lab. Loc. 310 Fringe Ben. Funds,349 F.3d 300 (6th Cir. 2003); Ross v. Hotel Emples. Int'l Union, 144 Lab. Cas (CCH) P. 11,117 (3d Cir. 2001);EEOC v. Local 310, 73 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1308 (N.D. Ohio 1997); State ex re. Kabert v. Shaker Hts. City Sch. Bd. of Educ., 78 Ohio St. 3d 37, 676 N.E. 2d 101 (1997); J.L. Foti Constr. Co. v. Lab. Int'l Union Local 310, 742 F.2d 994 (6th Cir. 1984). Practice Areas: Litigation; ERISA; Labor and Employment Law; Domestic Relations; Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Education Law; Academic Employment; Public School Law; School Law; School Tenure; Teachers Credentials; Appellate Practice; Labor and Employment; Age Discrimination in Employment; Collective Bargaining; Confidentiality Agreements; Covenants Not To Compete; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Claims; Employment Discrimination; Employment Termination; Executive Severance Contracts; Harassment; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Labor Arbitration; Labor Law; Labor Strikes; National Labor Relations Act; Noncompete Litigation; Personnel Policies; Prevailing Wage Litigation; Public Sector Employment Law; Reductions in Force; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Union Labor Law; Wrongful Termination; Union Organization; Union Elections; White Collar Crime; White Collar Criminal Defense.