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Discover Pierce Stronczer Law, LLC, a woman-owned law firm dedicated to helping employers. Founded by Michelle Pierce Stronczer, a certified specialist in employment law (Ohio State Bar Association), the firm is determined to learn your business and identify your legal challenges. Our goal is to help you avoid litigation if possible, tenaciously defend you when it is unavoidable, and guard your bottom line. Our diverse team of legal professionals share the firm's down-to-earth style and focus on what is really important - our clients. The firm has been certified as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Women's Business Enterprise National Counsel.

Statement of Practice

Employment Litigation, Civil Rights Defense, Sexual Harassment Defense, Workers Compensation Defense, Wrongful Termination Defense, ERISA Litigation, Employment Contracts, Trade Secrets/Non-Competition, Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII, Age Discrimination, Whistleblower and General Business Litigation, Employee Benefits, and General Corporate Law.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available

Address

Grand Bay Two
6900 S. Edgerton Road, Suite 108
Cleveland, OH 44141-3193, (Cuyahoga Co.)

Phone

Phone: 440-526-2211
Fax: 866-607-0821

Website

http://www.discoverpslaw.com

MEMBER OF THE FIRM

Michelle Pierce Stronczer (Founding Member) born Ravenna, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2007, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Akron (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993); University of Akron School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1996). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan (Vice Chair, Secretary, Labor & Employment Section; Co-Vice Chair, women in Law Section, 2006), Akron (Member, Labor and Employment Section, and Fee Dispute Committee), Ohio State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections) Bar Associations; National Association of Women Lawyers. (Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Defense.

OF COUNSEL

Stella Karas Skaljac (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.S., cum laude, 1997); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Recipient, CALI Award for Excellent Achievement in Workers' Compensation, 2000. Tulane University Law School, Crete, Greece, Summer Program, 1999; Richmond College, The American International University, London, England, Semester, 1996. Member: Ohio State Bar Association. Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Defense.

M.H. (Bart) Sauer, III (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio; 1988, Arizona. Education: The University of Akron (B.S., Accounting, cum laude, 1984); The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1987). Member: Ohio State Bar Association; State Bar of Arizona; Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. Transactions: Negotiated a $145MM, highly regulated sale of all manufacturing assets and plants by $700MM public manufacturer of turf care products to a Beverly Hills private equity firm. The transaction involved the preparation of the key long-term supply agreement with a captive supplier. - Represented an $11B Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in obtaining a $550MM mortgage-backed credit facility to acquire certain real estate holdings of another public real estate development company, the largest transaction in the company's history; Drafted joint venture agreement and established GmbH for an international joint venture, based in Germany, between a U.S. manufacturer of automotive and industrial components and a Japanese auto parts manufacturer; Prepared Registration Statements, supervised underwriter's and accountant's due diligence, and negotiated underwriting agreements for $104MM IPO for a powdered metal and friction products manufacturer and $70MM IPO for a manufacturer of air separation and heat exchanger equipment. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Commercial Law; Finance; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures.Email: M.H. (Bart) Sauer, III

Richard A. Popelmayer (Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1986, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Cleveland State University (B.B.A., 1981; B.A., 1981; M.B.A., 1983); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1986). Member: Ohio State Bar Association; Association of Corporate Counsel. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment.

Mary Eileen Purcell (Counsel) born Washington, D.C; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.S., Pre-Law, with honors, 1990); University of Toledo, College of Law (J.D., 1993). (Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation.

Corinne M. Tyler (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1998, Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., Political Science, with honors, 1995); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member: Ohio and American (Member, Tax Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; ERISA Compliance; Executive Compensation; Deferred Compensation; COBRA; Disability Benefits; Employee Benefit Taxation; Employee Benefit Trusts; Employee Benefits Litigation; Employee Compensation; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; Equity Compensation; Executive Compensation Taxation; Flexible Benefit Plans; Fringe Benefits; Health Benefits; Multi-Employer Benefits; Multi-Employer Pensions; Non-Qualified Benefits; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; Pension Fund Investments; Pension Plans; Pension Taxation; Profit Sharing; Qualified Retirement Plans; Retirement Benefit Plans; Taft-Hartley Plans; 401(k) Plans.