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.