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Areas of Practice
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
Admitted
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
Law School
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1980
College
Cleveland State University, B.A., cum laude, 1977
Membership
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).
Biography
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.
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).
Born
Cleveland, Ohio
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