Thomas A. Sobecki
Senior Attorney
Email: tsobecki@tomsobecki.com

Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Discrimination; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Contracts; Breach of Contract; Education Law; School Law; Labor and Employment; Americans with Disabilities Act; Family and Medical Leave Act; Sexual Harassment; Wrongful Termination; Law Enforcement; Police Misconduct; Military Law.

Admitted: 1981, Ohio; 1985, Illinois; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio

Law School: Northwestern University, J.D., 1981

College: University of Toledo, B.A., summa cum laude, 1978

Member: Toledo Bar Associations; Ohio State Bar Association; American Bar Association; National Employment Lawyers Association; Ohio Employment Lawyers Association.

Military: Colonel, U.S. Army, 1981-2003

Languages: English.

Reported Cases: State of Ohio, ex rel. Patricia A. Parker v. Lucas County Job and Family Services, 176 Ohio App.3d 715 (2008); Grosjean v. FirstEnergy, 481 F. Supp.2d 878 (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio - 2007) ; Nocella v. Basement Experts of America, 499 F. Supp.2d 935 (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio - 2007); Hall v. ITT Automotive, 362 F. Supp.2d 952 (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio - 2005); Kasprzak v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 431 F. Supp.2d 771 (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio - 2005); Kaylor v. Rankin, 356 F. Supp.2d 839 (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio - 2005); Schroeder v. Maumee Bd. of Educ., 296 F. Supp.2d 869 (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio - 2003); McClain v. Northwest Community Corrections Center, 95 Ohio St.3d 484 (2002); Lagunovich v. Findlay City School System, 181 F. Supp.2d 753 (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio - 2001); Pollard v. City of Northwood, 161 F. Supp.2d 782 (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio - 2001); Hertzfeld v. Med. College of Ohio at Toledo, 145 Ohio App.3d 616 (2001); Bourquin v. KeyBank, N.A., 138 Ohio App.3d 435 (2000); Irving v. Austin, 138 Ohio App.3d 552 (2000); Griswold v. Freseniuis USA, Inc., 978 F. Supp. 718 and 964 F. Supp. 1166 (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio - 1997); Pratt v. UAW, Local 1435, 939 F.2d 385 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - 1991); Simpson v. Diversitech General, Inc., 945 F.2d 156 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - 1991);.

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