Practice Areas Labor and Employment Law Employer Compliance with Federal and State Employment Statutes, including FMLA, ADA, FLSA, and Title VII;
Employer Defense of Discrimination and Wrongful Discharge Lawsuits;
Covenants Not to Compete - Counseling and Representing Employers and Employees;
Collective Bargaining of Union Contracts on behalf of Management (Public & Private Sectors);
Workers' Compensation - Representation of Employers at the Ohio Industrial Commission and in State Court
PRACTICE DETAILS
Lisa counsels employers regarding all issues dealing with the employer/employee relationship. These issues range from proactive planning, litigation prevention, and resolving
employer compliance issues associated with judicial, legislative and administrative mandates. Lisa regularly advises employers with issues regarding hiring documentation and practices, termination documentation and practices, employee handbooks, independent contractor
issues, wrongful discharge claims and management training regarding issues such as sexual harassment, discrimination, and investigative techniques.
Lisa's employment law practice also consists of representing employers faced with workers' compensation
and unemployment compensation claims. On the labor side, Lisa regularly assists private and public sector employers in all aspects of their dealings with labor unions, including grievances, negotiations, elections, arbitrations, and administrative agency and court litigation.
Lisa regularly represents and defends employers before various administrative agencies including the Department of Labor (DOL), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the State Employment Relations Board (SERB), the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC), the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), and the Ohio Industrial Commission.
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio, Inc. Board of Directors, First Vice Chairman
Morrison R. Waite Chapter, American Inns of Court
Leadership Toledo, 2011-2012
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Toledo, Ohio, and American Bar Associations
Employers' Association
Toledo Area Human Resources Association
Society for Human Resource Management
BAR ADMISSIONS
Ohio, 2001
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 2001
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Toledo, 2001
B.A., Miami University (magna cum laude), 1998
PRESENTATIONS
"Employment Law Legislative Update" The Employers'
Association Toledo, Ohio
"Workers' Compensation, a Mock Hearing" presented at
Northwest Ohio Safety Conference.
