STEPHEN J. STANFORD, MEMBER

        Stephen J. Stanford is a partner with RCO and has extensive experience in all phases of the litigation and administrative practice embraced within the field of labor and employment, including EEOC/OCRC, OFCCP, OSHA, NLRB, and SERB matters, and labor and commercial arbitration. 

        Steve has been practicing since 1975. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Supreme Court of Ohio, and various U.S. District Courts. 

        Steve earned his Juris Doctor and undergraduate degrees from The Ohio State University. He was included in the 2006 editions of America’s Best Lawyers and Ohio Super Lawyers by his peers.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

        Labor and Employment Law. Steve is closely familiar with developments in the law of collective bargaining, employment discrimination and wrongful discharge, and he has participated in a number of symposia and seminars dealing with a variety of labor and employment law topics. 

        Employee Benefits Law. Steve is counsel to a Taft-Hartley welfare benefits trust that delivers retiree health care benefits nationwide to hourly retirees in the glass container and related industries.


COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS

  • Camp Courageous, Inc., Secretary; Past President

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • American Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Ohio Management Lawyers Association
  • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Ohio, 1975
  • Michigan, 2007

EDUCATION

  • J.D., The Ohio State University, 1975.
  • B.S.B.A., The Ohio State University, 1971. Beta Gamma Sigma

Email: sstanford@rcolaw.com

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