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Deborah S. Adams
Member
Cincinnati, OH
Member
Cincinnati, OH
Deborah represents management in the areas of employment discrimination and wrongful discharge. She has successfully represented companies defending against class and collective actions alleging employment discrimination, including class actions under the FMLA and collective actions under the EPA.
Her practice is devoted not only to defending companies in litigation but also to developing litigation-prevention strategies through advice and counsel and in-house training programs. She is included in the Best Lawyers in America®, and Chambers USA® (2006) describes her as having a “great presence in front of a jury.”
December 9, 2020
Highlander v. KFC, 805 F.2d 644 (6th Cir. 1986)
Black v. Zaring Homes, 104 F.3d 822 (6th Cir. 1997)
Niswander v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, 529 F.3d 714 (6th Cir. 2008)
Gambill, et al. v. Duke Energy Corporation, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 1563 (6th Cir.)
Lentz v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, et al., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72354
Al-Khadra v. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Case No. A0909199 (Hamilton Co. June 9, 2011) (judgment entry on defense verdict following four-week trial)
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1982
Harvard University, M.A., 1979, Degree in Classics
University of Cincinnati, B.A., 1977
Phi Beta Kappa
AV® Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®
The Best Lawyers in America® (35th year), 2019
The Best Lawyers in America® Cincinnati Litigation – Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year, 2014
The Best Lawyers in America® Cincinnati Employment Law-Management Lawyer of the Year, 2012, 2015
Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers® 2004-2019 (Top 50 in Cincinnati, Top 100 in Ohio, Top 25 Women in Cincinnati, Top 50 Women in Ohio)
Chambers USA, Labor and Employment, 2008-2018
BTI Client Service All-Stars, BTI Consulting Group, 2012
Inclusion in National Corporate Counsel Super Lawyers®
College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Fellow
Cincinnati Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Ohio State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Ohio Management Lawyers Association
2019 Labor & Employment Law Seminar- West Chester
2019 Labor & Employment Law Seminar
Investigating and Documenting Workplace Misconduct
WEST CHESTER: 2014 Labor & Employment Law Conference
CINCINNATI: 2014 Labor & Employment Law Conference
FLORENCE: 2014 Labor & Employment Law Conference
Workplace Investigations Made Fun and Easy
Classless Actions Revisited: Fallout from the Supreme Court’s Recent Class Action Decisions
Classless Actions: Practical Impacts of Recent Supreme Court Decisions
October 4, 2013 – Proving and Disproving Selected Theories of Liability
June 5, 2013 – Retaliation: A Bad Idea
April 22, 2011 – Retaliation: The Claim That Keeps on Giving
February 8, 2011 – Silence or Waiver: What’s the Best Strategy for Employers with Arbitration Agreements to Avoid Class Actions?
April 16, 2010 – Internal Investigations: Preserving Privileges and Protecting Against Compelled Self-Disclosure
October 2010 – Hostile Work Environments
October 2009 – Pregnancy Discrimination – Recent Developments
September 2007 – Sexual Harassment – Current Developments in the Law
September 2006 – Jury Dynamics of an EEO Case: Winning is Everything – A Defense Perspective
October 2004 – Harassment in the Modern Workplace
October 2001 – Discovery Issues in Employment Litigation
December 2000 – Law and Politics – The Impact on Employment Rulings
