Jeff represents employers in all aspects of private and public sector employment and labor relations matters. He has served as lead counsel in state and federal court litigation, as well as before various state and federal administrative agencies and boards. Jeff also has represented clients in collective bargaining negotiations, ULP proceedings, and arbitration proceedings.
Additionally, he has provided in-depth counseling and training on a wide array of employment law topics (e.g., FMLA, ADA, wage/hour, discrimination, harassment, effective discipline discharge) and has assisted clients in drafting employee handbooks, employment forms, and restrictive covenant, employment and separation agreements. Jeff is also a frequent lecturer on various employment law topics for local, state, and national seminar groups.
Successfully defended numerous employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, FMLA, and wage/hour lawsuits locally and nationally
Successfully defended numerous employment discrimination charges locally and nationally
Successfully negotiated numerous collective bargaining agreements
Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1983, cum laude
Grove City College, B.A., 1980, magna cum laude
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
The Best Lawyers in America®: Employment Law – Management, 2011-2025; Labor Law – Management, 2011-2025; Litigation – Labor and Management, 2011-2025, “Lawyer of the Year,” 2013
AV® Pre-Eminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®
Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers® 2004, 2006-2019
Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (limited to one-third of 1% of all lawyers in America)
Strathmore’s Who’s Who®, Lifetime Member
Marquis Who’s Who®, Member
American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
Ohio State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section Council (2019-2021)
Cincinnati Bar Association, President, 2007-2008; Past Chair of Labor and Employment Law Committee; Past Chair of the Young Lawyers Section
Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers, Member of Inaugural Class, 1997
Potter Stewart American Inns of Court, Member of Executive Committee and Master of the Bench
Cincinnati Management Lawyers Association, Founder
Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce, Finance Committee
HR Partners International
Summit Elementary School Basketball Program, Administrator
HR Partners International, monthly meetings
“NLRB Kicks Workplace Civility, Consistent Treatment, and EEO Laws to the Curb,” Co-author, Employee Benefit Plan Review, May 2023
“Defenses to Wrongful Termination Claims” chapter entitled Litigation Wrongful Discharge Claims, Co-author, Clark Boardman Callaghan
Numerous articles for local and national newsletters
September 1, 2023 | Publications
The NLRB will force more employers to bargain with unions based upon signed union cards rather than ...
August 11, 2023 | Publications
On August 2, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or “Board”) issued its long anticipated de...
June 20, 2023 | Publications
In a highly anticipated, but not surprising, decision issued on June 13, 2023, the National Labor Re...
June 5, 2023 | Publications
On May 30, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued M...
May 15, 2023 | Publications
This article was republished in the Employee Benefit Plan Review. Are union supporters and others co...
March 23, 2023 | Publications
As predicted in our February, 24 advisory, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Boar...
February 24, 2023 | Publications
Non-disparagement and confidentiality clauses are standard language in most severance agreements. Wh...
January 14, 2023 | Publications
Beyond question, managing and tracking FMLA intermittent leave is a challenging task for many employ...
September 21, 2022 | Publications
During the Labor Day week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) announced ...
July 15, 2022 | Coronavirus Response Team
On July 12, the EEOC updated its Technical Assistance Guidance concerning COVID-19 testing and vac...
May 3, 2022 | Publications
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is seeking injunctions against Starbucks Coffee Company....
March 14, 2022 | Publications
On March 3, the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021” ...
January 25, 2022 | Publications
Less than two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to stay OSHA’s vaccine-or-test Emerg...
January 14, 2022 | Blogs
In a divided decision, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser...
January 13, 2022 | Publications
On January 13, a divided U.S. Supreme Court stayed OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS...
January 7, 2022 | Coronavirus Response Team
On January 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied the federal government’...
December 20, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
On December 15, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Biden Administration a limited reprie...
December 18, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
Late Friday, December 17, the Sixth Circuit dissolved the stay of the OSHA Emergency Temporary Stan...
December 15, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
On December 15, in an 8-to-8 tie, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals denied requests to hear the O...
December 9, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
As noted in our recent article “Enforcement of CMS Vaccine Mandate Blocked Nationwide,” on Novem...
December 7, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
On December 7, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a ...
December 7, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
The net impact of two federal court decisions issued the last two days in November is a nationwide p...
November 30, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
On November 30, 2021, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a...
November 13, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
On Friday, November 12, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order reaffirming its November ...
November 5, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
As most employers are now well-aware, on November 4, the Occupational Safety and Health Administrati...
November 4, 2021 | Publications
On September 9, President Joe Biden announced that employers with 100 or more employees will be requ...
September 28, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
On September 24, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”) published its Guidance fo...
September 10, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
On September 9, President Biden announced sweeping new measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, in...
May 20, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
Many states and localities are now rescinding orders which previously had mandated face coverings/ma...
March 29, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
On March 16, the CDC released updated guidance for workplace COVID-19 vaccination programs. The guid...
January 29, 2021 | Publications
In Thompson v. Fresh Products, LLC, 2021 WL 139685 (6th Cir. 2021), the court held employers cannot ...
January 6, 2021 | Coronavirus Response Team
On December 31, 2020, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (DOL) updated its Family...
December 23, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
As currently enacted, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) is set to expire on Decemb...
December 3, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
While continuing to champion a 14-day quarantine to more completely reduce the risk of COVID-19 spre...
December 3, 2020 | Publications
With the election in the rearview mirror, it is time to brace for potential changes to the National ...
October 22, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
On October 21, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance that broadens...
September 23, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
As previously reported, on August 3, 2020, a New York District Court invalidated four parts of the ...
August 11, 2020 | Publications
While unclear whether the decision applies outside of New York, a New York federal judge invalidated...
July 17, 2020 | Publications
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) published revised “optional-use” FMLA forms. It maintains th...
April 30, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
On April 24, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updated and comprehensi...
March 26, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
Last week President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) ...
March 19, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team
The House of Representatives passed the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (H.R. 6201) la...
July 2, 2019 | Blogs
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a welcome decision that affords employers ...
September 10, 2018 | Publications
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the new FMLA forms. They are valid until Aug...
December 22, 2017 | Publications
After years of writing cogent dissents in a series of union-friendly decisions, former National Labo...
October 11, 2017 | Publications
Effective January 1, 2018, the Ohio minimum wage will increase to $8.30 per hour for non-tipped empl...
May 4, 2016 | Publications
The Department of Labor (DOL) just issued a new Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) poster that summ...
May 28, 2015 | Publications
Without any fanfare, the Department of Labor published new FMLA forms. They are effective through Ma...
February 23, 2015 | Publications
Is an employer required to disregard other federal laws in order to reasonably accommodate an employ...
February 18, 2015 | Publications
How can an employee be “eligible” for FMLA leave when he does not meet the statutory eli...