Arbitration

Employment Discrimination Litigation

Recruiting Committee, Member

• Ohio, 1991

• Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

• University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1990, cum laude
• National Order of the Coif
• University of Michigan, B.S., 1987, political science, with highest honors

Jeffrey is a member in the labor and employment department of the law firm of Frost Brown Todd LLC in Columbus, Ohio.  His practice is concentrated on the representation of employers in a wide variety of labor and employment matters, including employment discrimination and wrongful discharge matters, collective bargaining agreement negotiations and arbitrations as well as the advice practice for companies who endeavor to comply with a wide variety of labor and employment statutes and regulations encountered in today’s work place environment.  Jeffrey is a periodic speaker before legal groups, as well as various personnel and labor relations associations.

Experience

Jeffrey has received favorable decisions on numerous dispositive motions in employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and employment intentional tort cases. He has successfully tried employment discrimination and employment intentional tort cases on behalf of employers.

He has represented employers before the National Labor Relations Board, and state and federal administrative agencies that investigate employment discrimination, as well as in numerous arbitrations pursuant to collective bargaining agreements.

Jeffrey routinely provides advice to employers in areas of FMLA, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, wage and hour, workers compensation, and other areas.

• Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®
• The Best Lawyers in America® 2012

• Columbus Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association

• Ohio Law Does Not Mandate Preferential Treatment of Pregnant Employees
• Sixth Circuit Issues Decision in Sybrandt v. Home Depot
• Sixth Circuit Recognizes Claim of Third Party Retaliation
• Ohio Supreme Court Accepts Two Employment Cases
• Ohio Supreme Court Addresses Public Policy/Statutory Interplay
• Sixth Circuit Decides Two FMLA Cases
• Sixth Circuit Reinstates Punitive Damages Award in Sexual Harassment Case
• Supreme Court Limits Race-Based Categorization in School District Cases
• OCRC Proposes Changes to Pregnancy Discrimination Rules

Past

Jeffrey has presented at numerous seminars for human resource professionals.

“Legal Billing: Is the Meter Broken?” Wall Street Journal (with Bradley A. Smith), January 27, 1997