Lawyers
Anthony C. White

Anthony C. White

  • Executive Committee
    Partner-in-Charge, Columbus
  • Partner

Tony.White@ThompsonHine.com

  • Direct 614.469.3235
  • Office 614.469.3200
  • Fax 614.469.3361
  • 41 South High Street
  • Suite 1700
  • Columbus, Ohio 43215-6101

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Professional Experience

Tony currently serves as Partner-in-Charge of the Columbus office of Thompson Hine and is a partner in the firm's Business Litigation practice group, focusing his practice on complex business litigation with an emphasis in employment and transportation/trucking litigation. Tony has been lead counsel on numerous complex federal and state litigations involving contract disputes and employment matters, including all varieties of discrimination claims. Tony also leads the Thompson Hine Motor Carrier Emergency Response Team, amassing a great deal of experience defending trucking companies in major accident litigation.

Tony has extensive experience litigating labor and employment matters. Tony serves as national labor and employment counsel for R+L Carriers, the largest privately held trucking company in the United States. In that role, Tony has litigated labor and employment cases such as FLSA class actions and alleged wrongful termination under Title VII, the ADA, the FMLA, the ADEA, and many others. Tony's labor and employment litigation experience includes multiple matters in California, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas, Tennessee, Oregon, Kansas, Georgia, Washington, New York, and Ohio.

Tony is admitted in Ohio, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, the Sixth Circuits of the United States Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Education

  • Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1993
  • The Ohio State University, B.S., 1989

Professional & Civic Involvement

Corporate Boards

The Ohio State University Men's Varsity O Board, Board of Trustees, Member
The Ohio State University Alumni Advisory Council, Representative to the Office of the Vice President of Health Services
The Ohio State University Hospital Board, Citizen Member

Professional Associations

American Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Columbus Bar Association

Professional Activities

American Arbitration Associations Central Ohio Commercial Advisory Council

Community Activities

Recreation Unlimited, volunteer
United Way of Central Ohio Board of Trustees
United Way of Central Ohio, Chairman, Building Vibrant Neighborhoods Impact Council
Basketball commentator for 610WTVN AM

Awards & Honors

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers of America, 2012
  • Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine in 2012