Focus Areas
- “Proposed Rule on Pay Equity and Transparency May Significantly Impact Government Contractors and Federal Supply Chain Companies,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, February 2024
- “DOL Independent Contractor Final Rule: Implications for Employers and the Transportation Industry,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, January 2024
- “DOL Finalizing Significant Changes to Davis-Bacon Regulations,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, August 2023
- “OFCCP 2023 CSAL Targets Contractor Noncompliance with Certification Obligations,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, January 2023
- “OFCCP Releases 2022 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, May 2022
- “Final Countdown – EEO-1 Survey’s May 17 Deadline is Fast Approaching,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, May 2022
- “Federal Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Against Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts/Labor & Employment Update, December 8, 2021
- “Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, December 2021
- “New COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, September 2021
- “NYSDOL Issues Guidance Regarding New York COVID-19 Vaccine Leave Requirements,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2021
- “EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, December 2020
- “Ohio Issues Stay at Home Order,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2020
- “New York State Enacts Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19 Quarantines, Lowers Percentage of Employees Allowed Onsite,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2020
- “OFCCP Issues National Interest Exemption for Coronavirus Relief Contracts,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2020
- “Renewed Restrictions on the Use of Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, January 2020
- Thompson Hine Compliance Check 2020: OFCCP Audits, June 2019
- “OFCCP to Electronically Post Corporate Scheduling Announcement List in March 2019,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, February 2019
- “EEO-1 Survey Deadline Extended Until May 31, 2019,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, February 2019
- “California and Maryland General Contractors Liable for Subcontractors’ Wage and Hour Violations,” Thompson Hine Update, June 2018
- “Supreme Court Holds Class and Collective Action Waivers Are Enforceable in Employment Arbitration Agreements,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, May 2018
- “Locked and Loaded: State Law Expansions of the Right to Bear Arms and What They Mean for Your Workplace Safety Policies,” Thompson Hine The Law@Work Newsletter, Spring 2017
- “OMB Renews OFCCP Mandatory Disability Self-Identification Form,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, February 2017
- “Texas Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Against Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, October 2016
- “Effective Dates Approaching for Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule Implementation,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, October 2016
- “Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Requiring Government Contractors to Provide Paid Sick Leave,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, October 2016
- “Are You Covered? Navigating the Illusive Definition and Ever-Expanding Consequences of Coverage as a ‘Government Subcontractor,’” Thompson Hine The Law@Work Newsletter, Summer 2016
- “Putting Health & Families First: Executive Order 13706 & What it Means for Government Contractors,” Thompson Hine The Law@Work Newsletter, Spring 2016
- “OFCCP Issues Final Rule on Pay Transparency for Government Contractors,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, September 2015
- “OFCCP Issues New Proposed Antiretaliation Regulations for Government Contractors,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, October 2014
- “Government Contractors Face Additional Equal Pay Obligations,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, April 2014
- “Minimum Wage to Increase for Certain Federal Contractors,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, March 2014
- “OFCCP Releases New Self-Identification Form for Federal Contractors,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, January 2014
- “A Sure and Expedited Resolution of Disputes: The Federal Arbitration Act and the One-Year Requirement for Summary Confirmation of Arbitration Awards,” 60 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 889, 2010
- Received a 2022, 2023 and 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch recognition for Labor and Employment Law-Management; included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Labor and Employment Law-Management, 2021
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law Leadership Award
- Don M. Larrabee Prize for the Best Thesis on History
Professional Associations
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Professional Activities
- Alpha Chapter House Corporation of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, Inc., board member, 2009 to 2015
- The HUGS Foundation, board member, 2016 to present
- “Cannabis and Employment Laws: Navigating Compliance and Drug Testing in the Workplace,” Thompson Hine Webinar, February 2024
- “Cannabis: A Legal Primer for Employers on a Growing Industry,” Thompson Hine Webinar, February 22, 2023
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 2010, magna cum laude,
Order of the Coif; Case Western Reserve Law Review, managing editor
- Allegheny College, B.A., 2007, magna cum laude,
Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
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- Proposed Rule on Pay Equity and Transparency May Significantly Impact Government Contractors and Federal Supply Chain Companies,
Government Contracts Update
, February 5, 2024 - DOL Independent Contractor Final Rule: Implications for Employers and the Transportation Industry,
Labor & Employment @lert
, January 17, 2024 - DOL Finalizing Significant Changes to Davis-Bacon Regulations,
Labor & Employment @lert
, August 18, 2023 - OFCCP 2023 CSAL Targets Contractor Noncompliance with Certification Obligations,
Labor & Employment @lert
, January 23, 2023 - OFCCP Releases 2022 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List,
Labor & Employment @lert
, May 20, 2022 - Final Countdown – EEO-1 Survey’s May 17 Deadline is Fast Approaching,
Labor & Employment @lert
, May 10, 2022 - U.S. Supreme Court Stays OSHA ETS; Health Care Worker Mandate Moves Forward,
COVID-19 Update
, January 14, 2022 - Thompson Hine Elects Six New Partners,
Thompson Hine LLP
, January 13, 2022 - Federal Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Against Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate,
Government Contracts/Labor & Employment Update
, December 8, 2021 - Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee,
Government Contracts Update
, December 3, 2021