Focus Areas
- “FAR 2.0: More Than Just Revisions in FAR Part 10 Release,” Thompson Hine Transition – A Presidential Change Update, June 2025
- “FAR 2.0: The FAR Revolution is Here,” Thompson Hine Transition – A Presidential Change Update, May 2025
- “FAR 2.0: Early Expectations for the FAR Rewrite,” Thompson Hine Transition – A Presidential Change Update, April 2025
- “EEOC and DOJ Issue Warning Against Unlawful DEI-Related Discrimination,” Thompson Hine Transition – A Presidential Change Update, March 2025
- Thompson Hine Securities Quarterly Update, Spring 2025
- “Best Practices for Navigating Contract Disruptions Under the New Administration,” Thompson Hine Transition – A Presidential Change Update, February 2025
- “Best Practices for Navigating Contract Disruptions Under the New Administration,” Thompson Hine Transition – A Presidential Change Update, February 2025
- “Federal Court Blocks Key Aspects of Executive Orders Targeting DEI Programs,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, February 2025
- “OFCCP to Cease Compliance Audits Under Revoked Executive Order 11246,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, January 2025
- “President Trump Revokes Executive Order 11246’s Affirmative Action Requirements for Federal Government Contractors,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, January 2025
- “FAR Council Withdraws Proposed Rule on Pay Equity and Pay Transparency,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, January 2025
- “2025 Brings New Pay Transparency Requirements to Five States,” Thompson Hine Labor & Employment @lert, January 2025
- “Proposed Rule on Pay Equity and Transparency May Significantly Impact Government Contractors and Federal Supply Chain Companies,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, June 2024
- “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
- Inducted into The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland’s Time Well Spent Honor Society, 2024
- Included in the 2021 to 2025 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Labor and Employment Law-Management
- 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
- “Revoking Affirmative Action: Implications for EEO Compliance,” Thompson Hine Transition: A Presidential Change Webinar Series, Session Three, February 2025
- “Hot Topics in Hiring – A Changing Legal Landscape,” Thompson Hine Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, November 2024
- “Cleveland Construction Hot Topics: Tomorrow’s Construction Industry Headlines,” Thompson Hine Webinar, September 2024
- “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
- 02.11.25 – Transition: A Presidential Change – Session Three – Revoking Affirmative Action
Implications for EEO Compliance
- FAR 2.0: More Than Just Revisions in FAR Part 10 Release,
Transition – A Presidential Change Update
, June 11, 2025 - FAR 2.0: The FAR Revolution is Here,
Transition – A Presidential Change Update
, May 15, 2025 - FAR 2.0: Early Expectations for the FAR Rewrite,
Transition – A Presidential Change Update
, April 22, 2025 - EEOC and DOJ Issue Warning Against Unlawful DEI-Related Discrimination,
Transition – A Presidential Change Update
, March 21, 2025 - Securities Quarterly Update – Spring 2025,
Thompson Hine Newsletter
, March 3, 2025 - Best Practices for Navigating Contract Disruptions Under the New Administration,
Transition – A Presidential Change Update
, February 28, 2025 - Federal Court Blocks Key Aspects of Executive Orders Targeting DEI Programs,
Labor & Employment @lert
, February 24, 2025 - OFCCP to Cease Compliance Audits Under Revoked Executive Order 11246,
Labor & Employment @lert
, January 27, 2025 - President Trump Revokes Executive Order 11246’s Affirmative Action Requirements for Federal Government Contractors,
Labor & Employment @lert
, January 22, 2025 - FAR Council Withdraws Proposed Rule on Pay Equity and Pay Transparency,
Government Contracts Update
, January 17, 2025