Practice Areas ; Management Labor Law(10%); ERISA Litigation(10%); Civil Rights Defense Law; Labor and Employment(20%); Employee Benefits Litigation; Class Action Defense(10%); Employment Discrimination; Covenants Not to Compete; Age Discrimination in Employment; Employment Arbitration; Employment Disability Discrimination; Labor Arbitration; Litigation of Restrictive Covenants; Labor Strikes; Wage and Hour Law&sa=270&d=1&h=180&w=200&sl=false&dm=True&in=50) | ......................... 50% Employment Litigatio............................ 20% Labor and Employment......................... 10% Management Labor Law......................... 10% ERISA Litigation......................... 10% Class Action Defense
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Civil Rights Defense Law,Employee Benefits Litigation,Employment Discrimination,Covenants Not to Compete,Age Discrimination in Employment,Employment Arbitration,Employment Disability Discrimination,Labor Arbitration,Litigation of Restrictive Covenants,Labor Strikes,Wage and Hour Law |
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 317-916-2170 Fax: 317-916-9076 http://www.ogletreedeakins.com
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| University | Loras College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1988 |
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| Law School | University of Iowa, J.D., with distinction, 1991 |
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| Admitted | 1992, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1999, Iowa; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio |
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| Memberships | Indianapolis (Chair, Labor and Employment Council, 2005), Indiana State (Chair, Labor and Employment Section, 2004) and American (Vice Chair, Civil Procedure and Evidence Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 2002-) Bar Associations; IndySHRM. |
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| Born | Dubuque, Iowa, August 11, 1966 |
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| Biography | 2011 Samuel C. Schlosser Indiana Chamber Volunteer of the Year. Listed: Indiana Super Lawyer (2004-2012); The Best Lawyers in America (2005-2012); Chambers and Partners USA, Leaders in Your Field (2004-2006, 2008-2012). Co-Editor: FMLA Guide: Everything Indiana Employers Need to Know About the FMLA, Indiana Chamber of Commerce (2009) (2nd Edition); Co-Author: "Indiana Employers' Guide to the ADA and FMLA", Indiana Chamber of Commerce (2001, 2003); Co-Editor, "The Employment and Labor Law Handbook for Indiana Lawyers", Indiana State Bar Association, Employment and Labor Law Section (2005); Co-Author, "Interviewing Guide, Designed to Assist Indiana Employers with Hiring and Retaining Employees", Indiana Chamber of Commerce (2005); Co-Author, "Religion in the Workplace: A Guide for the Indiana Employer", Indiana Chamber of Commerce (2006); Co-Author, "New Laws, New Claims, New Policies? Workplace Bullying", For the Defense, In-House Defense Quarterly, DRI (2008); Co-Author, "Avoiding FLSA Disaster: FLSA Risk Areas for PEOs", National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (2008); Privacy in the Workplace, Issues for PEOs and Their Clients, HR practices & strategies, PEO Insider, NAPEO (2008); Author, "Seventh Circuit Side-Steps Need to Decide FMLA Eligibility-by-Estoppel Claim", HR Spotlight, Council in Education Management (2008); "The Constitutionality of Canon 7(B)(1)(c) of the Code of Judicial Conduct: Free Speech Rights of Judges", 25 Creighton Law Review 855 (1992); Note, "Defending the Defenseless: Murray v. Giarratano and the Right to Counsel in Capital Proceedings", 75 Iowa Law Review 1305 (1990); Chapter, How Arbitration Works, Alan Mills Ruben et al. eds., BNA Books (6th Edition 2001). Note and Comment Editor, Iowa Law Review, 1990-1991. Law Clerk, Honorable Donald J. Porter, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, 1991-1992. Member, Human Resources and Labor Committees, Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
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| Reported Cases | Chastain v. AT&T, 2010 WL 5349810, 17 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 40 (S.D. Ind. 2010); Dougherty v. Indiana Bell, 440 F.3d 910 (Ind. Ct. App., 2006); Smith v. Meijer, Inc., 858 N.E.2d 693 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007); Cox v. SBC, 816 N.E.2d 481 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004); Richter v. Hook-SuperX, Inc., 142 F.3d 1024 (Ind. Ct. App., 1998); Hartman v. Hook-SuperX, Inc., 42 F.Supp.2d 854 (S.D. Ind. 1999); Austin v. Wal-Mart Stores, 20 F.Supp.2d 1254 (N.D. Ind. 1998); Coats v. Kraft Foods, Inc., 12 F.Supp.2d 862 (N.D. 1998); Richter v. Revco D.S., Inc., 959 F.Supp. 999, 1997 WL 151162 (S.D. Ind. 1997). |
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| ISLN | 900916326 |
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