Chuck Roesch is the Chair of the Labor and Employment Department and is a member of the Firm's Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He also sits on the Firm's Finance Committee. Chuck's practice includes the defense of private and public employers on a wide array of traditional labor, employment and benefits issues, including matters relating to the ADA, ADEA, Title VII, FMLA, Section 1981, NLRA, Wage/Hour, ERISA, employment contracts and employment at-will. His practice encompasses both national and regional representation of clients in state and federal court and he has handled labor and employment matters in 37 states and the District of Columbia. He is National Outside Labor & Employment Counsel for Golden Living f/k/a Beverly Enterprises, Inc. and Ashland, Inc. He has been designated by General Electric Company as a National Class Action Labor & Employment Counsel and is a Preferred Provider for labor and employment matters. Chuck was named "Lawyer of the Year" in Cincinnati for Labor Law-Management by The Best Lawyers in America®, 2012. Memberships & Affiliations · Strathmore's Who's Who, Lifetime Member · The National Registry of Who's Who, Lifetime Member · Cincinnati Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Committee · Ohio State Bar Association, Labor Law Section · Ohio Management Lawyers Association · Leadership Cincinnati, Class of XXVI · Kentucky Bar Association · Butler County Society for Human Resource Management, Former Board Member · Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, past President and past Member, Board of Trustees · Hamilton-Fairfield Arts Council, Board of Governors, 1995-1997 · Shared Harvest Foodbank, Board of Directors, past Chair · Mercy Health Partners, Human Resource Committee, 1996-2000 · Economic Development Association of Butler County, Past Board Member · Butler County Republican Party, Past Executive Committee Member, 2001-2003 Distinctions · Named "Lawyer of the Year" in Cincinnati for Labor Law-Management by The Best Lawyers in America®, 2012 · Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell · Selected for the Ohio Super Lawyers® List · Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® · Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers · Listed in Corporate Counsel Annual Guide to Labor & Employment Law Top Lawyers · Selected to America's Most Honored Professionals (American Registry) Experience Valvoline Drug & Alcohol Employment Litigation
Ashland, Inc., d/b/a Valvoline Instant Oil Change
Represented Valvoline in a lawsuit filed by a former employee alleging claims of violation of Minnesota's statute regulating drug and alcohol testing by an employer (Lewis v. Ashland Inc. d/b/a Valvoline Instant OilChange, D. Minn., No. 09-3515, 8/9/11). Williams v. General Electric Company
General Electric Company
Suit for age and disability discrimination Rose v. Beverly Health & Rehab. Services
Beverly Health & Rehabilitation Services
Suit for disability discrimination; labor preemption Ponder v. AT&T Corporation and Lucent Technologies Inc.
Lucent Technologies Inc. and AT&T
National 50,000 person class action asserting violation of Section 301 and ERISA for cancellation of retiree benefits provided by collective bargaining agreement Rashawn Manigan v. Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA)
Claims of disability discrimination under federal and state law Publications January 1, 2007, 50 State Employment Law Compendium Editor for State of Ohio (ALFA International) January 1, 2007, "Early Case Evaluation May Pay Big Dividends," Counsel-to-Counsel, January 2007 January 1, 2006, Reducing Labor Litigation Exposure - Martindale-Hubbell, Counsel-to-Counsel, January, 2006 January 1, 2006, 50 State Employment Law Compendium Editor for State of Ohio (ALFA International) January 1, 2000, 50 State Employment Law Compendium Editor for State of Ohio (ALFA International) January 1, 1998, 50 State Employment Law Compendium Editor for State of Ohio (ALFA International) Presentations December 9, 2010, "Using Alternative Fee Arrangements to Control Labor and Employment Costs," Co-Host, Counsel to Counsel Best Practice Forum Types of Alternative Fee Arrangements: Per Case, Task, Blended Rates, Yearly Flat Fee. October 3, 2007, Disciplining And/Or Terminating Key Employees: Best Practices (ALFA Labor & Employment Group Seminar, Half Moon Bay, California) August 20, 2007, Diversity - A Critical Component To Business Success (Presented to General Electric Company) May 9, 2007, Whistleblowing, Retaliation, and Sox Claims (ALFA EPLI Seminar, Chicago, Illinois) September 26, 2006, Collective Bargaining Training (How Grievances Relate To Bargaining; Use of Financial Information In Bargaining; Basics of Multi-Employer Bargaining; Legal Developments in Collective Bargaining) (Presented to Golden Ventures Inc.) April 15, 2006, "Best Practices to Avoid Employment Claims: A Panel Discussion," Cincinnati Business Courier, Forum on Labor & Employment, April 2006 March 4, 2006, Critical Policies In The Workplace (ALFA International Client Seminar, Tucson, Arizona) September 24, 2003, Application of United States Employment Laws To Multinational Companies (French-American Trade Counsel Meeting) March 20, 2003, Homeland Security: An Overview of Security Measures Put In Place By Corporations Since September 11th (ALFA International Client Seminar, Carlsbad, California) November 28, 2000, Contingent Workers In The Workplace (Cincinnati Bar Association) April 23, 2000, Key Employees & Confidential Information-Maintaining the Competitive Edge (ALFA International Client Seminar, Scottsdale, Arizona) |