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Jon joined the firm in 2006. Prior to joining KJK, Jon developed a diverse background in innumerable litigation matters. He primarily concentrates his practice in the representation of companies in employment disputes, including litigation with terminated employees and disputes over trade secrets and non-competition agreements. He supplements his employment practice with complex commercial matters, such as fiduciary and shareholder litigation. His representation extends beyond the courtroom, into various state and federal administrative agencies.
Complementing his litigation practice, Jon also extensively advises individuals and companies on a wide-range of employment, human relations, and litigation issues. This role frequently requires Jon’s service as an author and speaker on myriad employment-related issues. In the last several years, he has written and spoken on topics ranging from preventing and investigating sexual harassment, other forms of employment discrimination, the Family Medical Leave Act, other wage and hour laws, employee background checks, the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, electronic discovery, and corporate document retention.
Jon is admitted to practice in the State of Ohio, in addition to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Ohio, the Northern District of Oklahoma, and Northern District of Illinois, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Jon is the author of the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog, where he writes daily on areas of interest to employers doing business in the State of Ohio and beyond. The blog is located at http://ohioemploymentlaw.blogspot.com.
Jon has also been extensively quoted in the local and national media on employment matters, including recent interviews in the National Law Journal, Business Insurance Magazine, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Inside Counsel, and Lawyer’s USA. Jon serves as a contributing editor to Business Management Daily, and is the editor of its HR Specialist Ohio Employment Law Newsletter.
Superlawyers named Jon an Ohio Rising Star in the area of Employment Law for 2007 and 2009.
Education
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1997
Binghamton University, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1994
Reported Cases
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Per Co. Ltd. v. Great Lakes Factors, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 22941 (6th Cir. 2008)
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Clapp v. Mueller Elec. Co., 162 Ohio App. 3d 810, 835 N.E.2d 757 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005)
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Ricco v. Potter, 377 F.3d 599 (6th Cir. 2004)
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Switala v. Schwan’s Sales Enterprise, 231 F. Supp.2d 672 (N.D. Ohio 2002)
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City of Cleveland ex Rel. O’Malley v. White, 148 Ohio App.3d 564, 774 N.E.2d 337 (Ohio Ct. App. 2002)
Publications/Presentations
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FMLA: The Latest Developments, 29th Annual SEAK National Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine Conference (2009).
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Family Responsibility Discrimination, 8th Annual Northern Ohio Labor & Employment Law Conference (2008).
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Best Practices to Help Effectively Administer FMLA Leave in Your Organization to Avoid Costly Mistakes, Council on Education in Management (2006).
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Avoiding FMLA Retaliation Claims, Council on Education in Management (2006).
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Best Practices for Managing Electronic Information & Records, Reminger & Reminger Electronic Discovery Seminar (2006).
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Best Practices in FMLA Administration, Council on Education in Management, Program Moderator (2004).
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FLSA & State Wage & Hour Update, Case Studies of Your Most Confusing Wage & Hour Dilemmas, Council on Education in Management (2004).
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Investigating Employee Backgrounds: The Fair Credit Reporting Act, Council on Education in Management (2003).
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Note, Removing the Effect of Disclosures from Federal Employment Discrimination: Stripping Away the Last Vestiges of the After-Acquired Evidence Doctrine, 47 Case W. Reserve L. Rev. 117 (1996).
Memberships/Associations
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
American Bar Association
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