Employment Law

In addition to obtaining multiple defense jury verdicts, BSMPH employment attorneys have been successful in obtaining dismissals of innumerable employment related cases through aggressive pretrial motion practice, thus eliminating the need for trial.  Many employment cases have also been resolved through mediation and/or arbitration mechanisms on favorable terms to a wide array of clients. 

Employment Law Attorneys

Cathryn R. Ensign 

Keith Hansbrough 

Beth A. Sebaugh

James E. Stephenson

Attorneys at BSMPH have been routinely defending employment  and workers’ compensation related claims, administrative charges, investigations, and lawsuits for more than two decades.  The firm has shareholders as well as mid-level associates involved in employment related investigations, consultations, and litigation.  BSMPH’s practice spans both federal and state courts as well as federal and state agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission, Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, the Industrial Commission of Ohio, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor, and the National Labor Relations Board. 

Employment attorneys at BSMPH are involved in investigations, hearings, and mediations pending with the EEOC, the OCRC, the NLRB, and matters involving wage and hour issues.  The firm’s attorneys actively engage in defending workers’ compensation claims both at the administrative hearing level and in the state courts.  BSMPH attorneys appear routinely both in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels. 

Cases handled on a routine basis include all types of discrimination (age, handicap, disability, race, ethnic background, gender, sexual harassment), as well as claims for wrongful termination, breach of contact, union grievances, Family Medical Leave Act claims, Fair Labor Standards Act claims, Whistleblower statutory claims, and alleged collective bargaining agreement violations. 

Workers’ Compensation laws vary from state to state and are designed to ensure that the employees who are injured or disabled on the job are provided with compensation and medical benefits, reducing the need for litigation between employers and their employees. These laws also provide benefits for employees or dependents of workers who are killed due to work-related accidents or illnesses. Some laws also protect employers and fellow workers by limiting the amount an injured worker can recover from an employer and by eliminating the liability of co-workers in most accidents. Our labor and employment attorneys regularly assist clients with compliance issues involved in obtaining and sustaining workers’ compensation insurance. With an intimate knowledge of the procedures associated with worker’s compensation administration, claims procedure and litigation, our attorneys work with employers to defend workers’ compensation claims in both administrative and court settings.

Representative published court opinions, unpublished trial and appellate court opinions, as well as arbitration opinions and jury verdicts can be provided upon request.