Brian G. Dershaw

Summary

Brian is the chair of Taft’s Cincinnati Employment and Labor Relations practice group and serves as employment, labor, litigation, and outside general counsel for companies of all sizes. He works closely with employers across the wide spectrum of employment and labor laws, which includes guiding clients through workforce assessment, compliance, and transition issues in mergers and acquisitions; counseling employers on employee discipline and discharge, policies and contracts, leave management, employee and independent contractor classification, wage and hour issues, investigations, and reductions in force; and, advising clients on fair competition, confidential information, trade secret, and data privacy protections relative to the workforce.

Specific to employers with unionized personnel, Brian focuses on labor-management relations, union organizing activities, and arbitration proceedings.

Brian frequently litigates employment law matters involving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, restrictive covenants, trade secret misappropriation, and wage and hour disputes.

In serving the higher education industry, Brian assists public and private institutions and their boards of trustees relative to the myriad legal issues related to students, staff, and faculty, institution and program accreditation, and compliance. Brian is a member of the National Association of College & University Attorneys (NACUA).

Brian is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Labor Law – Management and for Litigation – Labor and Employment. He has also been recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers for Employment & Labor Law and was previously honored as an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star (2010-2014). He has been awarded an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest possible rating for ethical standards and legal ability. Brian is a member of Leadership Cincinnati, Class 43, a fellow of the Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers (CALL), Class X, and a graduate of Leadership Northern Kentucky, Class of 2015.

In addition, Brian is a trustee for the Mariemont School Foundation.

Brian received his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he was a member of the Moot Court Board, and his B.A., cum laude, from Capital University.

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Education

  • University of Cincinnati College of Law (2000)
  • Capital University (1997)

Admissions

  • Federal - 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Federal - Southern District of Ohio
  • Federal - Northern District of Ohio
  • Federal - Eastern District of Kentucky
  • Federal - Western District of Kentucky
  • Federal - Southern District of Illinois
  • Federal - District of Colorado
  • State - Ohio
  • State - Kentucky

Speeches and Publications

  • Speaker, “Employment Law Update,” 39th Annual Labor-Management Conference: Building Labor-Management Relationships Through Cooperation and Knowledge, Northern Kentucky University (May 2023)

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Professional Affiliations

  • AV Peer Review Rating (LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell)

    Awarded

  • Law360

    Member, Labor Editorial Board (2022)

  • Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers (CALL)

    Fellow, Class X

  • Cincinnati Bar Association

    Member and Former Chair, Admissions Committee
    Former Member, Executive Committee

  • Leadership Cincinnati

    Member, Class 43

  • Kentucky Bar Association

    Member

  • Leadership Northern Kentucky

    Member, Class of 2015

  • National Association of College & University Attorneys (NACUA)

    Member

  • Ohio State Bar Association

    Member

  • Potter Stewart Inn of Court

    Former Barrister

  • Supreme Court of Ohio Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program

    Mentor

Community Involvement

  • Mariemont School Foundation

    Trustee

  • Northern Kentucky University Labor-Management Conference Planning Committee

    Member

  • OSBA Annual Midwest Labor & Employment Conference

    Member, Planning Committee

  • UNDIVIDED

    Learning Facilitator

  • iSpace

    Former Trustee and President of the Board of Trustees

  • Peaslee Neighborhood Center

    Former Trustee and Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees

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