Summary

Bob focuses his practice on counseling and defending companies on employment-related issues, including OSHA, NLRB and EEOC proceedings, federal and state court litigation, wage-hour compliance, collective bargaining, arbitration, and regulatory compliance. For more than four decades, Bob has aggressively represented companies of all sizes and has served as general counsel to numerous trade associations throughout the United States.

Bob’s OSHA practice focuses on both state and federal OSHA matters, including investigations, trials and effective safety programs. He has defended companies in numerous fatality cases and holds the leading case on heat stress in the United States – See here. Bob argued this case before the OSH Review Commission in Washington, D.C. The Commission seldom hears cases in person.

In addition, Bob frequently writes articles and gives presentations on current developments and strategies including:

  • Your Post Accident Investigation May Hang You
  • Don’t Make Your Accident Investigation the Bigger Catastrophe
  • Recent Labor Decisions Impact Employers
  • FTC’s Non-Compete Rule Halted
  • OSHA’s New Inspection Walkaround Rule
  • Employment of Young Workers
  • Apprenticeships – New Federal Initiatives – A Financial Boom for Employers
  • HR Policies/Practices Under New Attack by NLRB
  • Employee Severance Agreements with Broad Non-Disparagement and Non-Confidentiality Provisions Now Illegal
  • Ohio’s New “Recreational” Marijuana Law in Your Workplace

Bob has been selected to the Montclair Who’s Who Among Law Professionals, Ohio Super Lawyer’s Award program and the Best Lawyers in America panel. He is a frequent speaker before business organizations and conducts seminars on a wide variety of labor topics.

Awards

All Service Areas

Education

  • University of Cincinnati College of Law
  • The Ohio State University

Admissions

  • State - Ohio
  • Federal - Southern District of Ohio
  • Federal - Northern District of Ohio
  • Federal - Eastern District of Michigan
  • Federal - 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Federal - 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Federal - U.S. Supreme Court

Notable Matters

Bob is an OSBA Board Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law.

Bob serves as General Counsel for the following organizations:

  • American Line Builders, NECA
  • Association of Contracting Plumbers of New York City
  • Atlantic Millwright Contractors Association
  • Central States Insulation Association
  • Construction Employers Association of North Central West Virginia
  • Dayton Builders Exchange
  • Dayton Region Manufacturers Association
  • Independent Area Insulation Contractors of Allied Workers Local 41, Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • Insulation Contractors Association of Washington D.C.
  • Lima Area Mechanical Contractors Association
  • Mason Contractors Association of Dayton
  • Master Insulators Association of Detroit
  • Master Insulators Association of Indianapolis
  • Mechanical Contractors Association of Greater Dayton
  • Mechanical Contractors Association of Central Ohio
  • National Electric Contractors Association-Western Ohio Chapter
  • National Union Insulation Contractors Alliance
  • Ohio Contractors Association
  • Ohio State Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors
  • Parkersburg Marietta Contractors Association – WV
  • Sheet Metal Roofing Contractors Association of Miami Valley Subcontractors Association of Western Ohio

Professional Affiliations

  • ABA Forum on Construction Law

    Member

  • AGC Labor and Employment Law Council

    Member