Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Your employer has a number of ways to obtain medical information about you, whether it's because you volunteer it when you call in sick or tell co-workers, or because you provide requested information on health insurance application or workers compensation claim forms. However, just because your employer has the information does not mean that it should be shared with everyone in the workplace, especially when you have not chosen to do so.
• Wrongful Termination
  Ohio Employment Lawyers Association – – The Ohio Employment Lawyers Association (OELA) members are attorneys who dedicate 70% or more of their employment practice to representing people, not companies. OELA attorneys vindicate employee rights, such as discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful discharge. OELA is a state affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA”).
• Employment Discrimination
  I have successfully litigated many employee rights and employment discrimination claims to trial or settlement. I do not hesitate to fight for my clients, no matter how big the opponent.
• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
  A 1983 graduate of the University of Akron School of Law, Magna Cum Laude, I began my career at the firm of Green, Haines, Sgambati, Murphy & Macala of Youngstown. I have represented individual employees in discrimination and other employment disputes since 1984, in my own practice since 1987. I have litigated in state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout northeast Ohio. I am certified by the Ohio Supreme Court in Labor and Employment Law.
• Severance Agreement
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• Sexual Harassment
  Joan and Gary Harrison, husband and wife, were employees of Defendant Digirad Imaging Solutions, Inc. Ms. Harrison was subjected to sexual harassment at the office of a client. Her employer failed to take prompt or effective action to protect her from the hostile work environment, and demoted her husband on the same day of Ms. Harrison’s complaint.

Health Law

• Disability Discrimination
  Marsha A. Vazmina, a long-time clerk employee of the U.S. Postal Service, was denied a routine request for transfer to Las Vegas after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and needed a walker or wheelchair to get around. Vazmina was able to perform the essential functions of her job, and other Postal Service jobs, with reasonable accommodations. However, the Postal Service refused to accommodate her disability in Las Vegas. Attorney Grim sued under the Rehabilitation Act, which protects Federal employees from disability discrimination. The EEOC held a trial and an administrative judge ruled for Vazmina. When the Postal Service prolonged the case with appeals, Attorney Grim took it to court. Eventually, Vazmina obtained a substantial settlement, including compensatory damages, restoration of sick leave and attorney fees.