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Lawyer Overview

Ronald G. Linville is Chair of Baker Hostetler's National Employment and Labor Group, where he manages over 100 lawyers in Baker Hostetler's 10 offices coast to coast. This team of employment litigators and traditional labor lawyers form one of the largest practices of any national, full-service law firm in the country.

For over 25 years, Mr. Linville has focused his practice on management labor and employment law, representing public and private sector clients. His extensive experience in labor law includes the negotiation and administration of over 200 labor contracts across the country. His negotiation/arbitration practice has helped clients achieve a competitive advantage through workplace efficiencies and significant cost savings.

As a seasoned employment litigator, Mr. Linville regularly helps clients avoid or minimize litigation costs. He is very comfortable in the courtroom and has successfully tried a number of employment cases to juries for FORTUNE 100 clients of the firm in both state and federal court. These cases include a variety of complex employment discrimination and civil rights actions, wage-hour and other types of class actions and disputes involving protection of trade secrets, unfair competition and unfair business practices. Mr. Linville also provides representation for the defense of Section 301 cases for alleged breach of collective bargaining agreements.

In addition, Mr. Linville has successfully arbitrated both discipline/discharge and contract interpretation cases under labor contracts for a variety of clients across the country. He has defended labor/employment litigation matters for clients in the transportation, lighting, healthcare, manufacturing and technology industries, including lawsuits involving race and sex discrimination, sexual harassment, the Americans With Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, wrongful discharge and implied employment contracts. Mr. Linville has also defended numerous clients regarding Sarbanes-Oxley claims.

Mr. Linville has an active practice before a number of regulatory agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, various state civil rights agencies (including the Ohio Civil Rights Commission), the Department of Labor and the State Employment Relations Board.

Mr. Linville regularly counsels clients with regard to employment and personnel matters, including the Americans With Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, drug testing, sexual harassment, wage-hour matters, protecting trade secrets and confidential corporate material and the drafting and enforcement of non-compete/nondisclosure agreements. He regularly speaks on a variety of personnel issues at regional and national seminars.

Since 1997, Mr. Linville has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has been an Ohio "Super Lawyer" since that designation was created. He is also one of only 12 Ohio attorneys named to the "Who's Who Legal USA in Management Labor and Employment Law" list for 2006 by the International Bar Association. In addition, Mr. Linville is recognized as a "Leading Lawyer" in employment and abor law by Chambers & Partners in the 2008 Chambers USA Client's Guide.

Areas of Practice

• Employment: Counseling & Compliance
• Employment: Labor Relations
• Employment: Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1980
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1981
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1994

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section)
• Ohio Bar Association (Member)
• Columbus Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America
• Ohio “Super Lawyer”
• One of only 12 Ohio attorneys named to the “Who’s Who Legal USA in Management Labor and Employment Law” list for 2006 by the International Bar Association
• Recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in employment and labor law by Chambers & Partners in the 2008 Chambers USA Client’s Guide

Education

• Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio, 1980
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: summa cum laude
• Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, 1977
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: cum laude

Published Works

• Planning for Obama Administration Legislative and Enforcement Initiatives, January, 2009
• New FMLA Regulations: Key Changes and Clarifications for Administering Your FMLA Policies and Procedures, January, 2009
• Changes in California Employment Law for 2009, January, 2009
• Final Code § 409A Documentation Compliance Deadline for Deferred Compensation Plans and Arrangements Fast Approaching, November, 2008
• Union Representation Without An Election? A Reality That Could Be Closer Than You Think, October, 2008
• Revised Bailout Plan With New Tax Provisions Passes Congress, October, 2008
• Effective Date of Section 409A Final Regulations Delayed to December 31, 2008, October, 2007
• Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Document Compliance Date Extended, September, 2007
• Internal Revenue Code Section 409A—Update: The Final Regulations and Their Impact on Foreign-Owned Companies and Companies with Foreign Operations, June, 2007
• Internal Revenue Code Section 409A—Acceleration or Delay of Payments, June, 2007
• Scope of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A: Rules Governing Payments, June, 2007
• Form U-5 Statements Are Absolutely Privileged: New York Court of Appeals Rules That Statements Made by an Employer on NASD's Uniform Termination Notice Cannot Form the Basis of a Defamation Action, May, 2007
• Internal Revenue Code Section 409A: Equity Incentive Plans, April, 2007
• Ninth Circuit Affirms Certification of Largest Workplace Class Action in History, February, 2007

Address

Capitol Square
Suite 2100
65 East State Street
Columbus, OH 43215-4260

Phones

(614) 462-2647

Faxes

(614) 462-2616

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