Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Laura Anderson's practice focuses on defending employers at the administrative, trial, and appellate levels and providing advice regarding employment-related matters. Her practice experience includes the representation of clients in single plaintiff cases to class actions arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and comparable state laws as well as the defense of employers against claims for breach of employment contract, promissory estoppel, wrongful discharge in violation of public policy, and defamation. Laura also frequently represents clients in alternative dispute resolution.

From 1990 to 1996, Laura worked as an associate in the labor and employment department of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in Los Angeles, California, where she gained broad experience representing management in employment litigation and providing advice regarding preventative practices. She joined Jones Day in 1996.

Laura is a member of the bars of the states of Ohio, California, and Colorado and the District of Columbia.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment

Representative Cases

• Christina Murray v. John Carroll University, Case No. 388995 (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
• David Norgard v. Brush Wellman, Inc., Case No. 398385 (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
• Divine v. Gencorp, No. 3:96CV0296 (N.D. Ind. 1996)
• Donald Dunlap v. General Motors Corporation, Case No. 1:98 CV 00379 (N.D. Ohio) and Case No. 99-3710 (6th Cir. 1999).
• Gale et al. v. Catholic Healthcare Partners et al.
• Jim Downing v. General Motors Corporation, Case No. 1:98 CV 57 M (W.D. Ken.)
• Patricia Hassan v. St. Elizabeth Health Center, Mahoning County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 97CV2830
• Sengpiel v. B.F. Goodrich, 970 F. Supp. 1322 (N.D. Oh. 1997), aff., 156 F.3d 660 (6th Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 526 U.S. 1016 (1999)
• United Automobile Workers of America v. Gould, Case No. 1:95CV1248 (N.D. Ohio)
• William B. Turner, et al. v. Frito Lay, Inc., Case No. CV 03493976 (Cuyahoga County, Ohio)
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Various individual plaintiffs v.ODJFS and General Motors Corporation

West Practice Categories

Collective Bargaining, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• California
• Ohio

Education

• Pepperdine University

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7470 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.216.579.0212 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com