Rossman, E. Michael

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mike Rossman focuses on representing management clients in employment-related litigation with an emphasis on wage/hour, discrimination, and labor actions. Mike has extensive experience in class, collective, and multiparty actions in federal and state courts. In addition, Mike represents and counsels management on issues arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, National Labor Relations Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the WARN Act, and other federal and state labor and employment laws.

Mike's representation of clients includes: Borden Chemical, Delphi, General Electric, General Motors, McDonald's, National City Bank, Ohio Casualty Insurance, ProMedica Health System, Standard Insurance, and Verizon.

Mike has written on a variety of topics, including wage and hour issues, labor issues, management techniques, and litigation avoidance. He is a member of the Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations and is a contributing editor to The Developing Labor Law.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• Health Care
• Labor & Employment Health Care Law
• Labor & Employment/Health Care

Representative Cases

• Catholic Healthcare reaches settlement in wage and hour lawsuit in Northern District of Ohio
• Continental Tire obtains preliminary approval in settlement in ERISA class action
• Continental Tire successfully defends against unfair labor practice charges
• Delphi Automotive Systems and GM obtain summary judgment in employee class action related to transfer of employment from GM to Delphi
• Firelands Regional Medical Centers prevails in bargaining petitions
• First American Title Insurance successfully appeals majority of adverse jury verdict in largest damages award given in economic injury case in Ohio history
• Kentucky River Community Care and others file amicus brief supporting employer's interpretation of "supervisor" under NLRA , (2009)
• McDonald's defeats class certification in FLSA collective action
• Ohio Casualty Corp defeats class certification in nationwide FLSA collective action challenging exempt status of claims adjusters , (2009)
• Ohio Hospital Association files amicus brief in response to the NLRB's briefs
• ProMedica obtains rejections to petitions filed by the UAW to unionize four different units , (2009)
• ProMedica seeks consultation regarding NLRB's finding of discrimination , (2009)
• Scenic Hills Nursing Center obtains injunctive relief during three-week strike
• Society for Human Resource Management files amicus curiae brief on right to sue union
• Verizon defends against labor arbitrations involving contract administration and enforcement with the IBEW and CWA
• Worldwide Security defends against injunction involving restrictive covenants

West Practice Categories

Collective Bargaining, Disability, Elder Law, Food & Drug Administration, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Nursing Home, Social Security -- Disability, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• U of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Published Works

• Appeals and Settlements in Wage-and-Hour Class/Collective Actions, coauthor, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Annual Conference, 2007
• Procedural Approaches for Countering the Dual-Filed FLSA Collective Action and State-Law Wage Class Action, The Labor Lawyer, 2005
• Is 'Ten Days' Really Ten Days?--The National Labor Relations Act's Strike Notice Requirement in the Healthcare Industry, Journal of Health Law, 2004
• Litigating The Certification Issue In FLSA Collective Actions and State-Law Wage-And-Hour Class Actions, New York University 57th Annual Conference on Labor, 2004
• Non-Union Employers Must Follow NLRB Regulations, Business First, 2004
• When 10 Days is Not 10 Days - The National Labor Relations Act's Strike Notice Requirement in the Health Care Industry, ASHHRA Semi-Annual Labor Law Activity Report, 21st Report, 2003
• Access Issues Under the National Labor Relations Act: Girl Scouts, Unions, and Others? HR Advisor, 2000

Address

P.O. Box 165017
325 John H. McConnell Boulevard
Suite 600
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3866 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com