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

Representative Cases

• Baum v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. 3:07-CV-0090 (W.D. Pa. 2009)
• BE&K Construction Co. v. NLRB, 536 U.S. 516 (2002)
• Chicago Title Insurance Corporation v. James A. Magnuson; First American Title Insurance Company, 487 F. 3d 985, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 11883; 2007 FED App. 084P (6th Cir., May 21, 2007)
• Dorn, et al. v. General Motors Corp., et al., 2005 Fed. Appx. 0326 N, Case Nos. 02-70956 & 03-72246 (E.D. Mich. 2003); Dorn et. al. v. General Motors Corp., et al., Case Nos. 04-1094 & 04-1121 (6th Cir.)
• Firelands Regional Medical Centers, NLRB Case Nos. 8-RC-16466 through 61450
• Gale et al. v. Catholic Healthcare Partners et al.
• Guardsmark v. Worldwide Sec. Assocs., Inc., C2-00-481 (S.D. Ohio 2000)
• Harrison, et al. v. McDonald's Corporation, 2005 WL 2176956 (S.D. Ohio)
• Murray v. Ohio Casualty Corp., et al., 2005 WL 2373857 (S.D. Ohio)
• NLRB v. Kentucky River Community Care, Inc., et al., 532 U.S. 706 (2001)
• NLRB v. ProMedica, et al. Case Nos. 05-1660, 05-1735, District Court Nos. 8-CA-31818 and 8-CA-32345 (6th Cir. 2006)
• Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., et al., Case Nos. 7-RC-22141, 15-RC-8393, 18-RC-16415, 18-RC-16416 (NLRB Pending)
• Pringle, et al. v. Continental Tire North America
• Scenic Hills Nursing Center and SEIU District 1199 (NLRB Region 9, 2001)
• The Toledo Hospital and Toledo Children’s Hospital, a subsidiary of ProMedica Health System, Inc., Case Nos. 8-CA-31818, 8-CA-32345, 8-RC-16175, 8-RC-16176 (NLRB)
• Continental Tire North America, Inc. and the United Steelworkers of America, Case No. 11-CA-21110, 11-CA-21183, 11-CA-21251 & 11-CA-21374 (NLRB)
• Labor Arbitrations Involving the IBEW and CWA
• Ohio Unemployment Commission Hearing

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

• 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
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3866 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com