FN-2924145 MN-2924145 LN-2924145, Esq.
Attorney
Manitou Beach, Michigan
Rayle ADR Solutions PLLC – Member/Partner
Attorney
Member/Partner, Rayle ADR Solutions PLLC, 2020 – Present; Partner, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, 1985 – 2020; Associate Attorney, Miller Johnson Snell & Cummiskey, 1981 – 1985; Associate Attorney, Dickinson Wright, 1978 – 1981.
Experience includes extensive work relating to litigation under most federal and state employment and discrimination laws, including wrongful discharge, Title VII American with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Section 301 (Labor Management Relations Act), ERISA, Covenants Not To Compete, Whistleblower’s Protection Act, ERISA, Fair Labor Standards Act, Federal False Claims Act, EEOC and Michigan Department of Civil Rights and other state agency administrative proceedings, OSHA; defense and enforcement of trade secret, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, employment arbitration, employment class action defense, sales commission cases. Employment law experience has also included numerous labor arbitration cases under collective bargaining agreements as both an advocate and an arbitrator.
Discrimination, Wrongful Discharge, Noncompetition agreements, commercial disputes.
Facilitated Mediation of disputes.
Wayne State School University Law School (Juris Doctorate-1978); Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts in Economics-1975).
Admitted to the Bar: Michigan, 1978; U.S. District Court: Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals: District of Columbia Circuit, Sixth Circuit.
State Bar of Michigan (Sections on Labor Law, Litigation, and Alternate Dispute Resolution; American Bar Association (Section on Alternate Dispute Resolution); Oakland County Bar Association;
Rightful Discharge: The Application of Toussaint to Banking Institutions, Michigan State Bar Journal, 66, 373, 1987
Employment at Will in Michigan: A Survey of Recent Significant Case Decisions, Laches (Oakland County Bar Association), May, 1989
Tort Claims in Wrongful Discharge Cases, Laches (Oakland County Bar Association), April, 1990
Defending Claims of Sexual Harassment, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel/Association of Defense Trial Counsel News Brief, February, 1992.
Employment at Will in Michigan: A Survey of Recent Significant Case Decisions, Laches (Oakland County Bar Association), May, 1989
Tort Claims in Wrongful Discharge Cases, Laches (Oakland County Bar Association), April, 1990
Defending Claims of Sexual Harassment, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel/Association of Defense Trial Counsel News Brief, February, 1992.
Greater Detroit, Michigan Area.
English
United States of America
Manitou Beach, MI
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