Ami Patel

About Ami Patel

Accomplished Labor, Employment and Business Attorney with over 20 years of experience…

Experience

1. Attorney

   Zashin & Rich

   Jan 2011 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US

   Extensive employment litigation experience defending management in disciplinary issues, harassment claims, wage and hour disputes, FMLA, FLSA, ADA, ADEA, Title VII, USERRA, and pension benefit matters.• Appellate briefing and oral argument experience before the Eighth and Eleventh District Appellate Courts, the Supreme Court of Ohio, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.• Defend management in a variety of administrative matters, such as EEOC/OCRC investigations, unemployment compensation appeals and State Employment Relations Board charges and subsequent litigation.• Defend municipal administrators in civil service hearings and grievance and arbitration disputes.• Prosecute or defend restrictive covenants involving non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure provisions, including injunctive and arbitration relief.• Advise on and draft employment policies and handbooks.• Defend and represent health care organizations in employment litigation which intersect with HIPAA, peer review privilege, public records and educational records issues. •Represent several public sector employers in employment matters that often overlap with civil service, union contracts and other issues that are unique to public employment.

Education

• Ohio University

  BA, Pre-law and Sociology, Sociology

  1997 — 2001

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law

  Juris Doctorate, Law

  2001 — 2004