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Practice/Industry Groups:
Employment and Labor
Insurance
NonProfit Organizations
Banking & Financial Services
Don Keller is a partner in the Bricker
& Eckler LLP employment and labor group. He practices private and public sector labor relations, equal employment opportunity, and general employment and labor law, emphasizing collective bargaining, arbitration, and defense of all forms of wrongful discharge and discrimination claims. He has extensive experience in arbitration and litigation of labor and employment disputes in state and federal courts and before state and federal administrative enforcement agencies. He represents ERISA plans and insurers in ERISA appeals of health, life and disability claims.
Representative Experience
Practices in federal and state trial courts and courts of appeals; United States and Ohio Supreme Courts; Ohio Civil Rights Commission; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Wage and Hour Division; National Labor Relations Board; Ohio State Employment Relations Board
Lead trial counsel in employment discrimination litigation, including disability, age, race and sex discrimination, retaliation and hostile work environment; housing discrimination; Family and Medical Leave Act; Fair Labor Standards Act; WARN Act; public policy wrongful discharge; non-compete and trade secret enforcement and violations
Represents ERISA plans and insurers in defense of ERISA appeals involving denial of health, life and disability benefits
Outside counsel to numerous private and public employers on traditional labor issues, arbitration and collective bargaining
Representation of insurers doing business in Ohio in race discrimination actions involving fair housing agencies and allegations of discriminatory denial of insurance coverage
Served as chief in-house labor counsel for City of Columbus, Ohio 1977-1988, and as outside labor counsel
Community and Professional Activities
Member, American, Ohio State and Columbus Bar Associations
Lecturer, Ohio Hospital Association, Ohio Society for Hospital Human Resources Administration, Ohio Municipal League, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police, Ohio Department of Education, Columbus Bar Association, Ohio Health Care Association, Institute of Business Law, Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, Ohio Township Association, National Federation of Independent Businesses, Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Ohio City Management Association, Ohio CLE Institute, Lorman Business Center, Inc., Council On Education of Management, Ohio Association of Public School Employees, Association of Ohio Philanthropic Homes for the Aged, Richland Manufacturing Coalition, Ohio Trucking Association
Publications
"Columbus Shifts the Risk of Subsurface Conditions," The Municipal Attorney, Spring 1982
"Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Tips on Prevention and Protection," Ohio Cities and Villages, September/October 1995
"The Final FMLA Regulations - What They Mean to HR," Personnel Journal, July, 1999
Numerous client bulletins
Awards and Recognitions
Listed, Best Lawyers in America (labor and employment law)
Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers (labor and employment law)
Education
The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1974)
Heidelberg University (B.A., 1971)
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