Labor and Employment News

One hundred and thirteen lawyers from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2020.

Twelve Vorys attorneys have been named 2020 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers. Each year, only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

In the gig economy, workers make their living through irregular short-term assignments, typically on an independent contractor basis.

Mike Griffaton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the labor and employment group, was quoted in a Columbus Dispatch story titled “Ohio Employers Can Fire Workers Who Use Medical Marijuana.”

Vorys announced that partners Jolie Havens and Nici Workman have made the shortlist for the Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Awards: USA 2019.

Vorys announced that 30 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized among the leading practitioners in the country in the 2019 edition of Chambers USA. 

Vorys announced that Jff Heller joined the firm as of counsel in the Houston office. Prior to joining Vorys, Heller served as the associate general counsel for labor and employment law as well as BP’s alternative energy businesses. He was an attorney at BP (and Amoco Corp.) for 28 years.

Vorys is pleased to announce that Jacinto Núñez, a partner in the Vorys Akron office and a member of the finance, energy and real estate group, has been selected to be a member of the 2019 class of Fellows, and will participate in a landmark program created for mid-career attorneys by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP today announced the launch of the firm’s first podcast “Vorys at Work.”

Jackie Ford, a partner in the Vorys Houston office and member of the labor and employment group, was interviewed fror a story for WVTF titled “LG Fairfax Still on Leave as His Law Firm Investigates.”

Vorys is pleased to announce that Akilah Craig has been named a 2019 Texas Rising Star by Texas Super Lawyers magazine. Rising Stars were chosen by their peers as being among the most recognizable up-and-coming lawyers in Texas. Each year, the Rising Stars list recognizes 2.5 percent of attorneys with less than 10 years of legal experience in Texas.

Vorys is pleased to announce that Kari Coniglio, David Edelstein, Margaret Everett, Christopher Ingram and James W. Kelly II became partners of the firm on January 1, 2019. 

Vorys is pleased to announce that 48 attorneys from the firm have been named 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

Mike Griffaton, of counsel in the Vorys Columbus office, was quoted in a Columbus Business First story about the changes companies are making to the HR policies in light of the #Metoo era.  

Vorys was named a 2019 Best Law Firm nationally in 17 practice areas and a best metropolitan firm in 100 categories, among four Ohio metropolitan areas, Washington, D.C., Houston, Texas and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Jackie Ford, a partner in the Vorys Houston office and a member of the labor and employment group, was recently a guest on the MA Invincible Brand Podcast.

Jackie Ford, a partner in the Vorys Houston office and a member of the labor and employment group, was interviewed for a Houston Public Media (KUHF) story titled “Family of Man Killed in Workplace Shooting Sues Company for Negligence.”

Jackie Ford, a partner in the Vorys Houston office and a member of the labor and employment group, was quoted in an Agenda story about two recent legal cases that involved companies that were sued because of how they handled misconduct complaints

One hundred and thirteen lawyers from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2019.