Chad J. Smith

Overview

Chad regularly represents companies across multiple industries in labor and employment commercial disputes in federal and state trial and appellate courts nationwide. With forward-focused, business-wise strategies, he helps clients manage workforce challenges, mitigate legal risk, and protect their business interests.

Chad’s wide-ranging experience includes favorably resolved allegations of discrimination, harassment, restrictive covenant violations, trade secret misappropriation, retaliation, and wage and hour violations, among other matters. He has successfully defended clients in single-plaintiff and multiparty cases, as well as putative and actual class and collective actions against hospitals, restaurants, banks, and tech companies. Chad also regularly guides employers through investigations by the EEOC and state agencies such as the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.

To avoid litigation, corporate clients rely on Chad for guidance on day-to-day employment issues, including hiring, employee discipline and discharge, worker classification, workforce reductions, leave and disability accommodation policies, and employment considerations in mergers and acquisitions. They appreciate his responsiveness, efficiency, and ability to deliver effective counsel quickly when time-sensitive labor or employment issues arise.