Grace concentrates her practice on defending clients in a wide range of labor and employment matters.
Grace has prepared position statements on behalf of employers responding to complaints filed with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and has investigated cases of alleged workplace discrimination and retaliation. In addition, she has conducted and defended depositions, and is skilled in drafting pleadings, motions, and discovery responses during all stages of litigation. Prior to joining Benesch, Grace defended legal and real estate professionals against claims of malpractice, in addition to defending employers in labor and employment matters.
Representative Experience
- Represented Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Ascend, a provider of practice management services to accounting businesses, in an add-on acquisition.
- Defended client against a claim of unpaid wages and unpaid overtime for a remote, on-site ATM technician. Secured a complete victory at arbitration by proving that NCR's policies and practices appropriately paid for all time worked by such remote technicians, provided the technicians follow company policy and appropriately report their time worked. Also successfully defeated novel claims by claimant's counsel that imputed income for personal use of a vehicle or insurance premium credits for being healthy should be considered wages to increase the regular hourly rate and overtime premiums and not fringe benefits.