Hannah has experience in labor & employment matters and commercial litigation, and has the strong ability to handle complex legal issues.
She specializes in matters such as employment discrimination, trade secret disputes, and wrongful termination, and has advised clients on numerous related issues. She is well-versed in matters relating to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act and has experience defending clients against complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Hannah also has experience drafting employment agreements, severance agreements, and employment handbooks and policies. Prior to joining Benesch, Hannah represented a prominent designer and manufacturer of battery chargers and jump starters in federal trademark infringement and unfair competition litigation.
While in law school, Hannah served as the President of the Student Bar Association as well as the Vice President of the Jewish Law Students Association. Hannah also participated in the Cleveland State Law Review as the Business Editor.
Representative Experience
- Represented the Austin American-Statesman as lead negotiator in bargaining with the Austin NewsGuild to reach agreement on a first labor contract between the Statesman and its front-line journalists. Statesman journalists unanimously ratified the contract November 21, 2024 after 3.5 years of negotiations.
- 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.
- Represented a private equity buyer in its acquisition of a wholesale distributor of pipes, valves, and fittings.
- Represented Qualus Power Services, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in its acquisition of The Asset Company, PLLC (d/b/a ASSET Engineering), a provider of specialized engineering services to utilities, renewable and energy storage developers, and industrial clients throughout the United States.
- Represented Qualus Power Services, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in its acquisition of Linda Rogers & Associates, a specialized advisory, program management, and engineering firm with differentiated capabilities in information technology, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity, in support of critical power infrastructure and network resiliency and reliability.
- Represented Trivest in the platform acquisition of Province, a leading and nationally recognized restructuring and advisory firm.
- Represented a private equity-back manufacturer of machine tools in its acquisition of a manufacturer of plastic injection molding & precision machined components for telecom equipment.
- Represented Qualus Power Services, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in its acquisition via merger of GridBright, a leading power industry technology solutions firm.