Margarita S. Krncevic

Margarita S. Krncevic

Of Counsel

Cleveland

T 216.363.6285

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Overview

Margarita is a skilled labor and employment attorney with prior in-house legal experience at a Fortune 50 financial services company in Washington, D.C.

She counsels employers to comply with federal, state and local laws in taking workforce actions, such as hiring, progressive discipline, terminations, requests for religious or ADA accommodations, managing FMLA (including intermittent) leave, and mitigating co-employment issues. Margarita represents clients in workforce disputes at jury and bench trials, hearings, arbitrations, mediations, and administrative proceedings before federal, state and local agencies.

Margarita is a native Spanish speaker and also advises her clients on compliance with immigration issues, including H1-B and family-based visas, labor condition applications, and conducting I-9 audits.

What I Do

Employment Litigation & Counseling
Immigration
Labor & Employment

Experience

Represented Loar Holdings Inc., a diversified manufacturer and supplier of niche aerospace and defense components, in its acquisition of Applied Avionics, Inc., a manufacturer of highly engineered avionics interface solutions catering to the aviation industry, valued at $385 million.

Key Contacts: Melissa R. GrimSamuel StuckerAnthony G. Rossi IVKevin D. MargolisConnie A. PorterLeah BeitnerJoseph R. BlalockLisa M. KimmelMargarita S. KrncevicShannon LigettiRichard F. TracannaJonathan R. ToddDuncan H. PoirierJoel R. PentzRachit ParikhAslam A. RawoofJulius A. ZavalaAnthony A. GhazoulVanessa I. GomezMark LarsenDaniel S. Marks

Represented Shearer’s Foods, LLC in matters including conducting #metoo Sexual Harassment and union avoidance trainings at five facilities, OSHA investigations in Ohio and Iowa, a discrimination lawsuit in Oregon, a business defamation claim in Nevada, a class action in Ohio and a wrongful death claim against four supervisors in Iowa state court arising out of the same incident.

Key Contacts: Joseph N. GrossMargarita S. KrncevicW. Eric BaisdenJohanna Fabrizio ParkerH. Alan RothenbuecherYelena G. Katz

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Credentials

Education

Cleveland State University College of Law, 1997, J.D.
  • Cleveland State University Law Review
  • Dean’s List 1994-1997
  • Cleveland-Marshall Merit Award of Full-Tuition Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement
George Washington University, 1993, B.A.
  • International Affairs
  • Honors Program, Politics and Values

Clerkships and Bar Admissions

Ohio
Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

More

  • Board Member, COAR
  • Board Member, Global Cleveland
  • Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
    • Member, AILA USCIS Case Assistance and Liaison Committee
    • Past member, AILA PERM Conference Committee, 2022
    • Past member, AILA Verification and Documentation Liaison Committee, 2021-2022 
  • Named Notable Immigrant Leader by Crain’s Cleveland 2020

Favorite Quote

“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.” – Thomas Jefferson

Hobbies

Skiing, reading for pleasure, cooking, and oenophile.

Favorite Vacation

Any beach vacations.