Labor & Employment Law Advisory Board
Dykema, Ann Arbor
Robert A. Boonin has represented employers for 35 years, litigated employment law matters before federal and state courts across the nation, and counseled clients on issues such as discrimination, union, and wage and hour matters. Mr. Boonin is a fellow and past president of the Litigation Counsel of America, as well as the founder and past chair of its Wage...
FisherBroyles, Bloomfield Hills
Kaitlin (Katie) A. Brown is a partner at the firm. Specializing in employment law, she focuses on counseling employers to take measures to prevent more costly claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and improper payment of wages. Ms. Brown has worked with clients in many industries, including automotive, corporate, medical, educational, nonprofit, and financial. Her experience ranges from working with...
Bodman PLC, Troy
Kerry Cahill is an employment lawyer who has represented a wide range of individuals in difficult employment transitions, including executives and other professionals involved in employment and contract disputes. Her extensive experience in employment law includes wrongful and retaliatory termination; discrimination and harassment; wage-and-hour claims; Whistleblowers’ Protection Act claims; severance agreement negotiations; Family Medical Leave Act and Americans with Disabilities...
Husch Blackwell, Novi
Thomas J. Cedoz is a labor and employment attorney whose practice focuses on complex business and employment litigation including wage and hour collective action matters, workplace discrimination claims, and other employment related disputes. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the Michigan Supreme Court, and the 6th Circuit Court...
Croson Taub and Michaels, Ann Arbor
Joseph Michaels is a partner and cofounder of the firm and the leader of the firm's union-side labor practice. An experienced advocate for Michigan's working men and women, Mr. Michaels has successfully litigated dozens of employment and civil rights cases in state and federal courts, always representing employees and never employers, governments, or corporations. He has handled all types of...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers PC, Royal Oak
Channing Robinson-Holmes has specialized in employment and civil rights litigation for nearly 10 years. Her experience includes claims involving discrimination based on age, national origin, sex, race, disability, and sexual orientation, as well as claims of sexual harassment, assault, and retaliation, and violations of the Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security...
Simmons Legal dba the LawChic, Pontiac
Shawndrica Simmons focuses her civil litigation practice on labor and employment, family, probate, and contractual law. She engages in litigation against unions and the employer for workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, improper calculations of retirement benefits, and failure to fairly represent matters. She also specializes in handling high-risk divorces where there are allegations of abuse. Ms. Simmons has arbitrated more than...
Lewis & Munday PC, Detroit
Ronda Tate Truvillion is a shareholder and cochair of the Litigation Group at the firm, where she counsels management on labor and employment matters and practices commercial litigation along with insurance defense. She represents clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to local nonprofits, starting at the investigation phase though litigation and appeal, as well as during arbitration and administrative proceedings....
ICLE Advisory Board Liaison
Rachael M. Sedlacek joined ICLE as a staff attorney in 2012 and is now the director of ICLE's vast publications and online resources. She works on content planning, resource innovation, customer research, strategic initiatives, and supervises ICLE's staff lawyers. Before coming to ICLE, Ms. Sedlacek practiced in New Hampshire and handled a variety of family law, negligence, real property, and...