Gary helps employers navigate the full spectrum of labor and employment law issues, including union negotiations, arbitrations, NLRB proceedings, wage and hour matters, employment discrimination and harassment, FMLA, employee handbooks, and employee discipline and discharge. Gary is known for his responsiveness and his ability to communicate complex legal concepts in a clear, practical way.
Gary represents a wide range of clients, including steel producers, manufacturers, health-care providers, municipalities, print shops, agribusiness, construction companies, commercial bakeries, and food producers. Gary has represented employers in state and federal courts, before the NLRB, DOL, EEOC, and various other local, state, and federal agencies.
With experience advising clients with locations in over twenty U.S. states and Canada, Gary brings broad, real-world perspective to his practice. Although his primary expertise is employment and labor law, many longtime clients also rely on his judgment on a wide range of legal issues because of his common sense and down-to-earth approach to problem solving.
In addition to his day-to-day work labor and employment law work, Gary is a registered civil mediator who draws on more than 30 years of legal experience to help parties resolve all types of employment and commercial disputes efficiently and fairly.
Gary is the firm’s managing partner and a recognized leader in his field. He has been recognized repeatedly by Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers for his work in management labor and employment law. Gary also has a Distinguished rating from Martindale- Hubbell. He is a member of the Allen County and Indiana State Bar Associations.
education
B.S., Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
J.D., Maurer School of Law, Indiana University
court admissions
Admitted to the Indiana State Bar – 1991
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 6th and 7th Circuits
U.S. District Courts for Indiana (Northern & Southern)
U.S. District Court for Ohio (Northern)
U.S. District Court for Michigan (Western)
U.S. District Court for Texas (Southern)
