Bill focuses his practice on public law and labor and employment law. His public law practice involves a wide range of legal issues encountered by local government bodies, including public records, open meetings, public employment matters, zoning, economic development, and public entity contracting to public right of way (PROW) management issues. He currently serves or has previously served as law director and assistant law director for many municipalities throughout Ohio, along with serving as special counsel for municipalities in cable/telecommunications, public law and employment matters. Bill has also served as special counsel and legal adviser to municipal Charter Review Commissions.

In addition, Bill represents private sector employers in defending employment discrimination, wrongful termination, and other employment-related claims, provided day-to-day employment law advice and counseling, and represented clients in more than 100 employment mediations involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC), and other state administrative agencies and private mediators.

Serves as director of law for the City of Cleveland Heights

Serves as director of law for the Village of Moreland Hills

Serves legal counsel to the Board of Trustees for the Richfield Joint Recreation District

Serves as senior counsel for the Village of Richfield; formerly served as director of law

Served as assistant director of law for the city of Beachwood

Served as assistant director of law for the city of Cleveland Heights

Served as assistant director of law for the village of Hunting Valley

Serves as special counsel for municipalities in the development and administration of comprehensive PROW management ordinances

Assists municipalities with the development and administration of comprehensive PROW management ordinances

Represents public entities in zoning/land use litigation, including the defense of O.R.C. Chapter 2506 appeals taken from decisions of local boards of zoning appeals

Represents public entities in tort litigation involving the assertion of immunities and defenses under O.R.C. Chapter 2744

Advises planning commissions and zoning boards in code interpretation and enforcement proceedings, including procedural amendments to zoning codes to improve the quality and speed of quasi-judicial proceedings

Represented a municipality in substantial public records litigation

Advised local government entities on the formation of a joint recreation district to preserve a 300+ acre property from development

Labor & Employment Law

Defends employment discrimination claims filed with the EEOC, OCRC, and numerous other state and local civil rights agencies for large, Ohio-based employers

Represents employers in state and federal court against charges of discrimination on the basis of race/color, age, sex/gender, and disability

Represents employers in wrongful discharge litigation

Defends municipalities in Section 1983 and civil rights litigation

Assists employers in the design, implementation, administration and enforcement of mandatory alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and arbitration programs covering employment-based claims

Represents employers in state and federal court proceedings to compel the use of mandatory private employment arbitration/ADR programs in lieu of judicial proceedings on the merits

Represents employers in mediations concerning wrongful discharge and discrimination claims brought by current and former employees

Society for Human Resource Management, Member

Northeast Ohio Law Directors Association, Member

Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, Member

Ohio State Bar Association, Member

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member

Federal Trade Commission Follows Through on Promise to Issue Rule Banning Virtually All Non-Compete Agreements (Apr 23, 2024) Sixth Circuit Throws Out Minimum Wage Standards for Employees Who Drive Their Own Vehicles for Work (Mar 18, 2024) “Regulating Small Cell Facilities in the Right-of-Way After H.B. 478 and the FCC Small Cell Order” - Co-presenter at the Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association’s Spring Municipal Law Seminar (2019)

Bill focuses his practice on public law and labor and employment law. His public law practice involves a wide range of legal issues encountered by local government bodies, including public records, open meetings, public employment matters, zoning, economic development, and public entity contracting to public right of way (PROW) management issues. He currently serves or has previously served as law director and assistant law director for many municipalities throughout Ohio, along with serving as special counsel for municipalities in cable/telecommunications, public law and employment matters. Bill has also served as special counsel and legal adviser to municipal Charter Review Commissions.

In addition, Bill represents private sector employers in defending employment discrimination, wrongful termination, and other employment-related claims, provided day-to-day employment law advice and counseling, and represented clients in more than 100 employment mediations involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC), and other state administrative agencies and private mediators.

Serves as director of law for the City of Cleveland Heights

Serves as director of law for the Village of Moreland Hills

Serves legal counsel to the Board of Trustees for the Richfield Joint Recreation District

Serves as senior counsel for the Village of Richfield; formerly served as director of law

Served as assistant director of law for the city of Beachwood

Served as assistant director of law for the city of Cleveland Heights

Served as assistant director of law for the village of Hunting Valley

Serves as special counsel for municipalities in the development and administration of comprehensive PROW management ordinances

Assists municipalities with the development and administration of comprehensive PROW management ordinances

Represents public entities in zoning/land use litigation, including the defense of O.R.C. Chapter 2506 appeals taken from decisions of local boards of zoning appeals

Represents public entities in tort litigation involving the assertion of immunities and defenses under O.R.C. Chapter 2744

Advises planning commissions and zoning boards in code interpretation and enforcement proceedings, including procedural amendments to zoning codes to improve the quality and speed of quasi-judicial proceedings

Represented a municipality in substantial public records litigation

Advised local government entities on the formation of a joint recreation district to preserve a 300+ acre property from development

Labor & Employment Law

Defends employment discrimination claims filed with the EEOC, OCRC, and numerous other state and local civil rights agencies for large, Ohio-based employers

Represents employers in state and federal court against charges of discrimination on the basis of race/color, age, sex/gender, and disability

Represents employers in wrongful discharge litigation

Defends municipalities in Section 1983 and civil rights litigation

Assists employers in the design, implementation, administration and enforcement of mandatory alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and arbitration programs covering employment-based claims

Represents employers in state and federal court proceedings to compel the use of mandatory private employment arbitration/ADR programs in lieu of judicial proceedings on the merits

Represents employers in mediations concerning wrongful discharge and discrimination claims brought by current and former employees

Society for Human Resource Management, Member

Northeast Ohio Law Directors Association, Member

Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, Member

Ohio State Bar Association, Member

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member

Federal Trade Commission Follows Through on Promise to Issue Rule Banning Virtually All Non-Compete Agreements (Apr 23, 2024) Sixth Circuit Throws Out Minimum Wage Standards for Employees Who Drive Their Own Vehicles for Work (Mar 18, 2024) “Regulating Small Cell Facilities in the Right-of-Way After H.B. 478 and the FCC Small Cell Order” - Co-presenter at the Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association’s Spring Municipal Law Seminar (2019)

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