Ronald G. Linville
Ronald G. Linville is Chair of Baker Hostetler’s National Employment and Labor Group, where he manages over 100 lawyers in Baker Hostetler’s 11 offices coast to coast. This team of employment litigators and traditional labor lawyers form one of the largest practices of any national, full-service law firm in the country.
For over 25 years, Mr. Linville has focused his practice on management labor and employment law, representing public and private sector clients. His extensive experience in labor law includes the negotiation and administration of over 200 labor contracts across the country. His negotiation/arbitration practice has helped clients achieve a competitive advantage through workplace efficiencies and significant cost savings.
As a seasoned employment litigator, Mr. Linville regularly helps clients avoid or minimize litigation costs. He is very comfortable in the courtroom and has successfully tried a number of employment cases to juries for FORTUNE 100 clients of the firm in both state and federal court. These cases include a variety of complex employment discrimination and civil rights actions, wage-hour and other types of class actions and disputes involving protection of trade secrets, unfair competition and unfair business practices. Mr. Linville also provides representation for the defense of Section 301 cases for alleged breach of collective bargaining agreements.
In addition, Mr. Linville has successfully arbitrated both discipline/discharge and contract interpretation cases under labor contracts for a variety of clients across the country. He has defended labor/employment litigation matters for clients in the transportation, lighting, healthcare, manufacturing and technology industries, including lawsuits involving race and sex discrimination, sexual harassment, the Americans With Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, wrongful discharge and implied employment contracts. Mr. Linville has also defended numerous clients regarding Sarbanes-Oxley claims.
Mr. Linville has an active practice before a number of regulatory agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, various state civil rights agencies (including the Ohio Civil Rights Commission), the Department of Labor and the State Employment Relations Board.
Mr. Linville regularly counsels clients with regard to employment and personnel matters, including the Americans With Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, drug testing, sexual harassment, wage-hour matters, protecting trade secrets and confidential corporate material and the drafting and enforcement of non-compete/nondisclosure agreements. He regularly speaks on a variety of personnel issues at regional and national seminars.
Since 1997, Mr. Linville has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has been an Ohio “Super Lawyer” since that designation was created. He is also one of only 12 Ohio attorneys named to the “Who’s Who Legal USA in Management Labor and Employment Law” list for 2006 by the International Bar Association. In addition, Mr. Linville is recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in employment and labor law by Chambers & Partners in the 2008 Chambers USA Client’s Guide.