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Gilbert P. Brosky

Partner

Cleveland
T +1.216.861.7547
F +1.216.696.0740
gbrosky@bakerlaw.com
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Overview

Gil Brosky concentrates his employment litigation practice primarily on class actions in the wage and hour and Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 areas, as well as on assisting employers in a number of individual employment-related matters. With hard work and creative thinking, Gil crafts effective litigation strategies that have resulted in a successful class action track record. Gil is a regular contributor to BakerHostetler’s Employment Class Action blog, offering commentary on recent class action decisions and trends affecting employers.

Select Experience

  • Defending a national wage and hour collective action involving alleged misclassification of insurance adjusters.
  • Successfully defended an asserted national class action alleging disparate impact with respect to the use of criminal background checks in the hotel industry.
  • Successfully defended a California wage and hour class action in the information technology industry.
  • Has successfully defended numerous individual lawsuits and charges of discrimination.
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Experience

  • Defending a national wage and hour collective action involving alleged misclassification of insurance adjusters.
  • Successfully defended an asserted national class action alleging disparate impact with respect to the use of criminal background checks in the hotel industry.
  • Successfully defended a California wage and hour class action in the information technology industry.
  • Has successfully defended numerous individual lawsuits and charges of discrimination.

Recognitions and Memberships

Recognitions

  • Ohio Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (2010, 2013 to 2017)

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Cleveland Bar Association

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Prior Positions

  • Army JAG, 25th Infantry Department of Defense: Intern (Honolulu)

Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2009
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
  • Ohio, 2005

Education

  • J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 2005
  • B.A., Tiffin University, 2001

Blog

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Employment Class Action Blog
The Supreme Court Confirms That Class Plaintiffs Must Take Their Bite of the Apple Sooner Rather Than Later
By Jeffrey R. Vlasek
June 12, 2018
Although he is remembered as a Los Angeles Laker, Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as basketball trivia buffs know, actually began his NBA career on the Milwaukee Bucks. After turning down an offer to play for the Harlem Globetrotters...
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Employment Class Action Blog
Experts Must Satisfy Daubert Standards at Certification Stage
By Gregory V. Mersol
June 5, 2018
D.C. District Court Follows Dukes Admonition Nearly seven years ago, in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), the Supreme Court addressed, at least in significant respect, the question of whether experts must satisfy Daubert...
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Employment Class Action Blog
Texas District Court Denies Certification of Claims Involving Claimed Racial Preferences in Requests to Staffing Agency
By Gregory V. Mersol
May 31, 2018
Class not reasonably ascertainable In the wake of major wage and hour decisions such as last week’s opinion in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, it’s easy to forget that employers continue to face class-action claims in other contexts...
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Employment Class Action Blog
The Legality of Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements – SCOTUS Finally Speaks
By Dustin M. Dow, John B. Lewis, Gregory V. Mersol
May 21, 2018
The controversy surrounding the validity of employment arbitration agreements with class action waivers has been simmering since at least 2012. Now, with the Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, we have an answer: They...
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Employment Class Action Blog
Washington Court Denies Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment on Various Overtime Issues
By Gregory V. Mersol
May 16, 2018
Overconfidence won’t overcome questions of fact Most practitioners and human resource professionals are already familiar with the increasingly difficult wage and hour laws in California and its “Mini Me” to the east, New York state. But...
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