Bradley A. Sherman focuses his practice on managing, defending and resolving complex multi-faceted litigation and negotiations and has successfully resolved disputes in a wide variety of labor and employment areas, including:

• Wage and hour
• Employment discrimination
• Collective bargaining
• Leave issues
• Non-competition
• Employee-related privacy matters

He appears in state and federal courts and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the State Employment Relations Board, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and the Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission. He has specific knowledge of claims arising under:

• Title VII
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• The Family and Medical Leave Act
• The Fair Labor Standards Act
• The National Labor Relations Act
• Chapter 4112
• The Ohio Minimum Wage Act

He also represents clients in arbitration and mediation.

Bradley has a broad base of labor- and employment-related expertise and concentrates on multi-plaintiff and class and collective action litigation in the context of wage and hour and discrimination. In more than a dozen reported decisions, his experience includes more than 25 class or collective actions and multiple-plaintiff cases and trial exposure in discrimination, tort, contract, wrongful discharge and constitutional law.

Additionally, he provides counseling and strategic guidance on compliance and all other  manner of employment-related issues.

Bradley is a frequent speaker on a variety of subjects concerning employers, including internet and email privacy issues, harassment prevention, handling investigations and discipline effectively, wage and hour issues and employment litigation trial strategies. He also was a member of the 2008-2009 faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Most often, Bradley works with clients in the following industries:

• Oil and gas
• Mining
• Construction
• Healthcare
• Higher education

Bradley serves on Littler Medelson's Associates, Real Estate, and Technology Committees.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Vice-chair, National Young Leadership Campaign - Jewish Federations of North America, 2011 - 2012
• Vice-chair, Marketing and Communications, National Young Leadership - Jewish Federations of North America, 2010 - 2011
• Chair, Boston Leadership Conference - Jewish Federations of North America, 2010
• Member, Jewish Federations of North America, 2007-present
• Chair, Human Resource Development - Jewish Federation of Cleveland, 2010-present
• Chair, Young Leadership Division - Jewish Federation of Cleveland, 2007
• Member, Board of Trustees - Jewish Federation of Cleveland, 2007-present
• Member, Cleveland Hillel Board of Trustees, 2011
• Vice-president, Montefiore Housing Corporation Board, 2009-2010
• Member, Montefiore Housing Corporation Board, 2004-present
• Participant, Cleveland Bridge Builders Flagship Class, 2006-present
• Participant, Mandel Course for Advanced Leadership, 2003-2004

RECOGNITION

• Recipient, Jewish Community Federation Yanowitz Leadership Award, 2008
• Named, Rising Star - Ohio
• Awarded, Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating