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Jeff assists closely-held companies, public corporations, municipalities and private organizations in resolving lawsuits at both the trial and appellate level. He has represented clients in various state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Federal Circuits. Jeff’s experience has involved defending municipal clients against claims alleging violations of the Constitution under 42 U.S.C §1983, the Civil Rights Act, and voting statutes such as the Help America Vote Act. Jeff also has represented employers and other clients in lawsuits brought under various state and federal anti-discrimination laws (including Title VII, the Fair Housing Act, and the ADA), as well as in actions to enforce non-competition and/or non-solicitation agreements. Further, Jeff’s employment litigation experience also includes the defense of employers in proceedings brought by the U.S. Department of Labor under OSHA and MSHA (the Federal Mine Safety & Health Act). As an attorney in the firm’s Tort, Accident and Products Liability Litigation group, Jeff’s experience also has involved defending employers and other clients against employer intentional tort, negligence, premises liability, products liability, toxic tort, and other related claims in state and federal courts. Jeff also has experience in securities, tax, and employee benefits-related litigation. He has represented clients in lawsuits involving issues under the Securities and Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Further, Jeff defends employee benefit plans and plan administrators in lawsuits brought under ERISA, and has represented corporate clients with respect to various state and federal tax issues. In fact, Jeff received his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 2002 and is licensed to practice before the U.S. Tax Court. Jeff received his law degree, with honors, from The Ohio State University College of Law in 2001, where he was a member of the Ohio State Law Journal and the National Health Law Moot Court team. An author and commentator on litigation-related issues, Jeff published the article A New Trend in the Law of Privilege: The Federal Settlement Privilege and the Proper Use of Federal Rule of Evidence 501 for the Recognition of New Privileges in the University of Memphis Law Review in 2005. Prior to joining Calfee in 2003, Jeff served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard F. Suhrheinrich on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, where he worked on dozens of groundbreaking cases, including Lane v. Tennessee, 315 F.3d 680 (6th Cir. 2003) (allowing ADA claims premised on violations of procedural due process); Taubman Co. v. Webfeats, 319 F.3d 770 (6th Cir. 2003) (establishing constitutionality of internet gripe sites), Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Chiles Power Supply, Inc., 332 F.3d 976 (6th Cir. 2003) (creating federal settlement privilege), U.S. v. Dailide, 316 F.3d 611 (6th Cir. 2003) (setting standards for revocation of naturalization of alleged war criminals), and U.S. v. Galloway, 316 F.3d 624 (6th Cir. 2003) (establishing constitutionality of secondary customs searches.) | 