In a major victory for employers, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that individualized arbitration clauses in employment contracts are enforceable. In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Supreme Court determined that the Federal Arbitration Act is compatible with, rather than opposed to, other federal statutes such as the National Labor Relations Act. The most recent Justice, Neil Gorsuch, wrote the 5-4 majority opinion. The decision provides that employers can insist on individualized arbitration clauses in their contracts with employees and preclude employees from bringing class or collective actions in court. The employees in the case had …
David Pierce Named Best Lawyers® 2018 Litigation-Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year” in Dayton
Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that one of the firm’s attorneys, David P. Pierce, has been named Best Lawyers® 2018 Litigation–Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year” in Dayton. Only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored as “Lawyer of the Year.” “Being a peer-based designation and one that only a singular attorney in Dayton receives in each practice area makes David’s Best Lawyers’ inclusion a special one, and as his colleagues we are proud of his accomplishment,” said J. Stephen Herbert, President of Coolidge Wall. Best Lawyers has become universally regarded …
David Pierce Named Best Lawyers® 2018 Litigation-Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year” in Dayton
Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that one of the firm’s attorneys, David P. Pierce, has been named Best Lawyers® 2018 Litigation–Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year” in Dayton. Only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored as “Lawyer of the Year.” “Being a peer-based designation and one that only a singular attorney in Dayton receives in each practice area makes David’s Best Lawyers’ inclusion a special one, and as his colleagues we are proud of his accomplishment,” said J. Stephen Herbert, President of Coolidge Wall. Best Lawyers has become universally regarded …
Firm Hosts Court Camp Students
On Tuesday, June 27, 2017, Coolidge Wall hosted a group of 19 students as part of the Montgomery County Court Camp Program. Most of the students are first generation college bound and serve in a government club or mock trial program at the school. Coolidge Wall attorneys Bud Seall, Chris Conard, Pat Friesinger, and Chip Herin participated in a session moderated by Coolidge Wall’s coordinator, David Pierce. Afterwards, the students toured the Firm’s offices before returning back to the Courthouse. It is our sincere hope that we helped these students on their journey to success.
Pierce Becomes First Vice President of DBA
On Friday, June 9, 2017, David Pierce was sworn in as First Vice-President of the Dayton Bar Association by Judge Jeffrey Froelich at the DBA’s annual meeting.
David Pierce and Other Dayton Bar Association Officers Participate in ABA Bar Leadership Institute
Joining over 300 other emerging leaders of lawyer organizations from across the country at the American Bar Association’s Bar Leadership Institute (BLI), March 15-17 were Brian L. Wildermuth, President-Elect and David P. Pierce, Second Vice President of the DBA. The BLI takes place annually in Chicago. It offers incoming officials of local and state bars, special focus lawyer organizations and bar foundations the opportunity to confer with ABA officials, bar leader colleagues, executive staff and other experts on the operation of such Associations. Wildermuth and Pierce joined ABA President Linda A. Klein, and ABA President-Elect Hilarie Bass, in sessions on …
What Will Happen to the Salary-Exempt Regulations Under the New Administration?
We have continued to follow the litigation and political maneuvering surrounding last year’s proposed wage and hour regulations. Those regulations, which would have increased the threshold requirement for most salary exempt positions from $455 to $913 per week, were temporarily halted nationwide last November by a federal judge in Texas. Since that time, the case has been appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, while political wrangling over the regulations has continued. Recently, President Trump’s initial pick for Secretary of Labor, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his nomination and was replaced by Alexander Acosta, the dean of Florida International Law School. …
David Pierce and Wife Lisa Are Featured Barristers of the Month in Dayton Bar Briefs
Happy Valentine’s Day! Coolidge Wall’s David P. Pierce and his wife Lisa S. Pierce, who is also an attorney at Dinsmore & Shohl, are featured as the Barristers of the Month in the February issue of Dayton Bar Briefs. This article shares their personal and professional journey together and the life they built in the Dayton community. Read more about these lawyers in love below.
Wage-Hour Update: Latest on Salary-Exempt Status Litigation
In our blog entry dated November 23, 2016, Coolidge Wall announced that a federal judge in Texas had issued an injunction halting the Department of Labor’s new wage and hour regulations from being implemented on December 1, 2016, as anticipated. These amended regulations purported to increase the threshold salary requirement for most exempt positions from $455 to $913 per week, which would have impacted more than an estimated four million workers throughout the country. Many employers were poised to implement changes in compliance with the amendments, and others had already implemented such changes in advance of the effective date. Since …
Coolidge Wall Attorneys Speak on FLSA Wage-Hour Regulations
On December 7, 2016, Marc Fleischauer and David Pierce presented on the topic of the Fair Labor Standards Act to a group of lawyers as part of the Dayton Bar Association’s Annual Labor and Employment Law Roundup. The presentation focused on the Department of Labor’s proposed amendments to its wage and hour regulations that had been set to take effect on December 1, 2016, before a last-minute nationwide preliminary injunction was granted by a federal court in Texas. Pierce and Fleischauer provided background on the proposed regulations and up-to-the-minute information and analysis on the legal battle now taking place before …