Richard T. Prasse

Richard T. (“Ted”) Prasse has represented private and public sector employers in NLRB and SERB matters, labor negotiations, arbitrations, wage and hour issues (including employment class actions), equal employment litigation, employer counseling, OSHA, and Ohio Workers’ Compensation. His work has included representation of schools in constitutional and statutory issues in public, student and employee matters.

Professional History

• Senior Counsel, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, 2019-present; Partner, 1990-2018

• Associate, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, 1981-90

Experience

• Long-standing and national representation of largest privately held multi-industry corporation in employment, union relations and litigation matters.

• Nationwide representation of multi-facility meat producer and processor in employment matters.

• Nationwide representation of international apparel manufacturer in labor and employment matters in numerous states, including Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. Cases have included a wide range of issues, including race, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, racial harassment, and workers' compensation retaliation.

• Representation of a national manufacturer in collective bargaining, culminating in strike and plant closing.

• Representation of a national pharmaceutical firm in collective bargaining with improved quality and productivity during multi-year plant closing.

• Representation of manufacturers in collective bargaining to end participation in multi-employer pension and welfare plans.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

NLRB Notice Requirement Delayed

April 17, 2012

NLRB Procedural Amendments + New Notice Requirements = Increased Risks & Decreased Opportunities for Employers

March 16, 2012

NLRB Proposed Rules Amendments Designed to Facilitate Union Organizing

June 25, 2011

Employers Targeted By Homeland Security

April 02, 2010

New Law Broadens the Scope of Coverage of the ADA

September 01, 2008

Community Involvement

National History Day, Executive Committee, Board of Trustees; Former President, 1997-2000, 2006-09; NHD is 2012 Recipient of National Humanities Medal from President Obama

National Aviation Heritage Alliance, Trustee and President

Ohio Historical Society, Former President and Chair, Board of Trustees, 2008-12

Case Western Reserve University History Associates, Director and President

Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Commission, Commissioner and President

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums, Trustee and Treasurer

The Dawes Arboretum, Trustee and Secretary

United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland, Former President, Board of Directors

Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on the History of Ohio Courts, Appointed by Chief Justice O’Connor

Legislative Commission on Education and Preservation of State History, Appointed by Governor Strickland

Public Square Preservation Committee, Member

National Aviation Hall of Fame, Board of Nominations

Awards & Distinctions

The Best Lawyers in America®, Labor Law-Management, Employment Law-Management, 2011-21

AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell

Association of Ohio Commodores, Appointed by Governor Kasich