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JessicaMacKeigan

Counsel
Cleveland

O 216.566.5639

JessicaMacKeigan

Counsel

Jessica is counsel in the firm’s Labor & Employment group. She counsels businesses on employee relations and assists in preparing complex executive and employment agreements, conducting compliance reviews of employment policies and practices, and performing workplace investigations. She also represents and defends employers in litigation, including investigating and responding to agency charges, workers’ compensation appeals, wage and hour collective actions, and other employment-related disputes.

Focus Areas

Examples of Jessica’s experience include:

  • Successfully defending employer and defeating plaintiff’s motion for conditional certification in an FLSA collective action, resulting in settlement of named plaintiff’s individual claims.
  • Assisting as second-chair at bench trial that secured verdict for minority shareholder on claims of breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract brought against majority shareholder of closely held company.
  • Assisting as second-chair at jury trial involving an employer intentional tort claim resulting in verdict exceeding $1 million in favor of injured worker who suffered permanent injuries caused by unguarded machinery.
  • Securing dismissals or settlements in numerous EEOC and/or OCRC charges of discrimination.
  • “Recapping Significant Rulemaking in 2024,” Thompson Hine Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, November 2024

Professional Associations

  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association, N.D. Ohio Chapter

Community Activities

  • Community Housing Solutions, board member

Education

  • Cleveland State University College of Law, J.D.,
    summa cum laude
    ,

    Cleveland State Law Review, research editor, Student Note published in law review and selected as Note of the Year

  • Baldwin-Wallace College, B.A.,
    magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois