As an Ohio employment lawyer at Kegler Brown, Feheley practices primarily in the labor and employment law area, focusing on the representation of management in all aspects of labor and employee relations law. Larry chairs the firm’s Labor & Employee Relations practice area; he joined Kegler Brown in 1972.
Employee Relations Advice Larry advises clients regarding personnel issues, including hiring and firing lawfully, FMLA compliance, drug and alcohol testing, Fair Labor Standards Act compliance, and government contracting. He also has extensive experience in the development and preparation of employment agreements, employee handbooks, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, affirmative action plans, separation agreements and releases, and independent contractor agreements.
Employment Litigation
Larry also practices in the firm’s litigation area, in which he represents employers with issues such as the defense of all forms of discrimination and wrongful termination claims, OSHA citations, FMLA claims, and individual and collective action wage-hour claims. He also represents clients in initiating non-compete and trade secret litigation and in responding to EEOC, OCRC and state agency discrimination charges.
Union-Related Another aspect of Larry’s practice - in addition to employment law - is the representation of management as it relates to union-related issues. He is skilled in matters regarding structuring responses to union organizational attempts, collective bargaining negotiations, grievances, arbitration and more.
Lawrence has been recognized by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers and Super Lawyer as a top employment lawyer in Ohio.
Feheley practices primarily in the labor and employment law area, focusing on the representation of management in all aspects of labor and employee relations law. Larry chairs the firm’s Labor & Employee Relations practice area; he joined Kegler Brown in 1972.
Employee Relations Advice Larry advises clients regarding personnel issues, including hiring and firing lawfully, FMLA compliance, drug and alcohol testing, Fair Labor Standards Act compliance, and government contracting. He also has extensive experience in the development and preparation of employment agreements, employee handbooks, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, affirmative action plans, separation agreements and releases, and independent contractor agreements.
Employment Litigation Larry also practices in the firm’s litigation area, in which he represents employers with issues such as the defense of all forms of discrimination and wrongful termination claims, OSHA citations, FMLA claims, and individual and collective action wage-hour claims. He also represents clients in initiating non-compete and trade secret litigation and in responding to EEOC, OCRC and state agency discrimination charges.
Union-Related Another aspect of Larry’s practice is the representation of management as it relates to union-related issues. He is skilled in matters regarding structuring responses to union organizational attempts, collective bargaining negotiations, grievances, arbitration and more.
Career Highlights - Recognized for excellence in law by publications locally, nationally and internationally, including: The Best Lawyers in America®, Ohio Super Lawyers® (recognized as a “Top 100” attorney in Ohio and “Top 50” in Columbus), Chambers & Partners, numerous Who’s Who publications, Business First’s The Verdict, and more. He also maintains a pre-eminent AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest offered by the rating service.
- Highlights also include election as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Ohio Management Lawyers Association memberships, induction into the Society of Outstanding Lawyers in America, and membership on the OSBA Labor and Employment Law Section’s Board of Governors (emeritus).
Professional Memberships - Franklin University, Legal Aspects of Human Resource Management, adjunct professor
- Netcare Corporation, Board of Directors, member
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, pro bono mediator
Publications & Presentations
- Belated Removal of Employment Cases on the Basis of ERISA Preemption, The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Winter 2003 Newsletter (Vol. 5 No. 1)
- Top Ten Ways to Guarantee That One of Your Employees Will Sue You
- Planning for Reductions in Force
- New Twists on an Old Tale – Workplace Harassment
- Managing Employee Performance
- The Top Ten FMLA Mistakes Employers Make
- Litigating Race, Disability and Other Non-Sexual Harassment Claims
- How to Survive an OSHA Inspection
- Ten Common But Dangerous Wage-Hour Mistakes
Bar Admissions - Ohio
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Education - Juris Doctorate (1973)
Cornell University Law School
With Distinction; Order of the Coif - Bachelor of Arts, Government (1969)
Cornell University
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