Todd F. Palmer - Lawyer in Cleveland, OH

Todd Palmer serves as Vice Chair of Calfee's Labor and Employment practice group. He has more than 25 years of experience counseling management of publicly traded and privately held businesses to drive employment law compliance and solve sensitive, complex and high-risk employment problems.

Todd defends employers against discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract and other employment litigation claims. He represents employers in labor contract negotiations, arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges and NLRB election proceedings. He enforces noncompetition and related covenants and pursues remedies for misappropriation of trade secrets. He designs risk reduction strategies for discipline and discharge of protected-class employees and works closely with clients to develop employee handbooks and personnel policies, including drug testing, workplace harassment and disciplinary policies. He provides training to employers on a variety of topics, including the ADA, FMLA, employee discipline and discharge, workplace harassment and workforce reductions.

He is an active member of the American Bar Associations Labor Employment Law Section, along with the Ohio Management Lawyers Association. He has served on the boards of local charities, a private club and his church.

Todd also serves as counselor to Calfees management on the Firms employment matters. In that role, Todd gains a unique perspective on the operational and business ramifications of advice on employment issues. Todd joined Calfee in 1995, was elected Partner in 2000, and began serving as Vice Chair of the Labor and Employment practice group in 2020.