Shannon Patton
USA Guide 2024
Band 4 : Labor & Employment
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
(216) 623-6068Share profile
Band 4
About
Provided by Shannon Patton
Practice Areas
Business Restructuring and M&A; Discrimination and Harassment; Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation; Litigation and Trials; Staffing, Independent Contractors and Contingent Workers; Wage and Hour; Whistleblowing, Compliance and Investigations
Career
Shannon has spent her entire career as a management-side labor and employment attorney, with an emphasis on employment litigation; wage and hour issues; and corporate counseling. She has successfully represented clients before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, arbitration proceedings, and mediations. Patton has handled a variety of employment-related cases, including wage and hour matters and claims involving age, gender, race, religion, disability discrimination, retaliation, and employee harassment.
In addition to private practice, Patton has in-house corporate counsel experience. She served as senior labor and employment counsel at a Fortune 1000 company. This in-house experience gives her a more practical and cost-sensitive perspective in advising clients.
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association; Cleveland Employment American Inn of Court; Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association; Irish American Law Society of Cleveland - Founding Member 2013-present; Ohio State Bar Association; Catholic Lawyers Guild 2019-present
Publications
Wage and Hour Answer Book, Aspen Publishing, contributing author, 2009
Education
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
J.D.
Miami University
Bachelors of Art, Honors