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Margaret M. Koesel
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mkoesel@porterwright.com
p: 216-443-2530 f: 216-443-9011
925 Euclid Ave.
Suite 1700
Cleveland, OH 44115-1483
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Ms. Koesel has 20 years experience in the areas of employment, business, and commercial litigation. She devotes a substantial portion of her practice to defending companies in employment discrimination and wrongful discharge litigation. She also represents clients in ERISA pension and welfare benefit disputes, trade secret, and non-compete disputes. She has significant trial experience and has argued appeals in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, various Ohio courts of appeals and the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Ms. Koesel also has substantial training in and significant experience mediating employment and ERISA cases. She serves as a pro bono mediator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Mediation Program and on the Panel of Alternative Dispute Neutrals for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Ms. Koesel was an adjunct professor in Appellate Advocacy at Case Western Reserve University Law School and is presently adjunct lecturer on Ohio Civil Procedure at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Practice Areas
Employee Benefits
KERISA fiduciary compliance
Labor & Employment
Employment class and collective actions
Employment discrimination and wrongful discharge litigation
ERISA/employee benefits advice and litigation
Leave/reasonable accommodation administration
Preventative workplace counseling
Reductions-in-force and restructuring
Workforce and management training
Workplace privacy
Litigation
Complex commercial
Professional liability
Professional Associations
American Bar Association
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Ohio Women's Bar Association
Education
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law , J.D., magna cum laude, 1988; Cleveland State Law Review, Editor, 1987
Baldwin-Wallace College, B.A., Business Administration, 1985
Bar Admissions
State of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Presentations/Publications/CLE
Speaker, Great Lakes Higher Education Law Symposium, “Strategies for Effectively Mediating Employment Disputes,” February 2010
Speaker, Ohio State Bar Association, “Employment-At-Will: Does It Still Exist?” August 2009
Speaker, Family and Medical Leave Act Master Class, The Advanced Interactive Workshop for Employers, “Family Military Leave and Navigating the FMLA’s Medical Certification Process,” March 2008
Speaker, Ohio Emloyment Law Summit, "Confronting Workplace Violence," April 2007
Speaker, Lorman Education Services, "Advanced Topics on The Family and Medical Leave Act," April 2006
Speaker, Association of Corporate Counsel America, Northern Ohio Chapter, "Document Preservation and Destruction Issues in Federal Court," Cleveland, Ohio, March 16, 2006
Speaker, Association of Corporate Counsel America, Central Ohio Chapter, "Litigation, Spoliation of Evidence, & E-Discovery," Columbus, Ohio, January 24, 2006
Coauthor, Spoliation of Evidence: Remedies and Sanctions for Destruction of Evidence in Civil Litigation, American Bar Association, 2000, 2006 (2nd Edition)
Coauthor, "Will the Real Legislature Please Stand Up? A Response to Kulch v. Structural Fibers, Inc.: Clarifying the Public Policy Exception," 46 Clev. St. L. Rev. 19, 1998
Honors & Awards
Recognized by the publishers of Law & Politics and Cincinnati Magazine as an Ohio Super Lawyer® (2010)
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