Practice
Business Litigation & Employment Law
Donald A. Duda Co., LPA is a general practice law office that focuses on the areas of construction law, civil litigation, township and zoning issues, corporate formation, and ongoing corporate organizational activities. Attorney Duda handles a wide array of business litigation matters, construction litigation, contract preparation and review, and employment law-related matters in both state and federal court.
Experience You Can Trust
Attorney Duda has experience in regularly representing his clients in proceedings before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation, the Ohio Industrial Commission, the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, the American Arbitration Association, and other state and federal administrative agencies. Don Duda also represents employees and employers in cases involving the enforcement and defense of confidentiality and non-competition agreements, as well as other restrictive covenants.
Employment Law
Don focuses his practice on representing employers in a variety of industries on all aspects of the employment relationship. Here, a substantial portion of our time is devoted to issues arising on a daily basis with employers, their business operations, and dispute resolutions. We're frequently involved in current and ongoing consultations concerning compliance with new, existing, and emerging laws.
Construction Law
Attorney Duda has significant experience assisting both homeowners and contractors with disputes concerning issues in construction projects. We've litigated numerous construction disputes and employment discrimination claims, and we have defended EPA compliance issues in both state and federal courts. We assist employers in ongoing workers' compensation claims, investigations, and resolutions of employment-based litigation. Our experience and representation focuses on developing affirmative action, equal opportunity unemployment, workers' compensation, non-compete agreements, and other laws regulating the employment relationship in an effort to minimize potential employment-related litigation.
Don has focused a great deal of his career on prosecuting and defending administrative appeals to include matters before the Township Board of Zoning Appeals. He has appeared and litigated a variety of employment-based age, race, and disability discrimination claims before both the Ohio Equal Employment Commission and the United States Equal Employment Commission. He has likewise defended numerous Occupational Health and Safety Administration matters at the federal level, and Industrial Commission matters at the state level. Assisting employers and their ongoing needs and growth, Don has provided guidance to employers by writing and reviewing personnel policies, employee handbooks, and affirmative action plans.