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Tod F. Schleier is a partner in
the law firm of Schleier Law Offices, P.C. (www.azworklaw.com)
in Phoenix, Arizona. He has practiced as a plaintiff’s
employment lawyer for nearly three decades.
Mr. Schleier graduated
from Brown
University,
magna cum laude, Phi Beta
Kappa and with honors in 1973, with a B.A. in Political Science and
Religion. He then graduated from
Arizona
State
University
Law School
in 1976 and was a member of the Arizona State University Law Journal.
Mr. Schleier has
litigated virtually every type of employment case against private
employers and public entities in the state and federal courts of Arizona. He has handled: wrongful discharge,
whistleblowing and statutory retaliation claims; Title VII claims for
sexual, racial, and ethnic harassment and constructive discharge;
gender, religion, age and disability discrimination claims; First
Amendment free speech and due process claims; and disputes concerning
noncompetition covenants, trade secrets, wages and executive employment
contracts. Mr. Schleier has fifteen years’ experience as a mediator and
arbitrator in employment disputes and is listed on the American
Arbitration Association’s mediator/arbitrator panels.
Mr. Schleier obtained
one of the largest employment jury verdicts in Arizona on a sexual harassment claim, in
December 1991, for $2,385,000, in Schallock v. Heinze et. al, which was televised on Court TV. He handled the landmark case of
State of Arizona v. Schallock, 189 Ariz. 250, 941 P.2d 1275 (1997), which
established legal principles for vicarious liability of employers in
sexual harassment and employment cases. In May 1999, Mr. Schleier
obtained a jury verdict against Best Western International, Inc. in a
whistleblower claim, for $1,750,000; the verdict was upheld in
Murcott v. Best Western
International, 198 Ariz. 349, 9 P.3d 1088 (App.2000), which
clarified legal principles for whistleblowing in Arizona.
Mr. Schleier has been
recognized continuously by Best
Lawyers in America since 1989, and was named
"Phoenix
Best Lawyers
Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year" for 2010. He has been
recognized by Chambers as one of the
top employment lawyers in Arizona, has an AV rating in
Martindale Hubbell and was ranked as one of Arizona’s
Top 50
Super Lawyers in 2009. In 2001 he was inducted as a Fellow in The
College of Labor and Employment Lawyers for his career-long achievements
as an employment lawyer.
Mr. Schleier is a
frequent presenter at seminars and conferences on topics of wrongful
discharge, sexual harassment, and retaliation claims to public entities,
human resources organizations, bar associations (including the American
Bar Association Mid-Winter Employment and Civil Rights Conference 2002)
for the past fifteen years. He is a member of several labor and
employment law organizations including the National Employment Lawyers
Association and the Arizona Employment Lawyers Association. Mr. Schleier
has been licensed to practice in all
Arizona
state and federal courts since 1976, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He was the first
Chairman of the State Bar of Arizona Sub-Committee for Employment Law
Jury Instructions.
He lives in Phoenix with his wife Lisa
and two dogs, and is an avid sports fan and marine aquarium hobbyist.
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