Tod F. Schleier has practiced as a plaintiff’s employment lawyer for nearly three decades.  He is a partner in the law firm of Schleier Law Offices, P.C. (www.azworklaw.com) in Phoenix, Arizona.

     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 fifteen years’ experience as a mediator and arbitrator in employment disputes and is listed on the American Arbitration Association’s mediator/arbitrator panels.  He was the first Chairman of the State Bar of Arizona Sub-Committee for Employment Law Jury Instructions.

     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 vs. 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,honored 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 employment Super Lawyers in 2007.  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.