Labor & Employment Law Advisory Board
Kaitlin A. Brown
FisherBroyles, Bloomfield Hills
Kaitlin (Katie) A. Brown is a partner at the firm. Specializing in employment law, she focuses on counseling employers to take measures to prevent more costly claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and improper payment of wages. Ms. Brown has worked with clients in many industries, including automotive, corporate, medical, educational, nonprofit, and financial. Her experience ranges from working with...View Full Bio
Kerry Cahill
Sue Ellen Eisenberg and Associates PC, Bloomfield Hills
Kerry is an employment lawyer who has represented a wide range of individuals in difficult employment transitions, including executives and other professionals involved in employment and contract disputes. Her extensive experience in employment law includes wrongful and retaliatory termination; discrimination and harassment; wage-and-hour claims; Whistleblowers’ Protection Act claims; severance agreement negotiations; Family Medical Leave Act and Americans with Disabilities Act...View Full Bio
Thomas J. Cedoz
Husch Blackwell, Novi
Thomas J. Cedoz is a labor and employment attorney whose practice focuses on complex business and employment litigation including wage and hour collective action matters, workplace discrimination claims, and other employment related disputes. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the Michigan Supreme Court, and the 6th Circuit Court...View Full Bio
Ellen Hoeppner
Corewell Health, Southfield
Ellen Hoeppner is a senior associate general counsel at Beaumont Health, where she is the lead attorney for matters related to employment law, labor, and employee benefits, including wage and hour, executive compensation, workplace accommodations, leaves of absence, Equal Employment Opportunity compliance, restructuring and reductions in force, COVID-19, and other workplace issues. In her role, Ms. Hoeppner regularly conducts training...View Full Bio
Joseph Michaels
Croson Taub and Michaels, Ann Arbor
Joseph Michaels is a partner and cofounder of the firm and the leader of the firm's union-side labor practice. An experienced advocate for Michigan's working men and women, Mr. Michaels has successfully litigated dozens of employment and civil rights cases in state and federal courts, always representing employees and never employers, governments, or corporations. He has handled all types of...View Full Bio
Channing Robinson-Holmes
Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers, Royal Oak
Channing Robinson-Holmes has specialized in employment and civil rights litigation for nearly 10 years. Her experience includes claims involving discrimination based on age, national origin, sex, race, disability, and sexual orientation, as well as claims of sex harassment, assault, and retaliation, and violations of the Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security...View Full Bio
Shawndrica Simmons
Simmons Legal dba the LawChic, Pontiac
Shawndrica Simmons focuses her civil litigation practice on labor and employment, family, probate, and contractual law. She engages in litigation against unions and the employer for workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, improper calculations of retirement benefits, and failure to fairly represent matters. She also specializes in handling high-risk divorces where there are allegations of abuse. Ms. Simmons has arbitrated more than...View Full Bio
Ronda Tate Truvillion
Lewis & Munday PC, Detroit
Ronda Tate Truvillion is a shareholder and cochair of the Litigation Group at the firm, where she counsels management on labor and employment matters and practices commercial litigation along with insurance defense. She represents clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to local nonprofits, starting at the investigation phase though litigation and appeal, as well as during arbitration and administrative proceedings....View Full Bio
Zana Tomich
Dalton & Tomich PLC, Detroit
Zana Tomich is a cofounding partner of the firm. Ms. Tomich is a business lawyer who helps small to midsized businesses in Michigan capitalize on opportunities and manage risks, many of which are related to employment matters. She serves business clients in various capacities, including in the role of fractional general counsel, which puts her in a position to oversee...View Full Bio
Max H. Matthies
ICLE Advisory Board Liaison
Max H. Matthies joined ICLE in 2017 and worked with ICLE contributors to produce on-demand seminars, How-To Kits, Top Tips in Ten Minutes, and online training programs. He currently coordinates and plans ICLE live seminars and institutes. Before joining ICLE, Mr. Matthies practiced law in California and Michigan in private practice, handling civil litigation, estate planning, transactional law, property tax...View Full Bio