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Frank Consolo

Frank Consolo is owner and managing member of Consolo Law Firm Ltd. Frank has been certified since 2003 as a specialist in labor and employment law by the Ohio State Bar Association.

Frank concentrates his practice in the areas of labor relations and employment law, including labor litigation and employment discrimination litigation and workers’ compensation defense. His practice focuses on management representation, including counseling and representation on workers’ compensation, labor relations and personnel matters. Frank also represents small to medium sized businesses in general corporate matters.

Frank is experienced in federal and state employment law and litigation, including litigating workers’ compensation appeals, defending causes of action for disability, race, age and sex discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful discharge in violation of public policy actions in federal and state courts, and before the Equal Employment Opportunity and Ohio Civil Rights Commissions. He also is experienced in defending workers’ claims for injury allowance and compensation, including temporary total compensation, wage loss, living maintenance, permanent partial disability, permanent total disability and death claims

Over the past 10 years Frank has managed a litigation docket averaging over 40 workers’ compensation court appeals per year in various courts of common pleas throughout Ohio. Frank also represents employers concerning allowance and compensation issues at all levels of the administrative process before the Industrial Commission of Ohio.

Frank is also experienced in federal and Ohio labor law and litigation, including defending causes of action for breach of collective bargaining agreements and breach of duty of fair representation in federal and state courts. He has represented clients in representation cases and unfair labor cases before the National Labor Relations Board and State Employment Relations Board as well as in labor relations matters, including labor arbitrations, grievance handling, labor union hand-billing and picketing, labor union organizing drives and elections, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, preparing employee handbooks, employee buy-out agreements and employment discrimination policies.

Frank is a 1989 graduate of Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law and is a member of the Labor Sections of the Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. He is admitted to and practiced before all Ohio courts, U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Ohio, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Sixth Circuits. In January 2003, Frank achieved certification as an OSBA Specialist in Labor and Employment Law in the state of Ohio. Frank also served as a Councilman in the City of University Heights from January 1, 2008-December 31, 2011.

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