 Welcome to Thompson & Bishop
Thompson & Bishop is comprised of a husband and wife team of attorneys dedicated to fighting for the rights of employees who have been harmed in employment by governmental and corporate wrongdoers. Since 1992 our office has devoted its efforts to pursuing the rights of employees through negotiation and litigation in state and federal courts, and before administrative agencies.
The offices of Thompson & Bishop overlook Nesmith Lake in historic Portage Lakes, Ohio. Partners Dennis R. Thompson and Christy B. Bishop are both OSBA-Certified Specialists in Labor and Employment law. See Attorney Profiles. Our firm serves employees throughout Ohio, and federally across the nation. We offer a wealth of experience and success in litigation, administrative, and appellate work. See Representative Cases
Thompson & Bishop is dedicated to educating you and enforcing your rights under the law. We also have wide experience representing Safety Forces and other employee groups in claims of disparate impact in employment testing. Our firm is comfortable with complex, multi-plaintiff public-sector litigation, as well as representing the single wronged plaintiff.
The firm of Thompson & Bishop services clients nationwide, and is currently representing multi-plaintiff cases (disparate impact, treatment, and hostile environment, particularly race and age) in Ohio, Texas, and Florida.
About Our Website
Our site provides more detailed information, articles, news, profiles, and other interesting items. You are invited to peruse it, and offer any suggestions. If you are a wronged employee and considering taking action or inquiring further about your legal rights, please access About the Employment Legal Process. You also can find helpful information on employment laws in the site.
Should you wish a consultation with our firm, to the left is a link to our Client Intake Sheet Prior to filling out the Client Intake Sheet, please carefully read About/Using the Client Intake Sheet [create internal link to page], which will give you information about your rights and assist in filling out the sheet. This will help streamline any further consultation or interview, should the firm schedule one.
There is no charge for filling out and submitting a Client Intake Sheet, and all of the information will be kept confidential by the firm.
Our firm handles matters in the areas of:
- Class and Collective Actions
- Public-Sector Employment Litigation and Negotiation
- Employment Discrimination, both disparate impact and disparate treatment
- Retaliation
- Harassment & Hostile Environment
- Whistleblower Claims
- Family Medical Leave Act
- Failure to Pay Wages / Overtime / Commissions & Benefits
- Public-Sector Employment Litigation
- Breach of Contract & Breach of Implied Contract
- Contract Negotiation: Non-Compete, Severance, Executive Compensation Packages
- Union Duty of Fair Representation
- Union Discrimination
- Privacy in Employment
- First Amendment and Public-Sector Speech
- Public Records & Freedom of Information Act Issues
- Appellate Practice, both State & Federal
- Counseling Regarding Employment Rights
- Administrative Agency Representation in all aspects (unemployment, internal hearings, administrative appeals, EEOC, etc.)
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