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Christy B. Bishop is a partner and founder of Thompson & Bishop, and practices exclusively in the area of employment law, public records and litigation, with a focus on advocating employee rights. She is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; she also is admitted as counsel pro hac vice in several cases in other states.

Bishop is a state certified specialist in Labor and Employment law. With her husband and partner, Dennis Thompson, she has won substantial trial and appellate verdicts and decisions. See Representative Cases. Bishop earned her J.D. from the University of Akron School of Law, graduating cum laude. As a law student she received six academic achievement awards, including the Arthur J. Goldberg Prize in Constitutional Law. Bishop passed the Ohio Bar Examination and Multistate Examination in the 95th percentile.

She is profiled in Marquis’ Who’s Who in America 2009, Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Law 2009, and Who’s Who in American Women 2007- present. Bishop is the primary author of the firm’s appellate and substantive lower-case briefs. From 1996 to 2001, she also served as the founder, editor and writer of AkroNELA News, a newsletter of the Akron Employment Lawyers Association, which was published bi-annually and distributed to approximately 200 professors, judges, and lawyers practicing in the area of employment law

Bishop is an active member in a number of legal and non-profit organizations, including the National Employment Lawyers Association, Ohio Employment Lawyer’s Association, Akron Employment Lawyers Association (where she serves on the board as Secretary), Akron Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Southern Poverty Law Center, SPLC Teaching Tolerance Campaign, People for the American Way, and American Civil Liberties Union, as well as other organizations.

Prior to joining the firm, Bishop earned her Master of Arts degree in Communication & Rhetoric at the University of Akron in 1991, and her B.A. in Communication & Argument, with a minor in Philosophy, in 1985. From 1981-1986, Bishop worked as a journalist and staff writer for various area newspapers and co-owned AdVantage, a free-lance advertising organization. In 1986 she helped launch Great Lakes Sailor, a monthly, full-color consumer magazine, where she served as Associate/Managing Editor. She also has taught courses at the University of Akron in editing, argumentation, public speaking and mass communication/media.

Bishop Attorney Profile Breakdown

Focus Areas - Employment litigation; Class-Action and Complex Litigation; Public Records & First Amendment; Courts of Appeals; United States Supreme Court:

  • Employment Discrimination
  • Disparate Treatment
  • Disparate impact
  • Harassment, Hostile Work Environment
  • Retaliation
  • FOIA & Public Records
  • First Amendment Retaliation
  • Equal Protection (Fourteenth &Fifth Amendments)
  • Constitutional Due Process
  • Appeals - Federal & State

Education & Legal Background:

  • Partner, Thompson & Bishop
  • Juris Doctorate, cum laude, University of Akron School of Law - 2002
  • Honorable Arthur J. Goldberg Prize in Constitutional Law - 2002-2003
  • West & Anderson Awards for Excellence (Business, Corporations, Civil Procedure)
  • CALI Excellence Awards (4)
  • Ohio & National Bar Exam Score - 95th Percentile, Feb. 2003
  • M.A., Communication & Argument, University of Akron - 1991
  • B.A., Communication & Rhetoric/Minor: Philosophy, University of Akron -1985

Bar Admissions:

  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of International Trade
  • Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Northern District of Ohio
  • Southern District of Ohio
  • Ohio Supreme Court
  • All lower Ohio trial and appeals courts
  • Pro Hac Vice, Florida, Texas

Professional Appointments & Associations:

  • Awarded, Marquis' Who’s Who in American Law 2009; Marquis’ Who’s Who in America 2009; Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Women, 2007-2009
  • Appointed, Communications Committee, National Employment Lawyers Association
  • Appointed, Amicus Committee, Ohio Employment Lawyers Association
  • Appointed, Judicial Task Force, Ohio Employment Lawyers Association
  • National Employment Lawyers Association
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Ohio Employment Lawyers Association
  • Co-Chair, Akron Employment Lawyers Association
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Akron Bar Association
  • Amnesty International
  • Southern Poverty Law Center
  • SPLC “Teaching Tolerance” Campaign
  • People for the American Way
  • American Civil Liberties Union

Teaching/Legal Education:

  • Panelist, OELA Seminar, March 2009 - "How We Won: OELA Members Share Tactics, Tips and Strategies from Last Year’s Big Victories"
  • "Representing Public Employees," Cleveland Empl. Lawyers Association (outline), December 2005
  • "Current Trends in Damages," Akron Bar Association, Northeast Ohio Labor & Employment Law Symposium, May 2004
  • Annual presentations on employment law practice to University of Akron School of Law students

 

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