Richard T. Prasse

Senior Counsel

Works in Cleveland
Primarily Practices Labor & Employment, Employment Contracts & Employment Policies, Labor & Employment Class Action, & Litigation

Summary

Richard T. (“Ted”) Prasse has represented private and public sector employers in NLRB and SERB matters, labor negotiations, arbitrations, wage and hour issues (including employment class actions), equal employment litigation, employer counseling, OSHA, and Ohio Workers’ Compensation. His work has included representation of schools in constitutional and statutory issues in public, student and employee matters.

Professional History

Senior Counsel, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, 2019-present; Partner, 1990-2018
Associate, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, 1981-90

Long-standing and national representation of largest privately held multi-industry corporation in employment, union relations and litigation matters.
Nationwide representation of multi-facility meat producer and processor in employment matters.
Nationwide representation of international apparel manufacturer in labor and employment matters in numerous states, including Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. Cases have included a wide range of issues, including race, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, racial harassment, and workers' compensation retaliation.
Representation of a national manufacturer in collective bargaining, culminating in strike and plant closing.
Representation of a national pharmaceutical firm in collective bargaining with improved quality and productivity during multi-year plant closing.
Representation of manufacturers in collective bargaining to end participation in multi-employer pension and welfare plans.

- 26 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Listed in 2012 Edition of Ohio Super Lawyers
  
  January 04, 2012
- Thirty-Six Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named to 2012 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
  
  October 14, 2011
- Richard T. Prasse Re-Elected President of the Ohio Historical Society
  
  October 14, 2011
- Twenty-six Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Attorneys Listed in 2011 Edition of Ohio Super Lawyers
  
  January 25, 2011
- Thirty-One Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America
  
  August 17, 2009
- Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
  
  November 05, 2008
- Ted Prasse is representing the Cleveland school board on a matter involving former Cleveland City Schools CEO.
  
  February 28, 2006
- Cleveland School Board hires Hahn Loeser
  
  November 07, 2005

- NLRB Notice Requirement Delayed
  
  April 17, 2012
- NLRB Procedural Amendments + New Notice Requirements = Increased Risks & Decreased Opportunities for Employers
  
  March 16, 2012
- NLRB Proposed Rules Amendments Designed to Facilitate Union Organizing
  
  June 25, 2011
- Employers Targeted By Homeland Security
  
  April 02, 2010
- New Law Broadens the Scope of Coverage of the ADA
  
  September 01, 2008

Credentials

Education

Case Western Reserve University, School of Law, J.D., 1981

Duke University, B.A., History, 1975

Community Involvement

National History Day, Executive Committee, Board of Trustees; Former President, 1997-2000, 2006-09; NHD is 2012 Recipient of National Humanities Medal from President Obama

National Aviation Heritage Alliance, Trustee and President

Ohio Historical Society, Former President and Chair, Board of Trustees, 2008-12

Case Western Reserve University History Associates, Director and President

Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Commission, Commissioner and President

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums, Trustee and Treasurer

The Dawes Arboretum, Trustee and Secretary

United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland, Former President, Board of Directors

Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on the History of Ohio Courts, Appointed by Chief Justice O’Connor

Legislative Commission on Education and Preservation of State History, Appointed by Governor Strickland

Association of Ohio Commodores, Appointed by Governor Kasich

Badges

Bar Admissions

State of Ohio, 1981

Awards & Distinctions

The Best Lawyers in America^®, Labor Law-Management, Employment Law-Management, 2011-20

AV Preeminent^®, Martindale-Hubbell