Employment Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment
Douglas B. "Doug" Schnee
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Doug focuses his practice on employment litigation and counseling on human resource issues. His employment litigation experience includes representing employers before state and federal courts and administrative agencies in Ohio and throughout the region in wrongful termination, retaliation and discrimination matters arising under the Ohio Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Doug is also experienced in litigating matters involving employment and non-compete agreements. Doug also served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Stephen R. Shaw in the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Third Appellate District.
Overview
- Case Western Reserve University, J.D., graduated 1994
- Tulane University, B.A., graduated 1991
- Ohio, State of Ohio
- Pennsylvania, State of Pennsylvania
- Cleveland Employment Inn of Court - Member
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association - Member
- National Arbitration and Mediation - Member
- Ohio Judicial College - Faculty Member (2005)
- Ohio State Bar Association - Member
- Ohio Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, Eastern District of Michigan, Northern District of Indiana, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania
- Ohio, State of Ohio
- Pennsylvania, State of Pennsylvania
- Cleveland Employment Inn of Court - Member
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association - Member
- National Arbitration and Mediation - Member
- Ohio Judicial College - Faculty Member (2005)
- Ohio State Bar Association - Member
- Case Western Reserve University, J.D., graduated 1994
- Tulane University, B.A., graduated 1991
- Ohio Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, Eastern District of Michigan, Northern District of Indiana, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Awards:
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Litigation- Labor & Employment (2021-2022)
- Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list (2020-2021)
- Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list (2005-2007; 2010)
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated—Martindale-Hubbell
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