Tod Thompson is an experienced lawyer who has handled successful, high profile individual and class-action cases for over a decade. Tod has represented clients in a variety of matters, including contractual disputes, employment discrimination claims, police abuse, medical leave issues, retirement benefit claims and immigration. Victories for his clients include a $5 million judgment against a company, multiple six-figure settlements, obtaining settlement of an NFL player’s professional disability insurance claim, an appellate court decision allowing a former executive to fairly compete with his former employer and numerous other successful case resolutions. Tod has successfully challenged major corporations including Wal-Mart, Procter & Gamble, Dillard’s and Cracker Barrel.
Tod’s innovative work has enjoyed national and local media coverage. He litigated a case involving a covenant not to compete, which resulted in the establishment of what has been referred to as “an important new interpretation of the rights.” His representation as lead trial counsel in a Family Medical Leave Act case was noted to “illustrate[] the importance of effective, good-faith communication” between an employer and employee. And in successfully representing a nationally renowned reporter, he was referred to as a “heavy-hitting employment law attorney.”
Tod has been named an Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star and frequently lectures on employment law and court procedure.