Walsh, Krysta R.

Barbara Leukart has represented management in all areas of labor and employment relations. She has defended numerous Title VII, age discrimination, and Americans with Disabilities Act cases at the administrative, trial, and appellate levels. Her experience also includes the litigation of wrongful discharge, employment contract, and intentional tort cases. On behalf of employers, she has handled cases brought under the Equal Pay Act, Section 301 of the Taft-Hartley Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. She has experience in counseling companies on a wide range of employment issues, including advice on union representation campaigns, contract negotiations, the creation and implementation of employment policies, the conduct of discrimination investigations, and corporate management reviews conducted by the OFCCP. In addition, Barbara has extensive experience in supervising and managing large employment litigation dockets in conjunction with in-house counsel and in-house human resources staff.

Pursuant to an appointment by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Barbara has served on that court's Advisory Committee on Rules. She has been a member of the Civil Justice Reform Act Task Force for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and serves as a mediator for the court. She is a member of the Celebrezze Inn of Court, the ABA (Labor and Employment Law Section), and the Ohio State and Cleveland Bar Associations. Barbara has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Fifth, and Third Circuits. She is listed in Chambers USA directory of America's Leading Business Lawyers and in Ohio Super Lawyers as a leading Ohio employment lawyer. She currently serves as president of the board of trustees for Cleveland Public Art.