INTRODUCTION
PRACTICE AREA: Employment & Labor
Amy DeLuca is a member of the Employment and Labor practice group and serves as the Firm's Chief Human Resources Officer. She focuses her practice on assisting business and organization clients with issues related to labor and employment. Amy prides herself in being proactive with her clients in an effort to help them avoid litigation. She ensures her clients comply with both state and federal labor laws such as the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and laws addressing sexual harassment and discrimination. Amy drafts and enforces employee handbooks and employment and non-compete agreements, negotiates labor contracts, conducts workplace investigations, represents clients before the EEOC, the OCRC, the NLRB, and disputes workers' compensation and unemployment claims.
Serving as outside counsel for clients, Amy analyzes and considers all aspects of the business and organization in an effort to reach common-sense solutions to any issues which may arise.
Amy is a founding member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s “Rights, Responsibilities, and Realities” initiative, which educates and mentors Cleveland Public School children.
Contact:
p: 440.695.8062
f: 440.695.8098
ADeLuca@WickensLaw.com
LEARN MORE ABOUT AMY
What is your favorite things about living in NE Ohio?
Lake Erie – It offers the opportunity for recreation and the ability to relax and enjoy the beautiful view.
What quote resonates with you?
“Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing.”
– Ted Lasso
Why did you begin practicing in your area of law?
After working in the employment law clinic in law school, I knew I wanted to practice in the labor and employment area. Practicing in the labor and employment area provides an opportunity for me to be proactive rather than reactive with my clients. I knew it would allow me to get to know my clients and their businesses on a broader level and to work with them to achieve positive growth and success. I was drawn to the human connections this practice area provides and it has not disappointed.
What else should we know about you?
An interesting fact about me is that I have completed four firewalks.
2002 - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude)
1998 - The University of Akron (B.A. in Chemistry; magna cum laude)
State of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Leadership Lorain County, Class of 2008
Leadership Lorain County (Board of Directors, 2008-2013)
Neighborhood Alliance of Lorain County (Board of Directors, 2009-2017)
The United Way of Greater Cleveland, GeneratioNext (2006-2007)
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City Schools Board of Education (President, 2021-2023; Board Member, 2013-Present)
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Lorain County Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland "Time Well Spent Honor Society" and "Community Commitment Honor Society" (2024)
Ohio State Bar Foundation District 10 Community Service Award for Attorneys 40 & Under (2010)
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