INTRODUCTION
PRACTICE AREAS: Employment & Labor, Craft Beer
Jon Hyman is a trusted advisor to small and mid-sized businesses across various industries, helping them solve workforce challenges and defend against legal disputes. He chairs the Firm’s Employment and Labor practice group and its Craft Beer practice group, and serves on the Firm’s Board of Directors. Jon works closely with clients on all aspects of labor and employment law, providing proactive solutions to prevent issues and a strong defense in litigation when conflicts arise.
As outside in-house counsel, Jon is the go-to advisor businesses call when they need help with employee terminations, drafting policies, handling leave or accommodations, or navigating tricky internal complaints. He also brings deep expertise in areas like wage and hour compliance, workplace technology issues, and union avoidance. Jon builds lasting partnerships with his clients, understanding their unique challenges and helping them achieve long-term compliance and success
When it comes to litigation, Jon stands up for businesses in disputes over discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, non-competes, trade secrets, wage and hour issues, and union matters. Jon works with his clients to craft targeted defense strategies that protect their interests and aim for resolutions that support their broader business goals.
Jon also leads the Firm’s Craft Beer practice, where he helps breweries, brewpubs, taprooms, and other craft beer businesses tackle their unique legal and regulatory needs.
Jon writes the award-winning Ohio Employer Law Blog (www.ohioemployerlawblog.com), which the ABA Blawg Hall of Fame recognized for its daily insights on labor and employment law. His updates help his clients, HR professionals, and other business leaders stay ahead of labor and employment law changes that impact their daily operations.
Contact:
p: 440.695.8044
f: 440.695.8098
JHyman@WickensLaw.com
LEARN MORE ABOUT JON
What are your hobbies, interests, or talents outside of law?
I love to travel, especially internationally. I work so that I can afford to travel. Portugal is my favorite destination—I’ve been twice so far and hope to retire there in a house by the beach.
What is a personal accomplishment you are proud of?
I host a podcast with my college-aged daughter, aptly called The Norah and Dad Show. Each episode is a candid conversations about life, family, and whatever is on our minds. We tackle everything from everyday experiences to life’s big moments. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.
What quote resonates with you?
”There’s two buttons I never like hittin’, and that’s panic and snooze.”
- Ted Lasso
What else should we know about you?
I appeared on a November 1999 episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, but unfortunately, I didn’t have the fastest finger.
1997 – Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif)
1994 – Binghamton University (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)
State of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the Federal Circuit
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Ohio Chamber of Commerce (Employment Law Committee Member)
Lake Ridge Academy (Board Member)
Workforce Magazine (Editorial Advisory Board Member)
Noonan Syndrome Foundation (General Counsel)
Selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers© List (2016-2025)
Selected to the Super Lawyers© Ohio Rising Stars List (2007, 2009-2013)
National Association of Social Workers, Ohio Chapter, Region III, Public Citizen of the Year (2019)
Recognized by the ABA Journal as one of the top 100 legal blogs (2010-2015); inducted into the ABA Journal's Blawg Hall of Fame (2016)
Publications
Monthly columnist, Workforce
Monthly columnist, Business Management Daily
"The Employer Bill of Rights: A Manager's Guide to Workplace Law", Apress (2013)
"Think Before You Click: Strategies for Managing Social Media in the Workplace", Thompson (2011)
Presentations and Seminars
National speaker on a variety of labor and employment issues, including social media, workplace technology and privacy, cybersecurity, harassment, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), wage and hour law, and the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
Radio Broadcasts
"Northeast Ohio Lawyer Discusses President Biden Vaccine Mandates, Potential Impact on Workplace." The Sound of Ideas. Ideastream Public Media, WCPN 90.3, September 22, 2021, 9:00 AM. Cleveland, Ohio. (https://www.ideastream.org/programs/sound-of-ideas/northeast-ohio-lawyer-discusses-president-biden-vaccine-mandates-potential-impact-on-workplace)
Blogs — Ohio Employer's Law Blog (http://www.ohioemployerlawblog.com)
"Why I’m a management-side lawyer." Ohio Employer's Law Blog, 2008, http://www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/2008/04/why-im-management-side-lawyer.html
"Adopt the TEAM approach to fight unions." Ohio Employer's Law Blog, 2009, http://www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/2009/05/do-you-know-adopt-team-approach-to.html
"The Employer Bill of Rights." Ohio Employer's Law Blog, 2011, http://www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/2011/10/employers-bill-of-rights.html
"A rock-and-roll employment lesson." Ohio Employer's Law Blog, 2014, http://www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/2014/06/a-rock-and-roll-employment-lesson-via.html
"When schoolyard bullies become workplace bullies." Ohio Employer's Law Blog, 2016, http://www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/2016/03/when-schoolyard-bullies-become.html
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