Michael Pearson
Of Counsel
On behalf of Fortune 100 corporations as well as small business clients, Michael has successfully litigated numerous employment disputes, including claims under Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, and parallel state statutes. He has tried cases in state and federal court involving claims of sexual harassment and retaliation, reverse-race discrimination, age discrimination, disability discrimination, breach of contract, tortious interference with contract and fraud. Michael is especially adept at identifying dispositive legal issues and developing the record to support dismissal of claims as a matter of law.
Department
Litigation
Areas of Practice
- Discrimination
- Failure to Accommodate
- Workplace Harassment
- Retaliation
- Wrongful Termination
- Non-Competes and Trade Secrets
- Invasion of Privacy
- Academic Freedom and Tenure Rights
- Jury Trials
- Motion Practice
- Appellate Practice
Representative Clients & Work
Michael's employment litigation experience includes successful representation of Fortune 100 companies from the retail, restaurant, and information technology industries, but he has also delivered great results on behalf of health care facilities as well as small businesses in the manufacturing and service sectors.
Admissions
New Hampshire, Maine and Ohio; Sixth and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Supreme Court, and the United States District Court for the Districts of New Hampshire, Maine, Northern District of Ohio, and the Eastern District of Michigan
Professional & Association Memberships
- Bar Associations of New Hampshire, Maine and Ohio
- New Hampshire Bar Association Ethics Committee
- Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association
- Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
Community Involvement
- Leadership Greater Manchester, Class of 2006.
- Vice President, Board of Directors, Makin' It Happen Coalition.
- Board of Directors, Boys & Girls Club of Manchester - Director of the Year 2007
- Government Relations Recruitment Coordinator, NH Branch of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Career
- Prior to joining McLane, Michael was a partner in the law firm of Duvin, Cahn & Hutton, which specialized in labor and employment law in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Law Review
- Law Clerk to Judge Stewart A. Newblatt of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- J.D. Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- B.A. Oberlin College
Recent Publications and Lectures
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