Donald C. Slowik, Attorney

A graduate of Duke University, magna cum laude, and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Mr. Slowik has over 20 years of experience in labor and employment law, over 17 years of immigration law experience, and over a decade of experience as a Harvard-trained mediator. Mr. Slowik often lectures on the subjects of employment law and immigration law. He is the author of several articles which have appeared in Ohio Lawyer magazine and elsewhere.

Mr. Slowik is a contributor to the American Management Association's The ePolicy Handbook. He counsels and represents employers and individuals on a wide variety of employment and labor matters. He also counsels his clients on non-competition, trade secret, patent, trademark, and copyright questions, as well as general business issues.

His employment litigation experience includes cases involving claims of sexual harassment and sex discrimination, age discrimination, national origin discrimination, public-policy tort, whistle-blower protection, and breach of non-competition agreements, among many others. Mr. Slowik advises private and public-sector clients on all areas of employment and labor law, including all discrimination laws, non-competition agreements, written employment policies, and employee terminations. He serves as chief negotiator in labor contract negotiations.

Mr. Slowik also counsels and represents employers and individuals on a wide range of employment-based and family-based immigration matters. His employment-based immigration experience includes obtaining required governmental approvals for foreign investors; for temporary foreign workers in virtually every available category; and for aliens who qualify as immigrant EB-1 extraordinary aliens, outstanding researchers or professors, or multinational transferees, EB-2 exceptional or advance degreed aliens whose work is in the national interest, and EB-3 professional and skilled worker aliens. Mr. Slowik is well-versed with the alien labor certification process in Ohio and numerous other states. He has successfully represented businesses during "I-9 audits" by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now known as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services).

A Harvard-trained mediator, Mr. Slowik has engaged in the private mediation of employment and business cases since 2002. He is a longstanding member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, and the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA), and is a Past Chair of the OSBA's Committee on Dispute Resolution.