Tara Aschenbrand is a counselor and advocate for employers in all types of labor and employment matters. She has represented employers in state and federal courts, as well as before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ohio Civil Rights Commission and State Employment Relations Board. As a trial lawyer, she represents employers on legal theories including discrimination, retaliation, defamation, sexual harassment, employer intentional torts, noncompetition and trade secret law, breach of contract, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and other statutory and common law claims.

Tara counsels employers on compliance with federal and state employment laws, employee leave, hiring and termination decisions, investigations, drafting and enforcing employment policies, union disputes and campaigns, performance bonds and smoking laws. Additionally, Tara also performs comprehensive review of employment handbooks and policies in addition to providing various training programs for employers. She has lectured on topics including sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, FMLA, smoking laws and state wage laws.

Tara was selected for inclusion in the 2009 and 2012 editions of Ohio Super Lawyers – Rising Stars, a listing of the top up and coming lawyers in Ohio.

From 2002 to 2004, Tara served as a law clerk for The Honorable James L. Graham of the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio.

Tara volunteers as an appointed guardian ad litem on a pro bono basis in child custody disputes in the Domestic and Juvenile Divisions of the Court of Common Pleas for Franklin County, Ohio. She previously served as a member of the Ronald McDonald House Young Professionals Board.

Representative Experience

• Obtaining summary judgment on behalf of an employer on a former executive director’s breach of contract and defamation claims and an employer’s breach of contract counterclaim.
• Obtaining affirmation of a judgment on the pleadings claim on behalf of an employer on a promissory estoppel claim.
• Obtaining a temporary restraining order to enforce noncompetition provisions and trade secret restrictions on behalf of a national marketing company.
• Providing counsel to employers on hiring and termination matters and union campaigns.