Anthony J. Lazzaro

Mr. Lazzaro is a seasoned employment attorney dedicated to advocating for employees' rights. He founded The Lazzaro Law Firm, LLC in 2006 to focus on litigating collective actions, class actions, and individual cases involving unpaid overtime and minimum wage claims. He also handles wrongful termination, harassment and discrimination claims. The firm has achieved significant success, recovering over $100 million in settlements for employees since its inception.

In the fifteen years after founding the firm, Mr. Lazzaro filed approximately 20% of all of the privately-filed Fair Labor Standards Act cases brought in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Mr. Lazzaro currently files cases nationwide.

Mr. Lazzaro commonly handles claims that include misclassifying employees as exempt or as independent contractors; failing to pay for off-the-clock-work, pre-shift and post-shift work, changing into and out of uniforms, meal periods, short rest periods and travel time; improper rounding of start and stop times; and improper tip pooling.

He has represented employees in a wide range of industries, including retail, food service, and manufacturing, and has litigated hundreds of collective and class actions against major corporations such as Verizon Wireless, Nestlé, Aldi, Progressive Casualty Insurance and Aarons, Inc.

In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Lazzaro served as an adjunct professor of law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law where he taught an administrative law course on the Fair Labor Standards Act between 2008 and 2013. Mr. Lazzaro has also been retained as an expert witness and as a mediator in a number of wage and hour cases.

Mr. Lazzaro earned his undergraduate degree in economics from Vanderbilt University and his law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Outside of work, Mr. Lazzaro enjoys rock climbing, kayaking, hiking, van camping and traveling.

Admissions
Ohio Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Professional Associations
Ohio Employment Lawyers Association
Cleveland Employment Lawyers Association
Cleveland Employment Inns of Court
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Seminars
FLSA Settlement Agreements: Legal & Practical Considerations, 14th Annual Northern Ohio Labor & Employment Law Conference, April 23, 2014
Recent Wage and Hour Developments, 12th Annual Northern Ohio Labor & Employment Law Conference, May 10, 2012
Evaluating Risk and Exposure in Class and Collective Action Litigation, The Littler Mendelson Ohio Employer Conference, October 27, 2011
Back to the Future: Applying 20th Century Laws to the 21st Century Workplace, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, April 21, 2011

Recognition
Ohio Super Lawyers - 2015 to present
Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star - 2011 to 2014