Brian M. Radloff

• Successful representation of employers in age discrimination, race discrimination, sex discrimination, retaliation, and disability discrimination cases, including obtaining numerous dispositive motion victories in federal court.
• Advises employers on a continuous basis of legal risks and compliance of issues such as hiring, firing, disciplining, and providing accommodations and leaves of absence.
• Obtained a defense verdict for a convenience store in a federal court trial involving a claim of disability discrimination prosecuted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
• Successfully defended a General Contractor and a Crane Rental business in labor arbitrations involving contract language interpretation of staffing requirements on equipment.
• Effective representation of employers in labor arbitrations – both contract interpretation and discipline arbitrations.
• Has provided clients with in-house training regarding best practices for avoiding harassment, discrimination, and retaliation complaints.
• Successful representation and defense of discrimination and retaliation claims, including arrest and conviction discrimination claims.
• Conducts in-house training regarding harassment, retaliation, discrimination, wage and hour issues, disability and reasonable accommodation issues, and effective documentation methods.
• Advises and counsels employers who contribute to multiemployer pension plans on issues related to withdrawal liability.

Cases:

• EEOC v. Orion Energy Systems, Inc., Case No. 1:14-CV-01019 (ED WI 2016) (Partial Summary Judgment Obtained)
• Elizabeth McNeil v. DHH LLC, d/b/a David Hobbs Honda, Case No. 2:17-CV-01184-JPS (ED WI) (Partial Summary Judgment obtained)
• Jori L. Lundgren v. Kocourek Automotive Dealerships, Inc., Case No. 3:18-cv-00245-bbc (WD WI) (Partial Summary Judgment obtained)
• Herbert Freitag v. Capital One Services, LLC, Case No. 15-cv-00810-bbc (WD WI 2017) (Summary Judgment obtained)
• Green v. In-Sink Erator, Case No. 2:07-cv-00461-JPS (ED WI) (Summary Judgment Obtained)
• EEOC v. Meffert Oil, Case No. 3:11-cv-00360-wmc (WD WI) (Partial Summary Judgment Obtained-Defense Verdict at Trial on Remaining Claims)

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, Marquette University Law School, 2000
• B.S., University of Wisconsin-Platteville, 1992

Admission to Practice

• U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

• State Bar of Wisconsin
• Milwaukee Bar Association

• Ogletree Deakins Managing A Workforce In 2020 – “Top Tips For Truly Effective Workplace Investigation Interviews” – Kohler – October 30, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Managing a Workforce in 2019 – “Is Your Drug-Free Workplace Discriminatory? The Confluence Of Disability Discrimination And Mind-Altering Substances” – Kohler – September 20, 2018
• Ogletree Deakins Podcast – “Dos and Don’ts for Drafting Severance Agreements” – August 28, 2018
• Milwaukee Bar Association – “Retaliation: A Panel Discussion on the Law, the Risk and the Reality” – Milwaukee – May 23, 2018
• Ogletree Deakins “Reel Ethics” Briefing – “Duty of Competent Representation” – Waukesha – January 17, 2018
• Metro Milwaukee SHRM/Legislative SIG – “Wellness Programs & Their Legal Pitfalls” – Milwaukee – March 16, 2017
• Ogletree Deakins “Reel Ethics” Briefing – “Duty of Competent Representation” – Waukesha – January 2017
• Ogletree Managing a Workforce in 2017 – “Does Absence Really Make the Heart Grow Fonder? Managing Leaves and Return-to Work Issues” – Kohler – September 2016
• Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Employment Law Update I.—Thanks For Coming To Work Today!” – Kohler – June 2015

• April 26, 2017 – SHRM Online – “Wisconsin Court: Firing Worker for Misconduct Caused by Disability Can be Unlawful”

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Employment Law – Management (2021-2025)
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment (2021-2025)
• Super Lawyers Rising Star (2020)