Joshua P. Lushnat

Josh partners with clients to manage and mitigate day-to-day employment-related challenges. His practice focuses on employment litigation/arbitration, dispute resolution, and counseling employers on best practices and risk mitigation strategies.  He works with clients across the country and of all sizes to navigate the legal landscape confronting employers throughout the entire employment lifecycle—from pre-hire to post-separation. He understands the challenges faced by employers in attempting to comply with the myriad laws governing any given situation and strives to provide effective and practical advice. Above all else, he works to ensure clients get what they need.

Josh has extensive experience in complex litigation matters in both state and federal courts, including single-plaintiff and collective actions, and has arbitrated multiple suits through to a final decision on the merits. Josh prides himself on developing and executing strategies designed to meet each client’s unique objectives and regularly works with clients in the healthcare, manufacturing, food-service, and financial services industries, amongst others. His experience includes, but is not limited to, defending claims filed under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA), the Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act (PWDCRA), the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act (WPA), and the various other state and federal laws applicable to the modern day employment relationship.

Josh has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2024, in both Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment.  He has been named a Michigan Super Lawyers Rising Star multiple times since 2014 (2014-2021, 2024).