Shawna M. Sorrell

Shawna is an attorney in Taft’s Labor and Employment practice group.  She counsels clients on all areas of labor and employment law, including employee hiring and termination, employment agreements, personnel policies, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour issues, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and workers’ compensation.

While in law school, Shawna served as vice president of the Student Bar Association and as a research assistant for the American Business Law Journal.

Shawna received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Dayton School of Law where she was a Dean's Fellow, a teaching assistant and business editor of the Law Review. She has a B.A. in psychology from Wright State University.

Publications

Presentation, "Public School Employees and Their First Amendment Rights," Buckeye Association of School Administrators' 2022 Fall Conference, Oct. 4, 2022. 

Co-author, “Change Is in the Air: Ohio Adopts Major Reforms to the Civil Rights Law With H.B. 352,” Taft Law Bulletin, Jan. 19, 2021.

Co-author, “The Consolidated Appropriations Act: Another COVID-19 Relief Package for Employers to Follow,” Taft Law Bulletin, Jan. 4, 2021.

Co-author, “EEOC Issues Updated Guidance: Mandatory Antibody Testing Prohibited,” Taft Law Bulletin, June 19, 2020.

Co-author, “Employment Law Update: Which Laws Apply to COVID-19?” Taft Law Bulletin, March 17, 2020.