The law firm of Barkan Meizlish, LLP is over sixty years old, with a national practice, focused on labor law, wage and hour/overtime litigation, Ohio workers’ compensation, Social Security Disability, and personal injury/medical malpractice. Our law firm and individual law firm members appear on lists of the best law firms and attorneys in the nation.
The firm’s national wage and hour/overtime practice is dedicated to the fundamental principal that working people should be properly paid for all of their labor. We represent employees in individual and class action litigation. Our attorneys have recovered wages for tens of thousands of employees who have been unlawfully denied their right to overtime pay. We have further committed ourselves to the effort to reform federal and state law so that employees received the wages they are owed and violators are held accountable.
Start A Class ActionBarkan Meizlish, LLP offers a wide variety of legal services in addition to our work in wage and hour/overtime law.
Our firm represents organized labor and individual employees, not employers. Our union clients serve as the exclusive bargaining agent for employees in a variety of industries.
Barkan Meizlish, LLP’s Columbus Ohio personal injury lawyers have extensive experience representing individuals who have suffered injuries and damages as the result of the negligence of another.
While workers’ compensation was first conceived as a simple process, changes in the workplace and the evolution of the law itself has created a complex web of varied laws and rules.
The United States government first began awarding Social Security Disability Insurance benefits in 1958. Barkan Meizlish, LLP Social Security attorneys began representing claimants in 1960.
Between Bob DeRose and Jessica Doogan, you can rest assured that your case is in good hands. With more than 35 years of experience between the duo, the Paycheck Warriors at Barkan Meizlish, LLP, are prepared to fight for their clients.
The Paycheck Warriors at Barkan Meizlish, LLP focus primarily on wage violations and employment law matters, including but not limited to:
1. Federal and state minimum wage and overtime violations;
2. Violations of the Family Medical Leave Act
3. Wrongful terminations and
4. Discrimination in the workplace.
In addition to his employment litigation work, Bob DeRose is the managing partner at Barkan Meizlish, LLP. His dedication to his community has landed him a multitude of honors, including the Ohio Association of Justice Award (2014) and a spot on the Best Lawyers in America list published by U.S. News and World Report (2010-2019). Jessica Doogan is an Associate attorney with Barkan Meizlish, LLP. Beginning her career in public sector union side labor law, Jessica has turned her focus to federal and state employment law matters. Jessica’s volunteer experience and community involvement is ongoing, including past work with the Law & Leadership Institute and most recently, training sessions taught at the Central Ohio Worker Center.“As a young adult I was faced with needing a lawyer to fight a previous employer for wages I was owed. And after a very long three years my case is finally over! Im an honest believer without Barkan Meizlish I wouldn’t have gotten this far. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping. I wish this office the best of luck, and if I ever run into this type of problem again this will be my first stop!”
Works very hard on your case treats you like family .. very trust worthy!!
“great people. the attorney we are with took the time to explain everything, all processes that we will go through and even admitted that our case may be premature and we may need to wait for the process with BWC and my employer to proceed before filing any case. Not all attorneys are money hungry!!”