M. J. Asensio

PROFILE

M.J. (“Mike”) Asensio practices in the area of management labor and employment law. He is a nationally recognized employment and labor practitioner and has extensive experience managing employee relations for clients in the healthcare, aerospace, transportation, manufacturing and energy industries.

Mr. Asensio serves as the national leader of the firm’s Labor Relations Team. His practice also encompasses employment ligation, executive compensation and employment counseling.

With regard to labor relations, Mr. Asensio has extensive experience representing employers in union organizational drives, especially those involving very large or complex voting units. He has handled several organizational drives involving 1,000 or more employees. He successfully represented a client in one of the largest representation elections ever conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, involving 17,000 employees. Mr. Asensio uses specialized computer applications to provide clients with detailed statistical and demographic analyses of voting units. He also has experience in developing multimedia/web-based communication systems to facilitate effective communication during organizational campaigns. In addition, he recently advised numerous clients on preparing for the potential passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) and other labor reform issues.

Mr. Asensio is experienced in organizational development, work stoppages and strikes, negotiation and administration of labor contracts, labor arbitrations, negotiation of employment contracts, wrongful discharge and employment-at-will litigation, federal and state civil rights litigation and federal and state wage hour disputes. He counsels clients on general employment relations matters, including the drafting of personnel policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal and state law.

Mr. Asensio actively practices before a number of regulatory agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Mr. Asensio represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, e-commerce, news media, banking, healthcare, air freight, trucking, manufacturing, warehousing and retail and service establishments.

Mr. Asensio’s practice also focuses on executive compensation matters, especially those involving tax-exempt organizations. Mr. Asensio actively counsels compensation committees with regard to compliance and audit issues, as well as governance matters involving executive compensation.

Mr. Asensio has been named in Best Lawyers in America 2012 in the area of Labor Law-Management and was named one of the top ten labor attorneys in the country by Human Resources Executive Magazine in the 2010 and 2011 surveys of the “Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys” He is a member of the American (Labor and Employment Law Section), Ohio State and Columbus Bar Associations.

Mr. Asensio is a contributing author on labor law chapters for the Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation(2007-2011 editions), published by the American Bar Association, Committee on Business and Corporate Litigation.

Practice Strengths

Bar Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1991
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1986
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1986
Ohio, 1985

Education

J.D., Indiana University School of Law, 1985, cum laude
B.A., University of Michigan, 1982

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by Mike Asensio

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Articles

11/9/2011 Asensio and Muldowney Discuss NLRB’s New Posting Requirement in HR Update

Articles
11/9/2011	Asensio and Muldowney Discuss NLRB’s New Posting Requirement in HR Update

News
11/1/2011	“Best Lawyers in America” Recognizes 111 Baker Hostetler Attorneys
8/25/2010	"Best Lawyers in America" Recognizes 100 Baker Hostetler Attorneys
7/9/2010	Asensio Named Top 10 Labor Law Attorney

Executive Alert / Newsletters

1/5/2012	President Obama Appoints Three to NLRB, Board Postpones Implementation of Employee Notice Posting Rule

10/6/2011	NLRB Postpones Implementation Date for New Notice-Posting Rule

9/9/2011	NLRB Provides Guidance Regarding Social Media Sities

9/1/2011	Health Law Update--September 1, 2011

8/30/2011	NLRB Announces New Posting Requirement

6/22/2011	NLRB Acts to Shorten Time for Union Elections

5/3/2011	Planning in Light of the Obama Administration's Recent Legislative and Enforcement Initiatives

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