Denise Hasbrook

Overview Education Credentials Recognitions Affiliations Insights Services Construction & Real Estate Litigation Liability Defense Business and Commercial Litigation Appellate Denise has handled multiple trials to verdict in numerous Ohio trial courts and argued dozens of appeals in state, federal courts and at the Ohio Supreme Court. She focuses her practice on commercial business disputes involving torts, unfair competition, real property disputes, contracts, employment claims and shareholder disputes. She likewise has substantial experience obtaining and defending claims for injunctive relief. For more than four decades, she has devoted a significant portion of her practice to issues facing the electric public utility industry. In addition to this emphasis, she regularly counsels and defends national and small businesses of all kinds in litigation facing their businesses. Experience Lead trial counsel in dozens of jury and bench trials involving employment, business disputes and torts of all kinds Lead counsel in a case that established a bright line test for the age difference of a significantly younger employee in age discrimination; the decision was selected by Ohio Lawyers Weekly and Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of the six most important judicial decisions in federal courts in Ohio and Michigan that year Argued over 40 cases in multiple Ohio appellate district courts and at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Argued and briefed 5 cases before the Ohio Supreme Court resulting in key decisions affecting the electric utility industry including Corrigan v. Illum. Co. 2009-Ohio-2524 defining the exclusive jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to determine service related issues and more recently Corder v. Ohio Edison Co. 2024-Ohio-5432 clarifying that herbicides and other modern methods may be used by utilities to maintain vegetation in their easements throughout Ohio Assisted as counsel on the litigation team obtaining successful result for Northwest Ohio hospital system in Federal Court antitrust litigation Successfully defended a claim against the former CEO of a publicly traded company seeking indemnification for substantial legal fees paid by the company to defend his criminal charges Successful results obtained in numerous disputes involving fiduciary duties owed to minority shareholders Injunctive relief successfully obtained in multiple cases for one of the nations largest public utilities seeking to site and maintain facilities within its utility easements including obtaining an injunction against a state agency to halt construction of a public welfare project in dangerously close proximity to energized lines The University of Toledo College of Law, J. D. The University of Toledo, B. S. B. A. magna cum laude Bar Admissions Ohio Court Admissions U. S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit U. S. Court of Claims, Washington, D. C. U. S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana U. S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio U. S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana U. S. Supreme Court Clerkshipss Judicial Law Clerk, Lucas County Ohio Common Pleas Court Served as in-house counsel for 15 years on of the nations largest public utilities; supervising its legal team in NW Ohio AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Employment Law - Management (2012-2025) Named Toledo Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America® for Employment Law - Management (2019, 2021, 2025) Selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine (Most years since 2005) Toledo Womens Bar Association, Arabella Babb Mansfield Woman of the Year Award (1999) Community Affiliations Mercy Health, NW Ohio Region - Board of Trustees (Toledo, Ohio 2006-2018) operating seven hospitals, including the largest Level I trauma hospital in NW Ohio (now known as Bon Secours Mercy Health), Board Vice Chair 2013-2015 and Board Chair 2015-2017 Member, Mercy Health - Toledo Foundation Board of Trustees, Corporate Board Liaison (2017 - 2019) Member, Bon Secours Mercy Health Audit & Corporate Responsibility Committee (2017-2022). Bon Secours Mercy Health (Marriotsville, MD) operating 43 hospitals with over 57,000 employees across 7 states Member, Lucas County, Republican Ohio Judicial Selection Advisory Committee (2020-2024) Member, Notre Dame Academy Board of Trustees (2011-2017) Member, Sunshine Inc. of NW Ohio Foundation Board of Trustees (2019-2023) serving individuals with special needs Member, Bittersweet Farms Inc. Board of Trustees (2000-2009) impacting lives of people with autism. Foundation President (2006-2009) YWCA, Board Member (1995-2001), President (1997-1999) Alerts Litigation Impacts that Ohio HB 606 Will Have on Helping Ohio Businesses Defend against COVID-Related Transmission (Oct 26, 2020) Supreme Court of Ohio Tolls Litigation Deadlines and Timelines (Mar 29, 2020) New Ohio Law Tolls Statutes of Limitations and Deadlines in Civil Lawsuits Due to COVID-19 (Mar 27, 2020) Coronavirus Business Interruption (Mar 13, 2020) Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Key Obamacare Rule (Dec 19, 2019) Are LGBTQ Workers Protected by Title VIIs Ban on Sex Discrimination? The Supreme Court Will Decide This Term (Sep 30, 2019) Department of Labor Announces Final Rule Increasing the Salary Thresholds for Overtime Exempt Status (Sep 26, 2019) Attention Employers: EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data is Due September 30, 2019 (Apr 30, 2019) Roetzel & Andress: 2018 Appellate Year in Review (Apr 25, 2019) Attention Large Employers: The Obama-Era Pay Data Rule is Back in Play (Mar 11, 2019) The Department of Labors New Overtime Rule Stakes Out Middle Ground on Pay Threshold for Overtime Exemption (Mar 8, 2019) Its Unanimous: Federal Age Discrimination Law Applies to Public Employers Regardless of Size (Nov 8, 2018) Competing in the Commonwealth: New Non-Compete Law Brings Big Changes to Massachusetts (Sep 10, 2018) Start that FMLA Clock Running: How to Run FMLA Leave Concurrently with Time Off due to a Work-Related Injury (Sep 4, 2018) The Humpty Dumpty Defense Does Not Work for Hospital in Union Organizing Campaign: The Importance of Carefully Drafting a No-Solicitation Policy (Aug 14, 2018) Class Waivers in Arbitration Agreements are Given the Okay by U. S. Supreme Court (May 23, 2018) The NLRB Makes Big Moves: Employee Handbooks and Joint Employers (Dec 15, 2017) Changes to DACA and Employers (Sep 15, 2017) Texas Judge Strikes Down Obama-Era Overtime Rule (Sep 5, 2017) EEO-1 Payroll Data Requirement Delayed.... Again (Sep 1, 2017) OSHA Proposes to Extend July 1 Deadline for Injury and Illness Summaries (Jun 30, 2017) Federal Appeals Court Rules Civil Rights Act Protects LGBT Employees (Apr 5, 2017) Expanded Concealed Carry Rights for Employees Go Into Effect on March 20, 2017 (Feb 28, 2017) Alex Acosta Nominated for Secretary of Labor Position After Withdrawal of Andrew Puzder From Consideration (Feb 17, 2017) OSHA Delays Enforcement of New Rules Anti-Retaliation Provisions (Jul 26, 2016) Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Expanding Overtime Pay (May 18, 2016) OSHA Finalizes Controversial Electronic Recordkeeping Rule (May 12, 2016) Proposed FLSA Overtime Rules Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (Mar 17, 2016) Ohio General Assembly Enacts Ban-the-Box For All Ohio Public Employers (Feb 24, 2016) OSHA to Raise Fines for First Time in Quarter Century (Nov 18, 2015) Obama Orders Federal Contractors to Provide Paid Sick Leave (Sep 10, 2015) Long-Awaited Joint Employer Decision Issued by NLRB (Aug 28, 2015) A Practical Guide for Employers Following Obergefell v. Hodges (Jul 27, 2015) DOL Releases Proposal to Expand Overtime (Jun 30, 2015) U. S. Supreme Court Determines Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage (Jun 26, 2015) NLRB Ambush Elections Rule Upheld by Texas Court (Jun 2, 2015) Supreme Court Rules against Abercrombie In Religious Bias Suit (Jun 2, 2015) Pregnancy Discrimination Case against UPS is Revived (Mar 25, 2015) Department of Labor Finalizes Rule to Extend FMLA Protections to Same-Sex Married Couples (Feb 25, 2015) Recent Tide of Class-Action Lawsuits Should Worry Employers Using Background Checks (Feb 5, 2015) Three Ways to Ensure a Safe Start to 2015 (Jan 13, 2015) + Show More - Show Less Articles Partnering for Success in Employment Cases: The Attorneys Role - Aspatore Books (2006) Indemnity in Construction Agreements: Preserving the Site Owners Rights - Tort Law Journal of Ohio (2006) Presentations 2017 Roetzel Labor & Employment Law Breakfast Briefings - Roetzels Labor & Employment Law Seminar Series (2017) The ADA: An Update & a Warning - American Payroll Association (2016) Defining Leadership in the Law - Toledo Womens Bar Association Spring CLE (2015) Emerging Trends in ADA - Lawline (2014) The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Twenty Years Down the Road - American Payroll Association (2013) Restrictive Covenants & Deceptive Trade Practices - Roetzel Corporate Counsel Forum, Cleveland & Columbus, Ohio (2013) ADA - Two Decades Later - Lawline, New York, New York (2013) + Show More - Show Less Firm News Nine Roetzel Attorneys Named Best Lawyers 2025 Lawyer of the Year (Aug 15, 2024) 100 Roetzel Attorneys Named 2025 Best Lawyers®, Ones to Watch (Aug 15, 2024) Roetzel & Andress Earns Recognition in 2024 Best Lawyers (Aug 17, 2023) Roetzel Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® (Aug 18, 2022) 74 Roetzel Attorneys Named 2022 Best Lawyers in America®; 18 Recognized as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Aug 19, 2021) Seventy Roetzel Attorneys Named to 2021 The Best Lawyers in America© List; Ten Named Lawyer of the Year (Aug 20, 2020) 66 Roetzel Attorneys Named to 2020 The Best Lawyers in America© List (Aug 15, 2019) Seven Roetzel Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers® (Aug 20, 2018) Over 50 Roetzel & Andress LPA Attorneys Named to 2019 The Best Lawyers in America© List (Aug 17, 2018) Roetzel & Andress begins 2017 with new leadership (Jan 2, 2017) Robert Blackham Assumes Role as Chairman of Roetzel (Dec 19, 2016) Over 50 Roetzel & Andress LPA Attorneys Named to 2017 The Best Lawyers in America© List (Aug 15, 2016) Roetzels Toledo Attorneys Named Among The Best Lawyers in America© for 2017 (Aug 15, 2016) Denise Hasbrook Named Partner-in-Charge at Toledo Office of Roetzel & Andress LPA (Aug 25, 2015) 60 Roetzel & Andress LPA Attorneys Named to 2016 Best Lawyers® in America List (Aug 17, 2015) Denise Hasbrook Elected to Chair the Board of Trustees for Mercy Health - Toledo (Apr 21, 2015) Roetzel Attorneys Named to Whos Who in Toledo Area Law (Sep 10, 2014) Roetzel Attorneys Named Among The Best Lawyers in America for 2015 (Aug 18, 2014) Roetzel Attorneys Named Among The Best Lawyers in America for 2014 (Aug 15, 2013) + Show More - Show Less