Robi J. Baishnab

Experienced Ohio wage and hour lawyer

Attorney
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Phone: 234-401-9444
Email: Email Me

Robi in his own words

I am passionate about improving the lives of workers, which includes representing employees who were not paid lawful wages that they earned.

Sometimes I describe myself as having "blue collar" values with "white collar" opportunities. I believe that balance is critical to a properly functioning society. Workers are consistently in the inferior bargaining position compared to employers, especially large corporate entities. Workers sweat, bleed, ache, and toil, but are often little more than line items on a profit and loss ledger. While employers are typically able to deduct labor costs, the typical human employee gets no such savings.

Helping employees also levels the playing field among employers, by targeting illegal pay practices that give certain employers an unfair competitive advantage over employers that follow the rules.

With some exceptions, each and every worker deserves to be paid no less than the lawful minimum wage and one and one-half times their regular rate for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek. I have helped production and manufacturing workers, homecare providers, housekeepers and cleaners, oil and gas workers, tipped restaurant workers, just to name a few. I respect that my clients are working just as hard, if not harder, than me and I will do everything I can to ensure they are paid what they are lawfully owed.

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Bar Admissions

State Bar of Ohio
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
United States District Court of Colorado
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Western District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Education

Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio
J.D. - 2010
Master of Laws (Business & Taxation) - 2012
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Bachelor of Science, Biology - 1999

Honors and Awards

Super Lawyer Rising Star 2020

Professional Affiliations

American Civil Liberties Union
Ohio Association for Justice
Ohio Employment Lawyers Association

Speaking Engagements

September 2016: CLE Speaker at Ohio State Bar Association on "Workers' compensation and the Fair Labor Standards Act"
Ohio Association for Justice (May 2018: CLE speaker on "Wage & Hour Legal Updates")