Scott R. Eldridge

Practice Areas

Management-side representation in employment litigation defense (discrimination, harassment, whistleblower claims), including: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act; Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA); Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA); Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA); Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); and Michigan laws, including Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Whistleblowers' Protection Act, and Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act; union grievance and unfair labor practice charges, union elections and collective bargaining; governmental litigation and constitutional law; and higher education law, including Title IX compliance and litigation.

Career

Scott Eldridge focuses his practice on management-side labor and employment law, governmental litigation, and commercial litigation.

He represents colleges and universities, municipalities, non-profits, public bodies, government contractors, and commercial enterprises in state court, federal court, and administrative tribunals. Scott also routinely represents his clients in the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court.

Scott is licensed in Michigan and the District of Columbia; He serves as Resident Director of the firm's Lansing, Michigan Office and was elected to serve as one of five of the firm's Managing Directors.

Professional Memberships

Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Health and Human Resources Committee, Member/Past Chair

Michigan State University Inn of Court, Barrister

American Bar Association

State Bar of Michigan, Labor & Employment Law Section

Ingham County Bar Association

Publications

Contributor: "The Family Medical and Leave Act," ABA Second Addition, Bloomberg BNA; State Bar Employment Law Newsletter, LawNotes; Co-Author: Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Election Law

Personal

East Lansing Educational Foundation, Board Member

Highfields, Inc., former Board Member, Chair

Experience

Labor and Employment Law

• Employment litigation defense (discrimination, harassment, whistleblower claims)

• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act; Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA); Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA); Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA); Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA);Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act (USERRA); Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA); Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX); and Michigan analogues, including Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Whistleblowers' Protection Act, and Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act.

• Defending Union Grievance and Unfair Labor Practice Charges

• Union Elections

• Collective Bargaining

• Union Avoidance

Governmental Litigation

• Ballot Questions (Including Board of State Canvassers proceedings)

• Election Law

• State and Federal Administrative Law

• Michigan Constitutional Law

• U.S. Constitutional Law

• Government Contracts/Procurement

• Municipal Law

General Litigation

• Higher Education Litigation and Title IX Compliance

• Sports Law

• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act Defense

• Commercial Contract Disputes

Education