Mr. Brian Lee McDermott

1992, Indiana
1992, Indiana - N.D. Ind.
1992, Indiana - S.D. Ind.
1995, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
1999, Iowa
2004, Iowa - N.D. Iowa
2004, Ohio - N.D. Ohio
2006, Iowa - S.D. Iowa
2008, 6th Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Associations and Activities

•American Bar Association, Civil Procedure and Evidence Committee, Tort Insurance Practices Section, ABA/ERR Complex Litigation Subcommittee, Section of Litigation, Employment & Labor Relations
•American Staffing Association, Member
•The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, fellow
•Employment Law360 Advisory Board (2009-2010)
•Indiana Bar Association: Labor and Employment Section, Chair (2003-2005)
•Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors (2020-present)
•Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Human Resource and Labor Committees
•IndySHRM, Strategic Leadership Forum Committee
•Japan American Society of America, Board Member (2013-present)
•National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, Legal Advisory Counsel (2010)

College of Labor and Employment Labors (2014); 2011 Samuel C. Schlosser Indiana Chamber Volunteer of the Year. Listed: Indiana Super Lawyer (2004-2012); The Best Lawyers in America (2005-2015); Best Lawyers, 2014 Indianapolis Litigation - Labor & Employment Lawyer of the Year; Chambers and Partners USA, Leaders in Your Field (2004-2006, 2008-2015). Co-Editor: FMLA Guide: Everything Indiana Employers Need to Know About the FMLA, Indiana Chamber of Commerce (2009) (2nd Edition); Co-Author: "Indiana Employers' Guide to the ADA and FMLA", Indiana Chamber of Commerce (2001, 2003); Co-Editor, "The Employment and Labor Law Handbook for Indiana Lawyers", Indiana State Bar Association, Employment and Labor Law Section (2005); Co-Author, "Interviewing Guide, Designed to Assist Indiana Employers with Hiring and Retaining Employees", Indiana Chamber of Commerce (2005); Co-Author, "Religion in the Workplace: A Guide for the Indiana Employer", Indiana Chamber of Commerce (2006); Co-Author, "New Laws, New Claims, New Policies? Workplace Bullying", For the Defense, In-House Defense Quarterly, DRI (2008); Co-Author, "Avoiding FLSA Disaster: FLSA Risk Areas for PEOs", National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (2008); Privacy in the Workplace, Issues for PEOs and Their Clients, HR practices & strategies, PEO Insider, NAPEO (2008); Author, "Seventh Circuit Side-Steps Need to Decide FMLA Eligibility-by-Estoppel Claim", HR Spotlight, Council in Education Management (2008); "The Constitutionality of Canon 7(B)(1)(c) of the Code of Judicial Conduct: Free Speech Rights of Judges", 25 Creighton Law Review 855 (1992); Note, "Defending the Defenseless: Murray v. Giarratano and the Right to Counsel in Capital Proceedings", 75 Iowa Law Review 1305 (1990); Chapter, How Arbitration Works, Alan Mills Ruben et al. eds., BNA Books (6th Edition 2001). Note and Comment Editor, Iowa Law Review, 1990-1991. Law Clerk, Honorable Donald J. Porter, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, 1991-1992. Member, Human Resources and Labor Committees, Indiana Chamber of Commerce. Member: Indianapolis (Chair, Labor and Employment Council, 2005), Indiana State (Chair, Labor and Employment Section, 2004) and American (Vice Chair, Civil Procedure and Evidence Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 2002-) Bar Associations; IndySHRM; Board Member, Japan America Society of Indiana (JASI) (2013-present).