Providing Solutions To Complex Legal Issues
Max Dehn is a shareholder with Cavitch, and focuses his practice on business and employment litigation and counseling. He has represented clients in a variety of areas, including employment discrimination, wage and hour matters, non-compete litigation, business contract disputes, and class action defense in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration forums.
Max co-chairs the firm’s monthly employment law luncheon, and also provides counseling to business clients regarding their employment practices. Max has presented lectures to attorneys, business owners and human resources professionals on topics including non-compete contract litigation, and the Fair Labor Standards Act (the “FLSA”).
Max has also worked in successfully defending numerous class and collective actions. These include FLSA collective actions, Ohio Consumer Sales Protection Act class actions, and several large entitlement-based class actions brought against State of Ohio agencies, some of which were litigated over the course of ten years or more.
Practice Areas
Education
- Cleveland State University College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
- Juris Doctor – 2005
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors:
CALI Excellence for the Future Award
- University of Michigan
- Bachelor of Arts – 1989
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. Tax Court
Professional Associations
- Board Member, Recovery Resources, Inc.
- Ohio Super Lawyers By Law & Politics
- Recognized As One Of The Best Lawyers In America
- Board Member, Recovery Resources, INC
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award
- Defend and prosecute numerous Fair Labor Standards
Act and other wage and hour matters, including
collective actions, in Federal and state courts;
Defend and prosecute many non-compete and related
post-employment disputes; - Defend and prosecute business litigation matters in
multiple states, including Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota,
Florida, Illinois, and Texas; - Defend and prosecute claims arising from business and
partnership dissolution, sale, and break-up; - Defend and prosecute a breadth of discrimination and
retaliation matters in Federal and state courts;
Defend business clients in matters concerning
employment and accommodations under the
Americans with Disabilities Act and related state
statutes; - Serve as lead counsel in numerous matters including
jury trials, bench trials, and a broad variety of judicial
and administrative hearings. - Serve as lead counsel in numerous matters
including jury trials, bench trials, and a broad
variety of judicial and administrative hearings. - Manage state and federal investigations, including
those conducted by the Department of Labor, the
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission,
and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, related to
claims under Title VII, the Fair Labor Standards Act,
and various state and federal statutes; - Manage and direct ongoing compliance audits for
business clients to ensure compliance with state
and federal employment and wage and hour
laws.