James Hermon Selected for the Crain’s Detroit Business 2023 Notable Leaders in Employment and Labor Law List

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced that James Hermon was selected for the Crain’s Detroit Business 2023 Notable Leaders in Employment and Labor Law list. Hermon and other honorees were profiled in a special supplement in the October 16, 2023, issue of the publication.

According to Crain’s, the Notable Leaders in Employment and Labor Law list is a special editorial feature that profiles top employment and labor lawyers in Michigan. Honorees had made an impact through their role and continue to have the power to effect change, as well as serve as a mentor to colleagues.

Hermon is the leader of Dykema’s Labor & Employment practice group and focuses his practice on the defense and trial of employment cases in federal and state courts, as well as counseling, advising, and training corporations regarding their obligations under state and federal employment laws. He provides full-circle employment counsel, helping clients manage employer-employee relationships at all levels and meet their state and federal regulatory and statutory obligations.

Hermon has represented a broad range of clients in a variety of employment and discrimination-related matters, including representation in administrative proceedings before the EEOC, defense of lawsuits involving race, national origin, age, and sex discrimination, defense of sexual harassment claims, defense of disability and religious accommodation claims under state and federal law, and the defense and prosecution of claims for alleged violations of covenants not to compete.

Hermon received a J.D., magna cum laude, from Ohio State University, and an A.B. from the University of Michigan.