Rachel M. Reight
Rachel M. Reight
MEET OUR TEAM
EDUCATION
–University of Toledo College of Law – Toledo, Ohio
Juris Doctor: May, 2004
First Prize, Nathan Burken Memorial Scholarship Writing Competition
Trial Advocacy Team
-The Ohio State University – Columbus, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts Degree – Political Science: June, 2001
BAR ADMISSION
(In practice since 2004)
-Ohio – November, 2004
-West Virginia – October, 2007
-U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio – October, 2005
-U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio – June, 2006
-U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia – October, 2007
-6th Circuit Court of Appeals – July, 2006
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, ACTIVITIES, & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
-Ohio and Stark County Bar Associations
– Labor and Employment Law Section, OSBA 2019 – present; OSBA Labor and Employment Law Council – 2019-present; Public Sector Labor Law Committee, 2021-present; Basics of Employment Law Committee, 2022-present
-Solo, Small Firm & General Practice Section Member, OSBA 2013
-Stark County Bar Association Member of the Disputed Fee (2013-present), Certified Grievance (2013-2018), and the Labor Law (2015) Committees
-Volunteer Judicial Panelist for the Annual Ohio Mock Trial Competition for high school students hosted by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education, 2014-present
-Volunteer Judicial Panelist for the American Mock Trial Association Cleveland Regional Undergraduate Mock Trial Tournament, 2017
-Volunteer Judicial Panelist for the 22nd Annual Cleveland Mock Trial Competition presented by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, 2018
-Presentation on “Public Employment” issues at the 2015 Labor Law Seminar for the Stark County Bar Association
-Speaker at Workshops for public educators, school employees, and county developmental disabilities board employees in Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Summit Counties
-Volunteer Mentor for the Supreme Court of Ohio Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program, 2018
-13abc “Ask the Expert” volunteer, 2005
SUBSTANTIVE AREAS OF PRACTICE
-Partner with Baasten, McKinley & Co., L.P.A.
-Representation of a State Association and its Local Affiliates and Members
-Labor and Employment Law
-Administrative Law – State Employment Relations Board, Ohio State Board of Education, & Children Services Investigations
-Workers’ Compensation
-Defense of teachers and Associations
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
-Selected to the 2017 and 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers List of Rising Stars
-Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law
