Mr. McDermott has helped thousands of workers recover millions of dollars in class, collective and individual wage and hour actions. Kevin’s practice is focused on enabling employees, workers, and professionals to be treated fairly and paid lawfully by their employers.
Kevin has successfully defended judgments favorable to employees in wage cases before the Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals. He frequently represents workers in employment-related disputes including wage-and-hour matters related to unpaid overtime compensation; unpaid minimum wage; employers misclassifying employees as independent contractors; employers misclassifying employees as exempt; improper time rounding or editing practices; improper tip practices; unpaid compensable preliminary and postliminary work; unpaid workday travel time; and unpaid compensable meal periods and rest periods.
Attorney Kevin M. McDermott II is admitted to practice in the State of Ohio, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Northern District of Ohio Federal District Court, the Southern District of Ohio Federal District Court, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the District of North Dakota Federal District Court.
Kevin received his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from The Ohio State University where he was a Politics, Society and Law Scholar and attended the University of Oxford in Oxford, UK through the Summer Law Program, and his Juris Doctor degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
