Jessica R. Vartanian Associate Ms. Vartanian has experience in appellate, class action, and commercial litigation, with a focus in the area of labor and employment law. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Toledo College of Law with a concentration in Labor & Employment Law. She received the ALI-ABA Scholarship & Leadership Award, given to the single graduate who best represents a combination of leadership, scholarship, and academic achievement. Professional Memberships & Activities State Bar of Michigan Labor & Employment Law Section, Member National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms, Member Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Member University of Toledo Law, Dean’s Advisory Board Member Awards ALI-ABA Scholarship & Leadership Award ABA-BNA Labor & Employment Law Award Charles Fornoff Intraschool Moot Court Competition, First Place Order of the Coif Publications and Presentations Presentation, The Attorney-Client Privilege in the Corporate Context, presented to Tier I Automotive Manufacturer, November Panelist, A View from the Inside: Appellate clerks telling it the way they see it. State Bar of Michigan, Labor & Employment Law Section’s Annual Meeting, Lansing MI, September Article, Speaking of Workplace Harassment: A First Amendment Push Toward a Status-Blind Statue Regulating “Workplace Bullying,” 65 Me. L. Rev. 175 (2012). Presentation, 5th Annual Colloquium in Labor & Employment Law, Paycheck Fairness Act to the Rescue! Precluding the Market Defense and Reviving the Equal Pay Act, Saint Louis University School of Law, September 2012 (with Nicole B. Porter). Speaker, Spring Scholarship Dinner, University of Toledo College of Law, March Article, Debunking the Market Myth in Pay Discrimination Cases, 12 Geo. J. Gender & L. 160 (2011) (with Nicole B. Porter). Presentation, Central States Law Schools Association 2011 Annual Conference, Speaking of Harassment: The First Amendment, Hostile Environment Theory, and the Problem of Subject- Matter Underinclusion, University of Toledo College of Law, October Presentation, 2d Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium, Speaking of Harassment: The First Amendment, Hostile Environment, and the Problem of Subject-Matter Underinclusion, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, October Note, Confessions of the Church: Discriminatory Practices by Religious Employers and Justifications for a More Narrow Ministerial Exception, 40 Univ. Tol. L.R (2009). Prior Experience Before joining Bush Seyferth & Paige in 2013, Ms. Vartanian clerked for Judge Richard Allen Griffin of the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and Justice Brian K. Zahra at the Michigan Supreme Court. She also worked in the Prehearing Division of the Michigan Court of Appeals and as a summer associate at a mid- size firm in Toledo. While attending the University of Toledo College of Law, Ms. Vartanian served as the Assistant Executive Editor of the Law Review and competed in Moot Court. Tel/Fax: Related Services Appellate Class Action Commercial Litigation Labor and Employment Education University of Toledo College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude 2010 University of Michigan B.A., Psychology 2007 Judicial Clerkships Judge Richard Allen Griffin 6th Circuit U.S Court of Appeals, Justice Brian K. Zahra, Michigan Supreme Court, Court Admissions United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Michigan Supreme Court Michigan State Courts Eastern District of Michigan