Corwin is an experienced advisor, litigator, and transactional attorney who focuses on helping clients develop, pursue, and implement practical, business-oriented solutions to their legal needs.
Corwin maintains a wide-ranging employment practice which includes providing day-to-day advice and counsel regarding employment matters, conducting internal investigations, assisting in mergers and acquisitions, and representing employers in disputes before administrative agencies, arbitration, mediation, and in state and federal court.
Corwin frequently represents employers facing allegations of harassment and discrimination, as well as wage-and-hour complaints, including securing a jury and bench verdict in favor of a major U.S. city in a federal court case alleging race and political affiliation discrimination. In one of the first district court cases addressing the “ministerial exception” after the Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in Our Lady of Guadalupe v. Morrissey-Berru, Corwin successfully won summary judgment in the employer’s favor on a terminated employee’s claim of pregnancy discrimination. Corwin also has experience defending employers against wage-and-hour claims, including securing summary judgment and a Circuit Court affirmance in an employer’s favor in a case alleging misclassification and unpaid overtime under the FLSA..
Education
University of Michigan School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2014
Boston College, B.A., Philosophy, magna cum laude, 2004
Bowling Green State University, M.A., Philosophy, 2008
New School University, M.A., Philosophy, 2006
Practice Area(s)
Compensation & Employment
Financial Institutions
Litigation
Financial Services & Fintech
Practice Areas
Employment and Labor
Environmental Law
Litigation & ADR
Practice Areas
Employment and Labor
Environmental Law
Litigation & ADR
Specialty Groups
Bio
Corwin is an experienced advisor, litigator, and transactional attorney who focuses on helping clients develop, pursue, and implement practical, business-oriented solutions to their legal needs.
Corwin maintains a wide-ranging employment practice which includes providing day-to-day advice and counsel regarding employment matters, conducting internal investigations, assisting in mergers and acquisitions, and representing employers in disputes before administrative agencies, arbitration, mediation, and in state and federal court.
Corwin frequently represents employers facing allegations of harassment and discrimination, as well as wage-and-hour complaints, including securing a jury and bench verdict in favor of a major U.S. city in a federal court case alleging race and political affiliation discrimination. In one of the first district court cases addressing the “ministerial exception” after the Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in Our Lady of Guadalupe v. Morrissey-Berru, Corwin successfully won summary judgment in the employer’s favor on a terminated employee’s claim of pregnancy discrimination. Corwin also has experience defending employers against wage-and-hour claims, including securing summary judgment and a Circuit Court affirmance in an employer’s favor in a case alleging misclassification and unpaid overtime under the FLSA..
Education
University of Michigan School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2014
Boston College, B.A., Philosophy, magna cum laude, 2004
Bowling Green State University, M.A., Philosophy, 2008
New School University, M.A., Philosophy, 2006
Practice Area(s)
Compensation & Employment
Financial Institutions
Litigation
Financial Services & Fintech
OFFICES
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