Kimberlee Ullner is a Senior Counsel in Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP’s Cleveland office. She is a member of Labor & Employment and Healthcare Practice Sections. She is also a member of the Firm’s ADA Accessibility, Aging Services & Long-term Care and Workplace Health & Safety Teams. She focuses on complex commercial litigation, high-stakes employment matters and class action defense. She has represented clients nationwide, ranging from large corporations to small family businesses and has tried cases in federal and state courts, administrative agencies and represented clients in mediation and arbitration.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Ullner’s employment practice involved representing employers in claims of harassment, discrimination (gender, race, disability, national origin, religion, age), retaliation, Title IX compliance and tortious interference with business relations in state and federal courts. Additionally, her practice included representing long-term care facilities in matters related to patients’ rights to pursue Medicaid benefits. She argued at numerous administrative appeal hearings before the Ohio Bureau of State Hearings and administrative agencies in other states. In addition, she has represented nursing home clients in Illinois and Maryland federal courts on various due process-related issues. In addition to her litigation defense practice, she also routinely provides management clients with guidance designed to minimize the risk of employment-related legal action, including preventive advice and counseling, the development, evaluation and implementation of personnel policies and employee relations procedures to assist employers in maintaining compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws, as well as both conducting and managing employee misconduct and complaint investigations. She also creates and presents training programs for employees at all levels in areas such as employee handbooks and workplace policies, preventing discrimination and harassment, and conducting employee investigations. 

Ms. Ullner participates in pro bono initiatives and serves as an elected member of Orange Village council, where she has actively sought to bring programs addressing mental health to her constituents.

Ohio

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio

• “Managing Conflict,” Girl Scouts Northeast Ohio
• “How to Prevent and Respond to an EEOC Charge of Discrimination or Harassment,” Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting
• “Establishing an In-house Training Program: The Legal Implications of Employee Training.” Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting