
Lina focuses her practice on labor and employment litigation, including discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour, disability, unemployment insurance benefits, and FMLA matters. She also advises entities and individuals regarding employment matters and regulatory compliance, and has experience in negotiating complex severance and settlement agreements on terms advantageous to our clients. Lina’s practice also includes commercial litigation and employee benefits.
Lina’s significant wins include:
- Obtaining a swift, favorable dismissal of an NLRB administrative investigation
- Victory at the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in a Title VII race discrimination and retaliation matter
Education & Credentials
Education
University of Notre Dame
B.A., Music (Vocal Performance), Spanish, 2012- Cum laude
University of Michigan
J.D., 2016- Order of the Coif
- Magna cum laude
- Student Attorney & Peer Supervisor, Unemployment Insurance Clinic (2014-2015)
- Student Attorney, Child Welfare Appellate Clinic (2015)
Bar Admission
Acknowledgements
- Michigan Super Lawyers®
- "Rising Star", Labor & Employment, 2022
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Labor & Employment
Professional Involvement
- Washtenaw County Bar Association
- Co-Chair, Labor & Employment Section
Publications/Presentations
- Co-Author, Co-Author, “Employers are Off the Earned Sick Time Clock,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, Jan 2023
- Author, "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off! Onboarding and Off-boarding in an Increasingly Mobile and Remote Workforce," Dickinson Wright All Things HR Blog, December 2022
- Author, "#MeToo 5 Years Later – How The States Took Over the Narrative," Dickinson Wright All Things HR Blog, May 2022
- Co-Author, "U.S. Supreme Court Splits the Baby as It Stays the Private Employer Vaccine or Test Mandate but Keeps the Healthcare Vaccine Mandate in Place," Dickinson Wright Industry Alert, January 2022
- Co-Author, "Private Employer Vaccine Mandate Moves Forward as Sixth Circuit Dissolves Fifth Circuit's OSHA ETS Stay," Dickinson Wright Industry Alert, December 2021
- Co-Author, "The Private Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate is Here: What Employers Need to Know," Dickinson Wright Industry Alert, November 2021
- Author, “’Long-COVID’ in Employment Law,” Res Ipsa Loquitur, July 2021
- Author, "Michigan Governor Issues Stay-At-Home Order," Dickinson Wright Client Alert, March 2020