Alexa Eileen Cellier
317-***-**** • ******@******.**.***
**** ****** *** ****., ********, OH 43026
OBJECTIVE
Experienced labor and employment associate seeking to bring my practical and legal experience to an in- house role addressing employee relations and human resources. EXPERIENCE
Baker & Hostetler, LLP Columbus, Ohio
Associate, Labor and Employment Sept. 2016—Present
• Conducts discrimination and harassment investigations for employers
• Drafts position statements to obtain early dismissals of discrimination charges before federal and state agencies
• Prepares witnesses for and defends depositions in employment litigation matters
• Litigates non-competition and trade secret cases
• Assists with arbitrations involving termination of employment for police officers, pilots, bus drivers, and other union members
• Creates presentations to train management on personnel matters
• Advises public employers on police reform efforts, including civilian oversight of police United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Term Clerk to the Honorable Danny C. Reeves Aug. 2015—Aug. 2016 EDUCATION
University of Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame, Indiana Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude May 2015
• Journal of Law, Ethics, & Public Policy, Senior Notes Editor
• Intensive Trial Advocacy
• Public Defender Externship
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana
B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Romance Languages May 2012
• Boys and Girls Club of South Bend Volunteer
• Technician for Dr. Tank’s Stream Ecology Laboratory PUBLICATIONS
Article, When Are My Employees Unable to Work Under the FFCRA?, COLUMBUS BAR LAWYERS QUARTERLY (Fall 2020)
Article, The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same – Updates to the Independent Contractor Classification Under the FLSA, COLUMBUS BAR LAWYERS QUARTERLY (Winter 2018) LANGUAGE SKILLS
Read, write, and speak fluent Spanish and proficient French PRESENTATIONS
National Public Employer Labor Relations Association – Law Enforcement Bargaining Tactics Feb. 2021 Ohio Public Employer Labor Relations Association – Law Enforcement Bargaining Tactics Nov. 2020 INTERESTS
Playing tennis, running, and traveling; member of the Kiwanis Club of Columbus