Ross A. Hollander, of Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC, has been ranked among the state’s top tier of labor and employment lawyers by Chambers USA 2018. This is the tenth consecutive year that Hollander has received a top ranking from Chambers USA.
After conducting independent interviews with clients and lawyers, Chambers USA ranks attorneys based on pre-eminence in their practice areas. Quoting from remarks made by peers and clients, Chambers USA writes, “Ross A. Hollander is respected by a fellow lawyer as ‘a very well-known practitioner who gives good advice.’ He has a formidable litigation practice and is particularly experienced in issues relating to senior executives.”
Employment litigation dominates Hollander’s practice, but his extensive litigation experience also includes common law claims of negligence against employers, commercial litigation defense, securities fraud, and bankruptcy law. His employment litigation practice focuses on defense of employment claims under state and federal statutes and regulations.
The depth of Hollander’s subject-matter expertise in civil and employment law led to his selection as a member of NAM, (National Arbitration and Mediation), the best alternative dispute resolution firm in the U.S. A highly respected neutral, Hollander is called upon by NAM to arbitrate and mediate employment and related cases.
Hollander received his juris doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1976. He graduated cum laude from Wichita State University in 1973. Hollander is a past president of the Wichita Bar Association, as well as the Kansas Bar Association’s Law Section. He has served as a member for the Management Labor Employment Roundtable from 2000 to present, and he is a Charter Member and former President of the Wesley E. Brown Inn of Court. He also served as an Adjunct Professor at Friends University, teaching graduate courses in Management Labor Relations.
Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC has 15 attorneys and offices in Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka and Wichita. The firm’s primary practice areas include civil litigation, commercial law, complex criminal defense, DUI defense, employment law, family law, and professional liability defense. The firm’s attorneys represent clients in municipal, state, federal and appellate courts and before administrative panels.