Schleier Law Offices: Two Brothers, Eighty Combined Years, One Ninth Circuit Precedent

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At a Glance — Schleier Law Offices, P.C.

Origin

Tod Schleier left a mid-size Phoenix law firm to start his own practice more than 40 years ago; in the mid-1980s his brother Bradley joined him, and the firm’s focus shifted primarily toward representing employees in workplace disputes. Both brothers have been continuously listed in Best Lawyers in America and hold the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. U.S. News & World Report has given the firm a Tier 1 ranking for Employment Law – Individuals in the Phoenix market. Bradley Schleier is a former Chair of the State Bar of Arizona’s Employment and Labor Section and a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Attorneys; Tod also maintains a separate neutral practice as a mediator and arbitrator.

Practice Areas

The firm’s stated practice centers on representing individual employees in disputes involving employment contracts, wages, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and non-compete agreements, along with False Claims Act whistleblower matters. The firm’s own materials note that, “due to the unique perspective gained from representing employees,” both brothers also represent small businesses on employment-related problems — a disclosed dual representation rather than an exclusively one-sided practice.

Track Record

Bradley Schleier’s firm-published case history cites Dawavendewa v. Salt River Project, 154 F.3d 1117 (9th Cir. 1998), cert. denied 538 U.S. 1098 — a Ninth Circuit case of first impression holding that private employers could not discriminate on the basis of tribal affiliation — and a class-action employee-benefits settlement against Honeywell that the firm states resulted in $7.625 million distributed to 265 settlement class members. These are specific, checkable case citations rather than vague aggregate figures, though we did not independently verify the settlement amount through court records.

Client Voice

The pages we reviewed emphasized case history and peer recognition over individually attributed, verbatim client testimonials; we did not locate sourced client quotes suitable for direct quotation on the firm’s public materials at the time of writing.

Community

Bradley Schleier’s service as a former Chair of the State Bar of Arizona’s Employment and Labor Section is documented professional leadership. Both attorneys’ long-running Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers recognitions (Tod since 2007 per Super Lawyers records) reflect sustained peer engagement rather than a single award cycle.

Recognition

Bradley Schleier was named Best Lawyers’ Phoenix “Employment Law – Individuals Lawyer of the Year” in 2014, 2018, and 2020; Tod Schleier received the same distinction in 2010 and 2012. Both are individually recognized by Best Lawyers in Employment Law – Individuals, a peer-reviewed credential. No Arizona State Bar Board of Legal Specialization certification was identified for either attorney — Arizona does not currently offer a certified-specialist designation in employment law, so this is an expected absence rather than a gap specific to this firm.

Arizona Legal Backdrop

Employment claims in Arizona arise under a mix of federal statutes (Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act) and state law, including the Arizona Employment Protection Act. Deadlines for filing administrative charges of discrimination are typically short — as little as 180 days with the Arizona Attorney General’s Civil Rights Division or the EEOC in most cases, though this varies by claim type — which is a materially different timeline than the two-year personal injury statute of limitations under A.R.S. § 12-542. This is general information, not legal advice; anyone facing a potential employment claim should confirm current deadlines with a licensed attorney promptly given how short some of these windows are.

The Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Schleier Law Offices’ core asset is specificity: rather than aggregate dollar figures, the firm points to a named Ninth Circuit precedent and a specific class-action settlement figure, and both brothers carry multiple individually-named “Lawyer of the Year” distinctions in the same category over more than a decade. The honest trade-off is that the firm’s own materials disclose it also represents small-business employers, not exclusively employees — a disclosed dual practice rather than a strictly one-sided one, which a prospective client should weigh alongside the firm’s employee-side track record and reputation.

Methodology & Sourcing

Sourced from the firm’s website (schleierlaw.com), individual attorney biography pages for Tod and Bradley Schleier, Best Lawyers’ individual listings, Super Lawyers’ profile for Tod Schleier, and LinkedIn’s company page. The Honeywell settlement figure and case citation are presented as the firm’s own published claims; no independent court-record verification was performed. Awesome Attorneys did not contact the firm directly in the preparation of this profile.

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