Claudia Orr Email & Phone Number

Greater Detroit Area

Claudia D. Orr focuses her practice primarily in the area of labor and employment law. She represents employers/management only (and not employees/unions). Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, local governments, nationwide distributors of pharmaceutical products, numerous non-profit agencies, healthcare providers, restaurants, etc. As a counselor, Ms. Orr regularly advises clients on employment/labor matters, including discipline/discharge, complex ADA/Family and Medical Leave Act/STD-LTD/Worker’s Disability Compensation issues, and labor grievances/arbitration matters. Ms. Orr was a 2021 honoree by Michigan Lawyers Weekly for "Women in the Law" and was named in the Best Lawyers in America® for Labor & Employment Law (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC), 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 , 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. And, she was also named as one of the top employment attorneys in Metro Detroit by dBusiness Journal in 2010, 2015, 2020.Ms. Orr regularly defends clients in litigation and arbitration matters and routinely represents clients in administrative proceedings before government agencies.In addition, Ms. Orr has an ever-growing practice in Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) and routinely serves as an arbitrator.

The Detroit office of Williams Mullen merged into Howard & Howard. I was an employment defense attorney and member of Howard & Howard until shortly after it closed the Detroit office.

I was an employment defense attorney and member of Williams Mullen until it "sold" its Detroit office to Howard & Howard.

I was an employment defense attorney and shareholder at Clark Hill, representing employers in employment related matters.

I was an employment defense attorney and partner at BSDD, defending employers in employment related claims.

I was an employment defense attorney at HMSC and defended employers in employment related claims.

Jd, Summa Cum Laude, Law Degree, Graduated 3Rd In Class

Activities and Societies: Law Review, EditorDuring my 2nd year at U of D Law, I was on the Law Review by invite and, in my third year, I.

Bgs, With High Distinction, Soc-Psych-Am History

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi, honor societyI worked full time while putting myself through college at U of M Dearborn.