Biography
Stephen Imm is a partner with the Finney Law Firm, a Cincinnati native, and graduated from Georgetown Law School in 1987. After graduation, Steve began practicing with the Cincinnati firm of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister. Before joining Finney Law Firm, he was a Partner at Katz, Greenberger & Norton in Cincinnati, where he was in charge of the firm’s labor and employment law practice, among other things. Steve also taught a course in Employment Law at the University of Cincinnati, from 1997 to 2003.
Steve is an experienced trial lawyer who has first-chaired more than 70 jury trials in numerous State and Federal Courts. He has also won several cases at the highest appellate levels that have helped to shape the current state of employment law and landlord/tenant law.
In Sabo v. Schott, Steve argued successfully before the Ohio Supreme Court that employees in Ohio should not be subject to employment termination for giving truthful sworn testimony, even if their testimony is adverse to their employers. This ruling significantly expanded the “public policy” exception to Ohio’s employment-at-will doctrine.
In CMHA v. Morgan, he again successfully argued before the Ohio Supreme Court, this time vindicating the rights of Ohio property owners to promptly re-take possession of rental properties from tenants who had violated their rental agreements.
Steve and his wife Katy live in Newtown, Ohio. He has three grown children who are among the best people he knows.
Admitted to Practice
State of Ohio, 1987
United States District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio
United States Sixth and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeals
Education
Georgetown Law School, J.D. 1987
University of Cincinnati, B.A. Summa Cum Laude, 1984
Memberships, Honors and Community Involvement
Ohio Employment Lawyers Association
Cincinnati Employment Lawyers Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Cincinnati Bar Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Adjunct Professor, University of Cincinnati, 1997 – 2003
Sample of Notable Reported Cases
Lange v. Anchor Glass Container Corp., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 17453 (7th Circuit 2023)
Barger v. United Bhd. of Carpenters & Joiners of Am., 3 F.4th 254 (6th Cir. 2021)
Young v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc., 837 F.Supp.2d 758,765 (S.D. Ohio, 2011).
Vincent v. The Brewer Co., 574 F.3d 489 (6th Cir. 2007)
Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority v. Morgan, 104 Ohio St. 3d 445 (2004)
Sabo v. Schott, 70 Ohio St. 3d 527 (1994)
