Jonathan Tepe is a Senior Litigation Counsel at Sanford Heisler Sharp.

At Sanford Heisler Sharp, Jonathan’s practice has focused on employment discrimination, public interest litigation, and complex civil litigation, representing both individuals and classes. Working with a team of Sanford Heisler Sharp attorneys, Jonathan has represented clients including:

• a class of over 700 auto-workers alleging age discrimination against Volkswagen in Manlove v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft et al.
• dozens of counties and cities across the nation in their claims against opioid manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies, and pharmacy benefit managers
• a co-founder of a global semi-conductor company InnoGrit Corporation, who was terminated and defrauded out of his share in the company in Chen v. InnoGrit Corporation, et al.
• healthcare executives who were terminated after reporting violations of laws and regulations in Kyrimis, et al. v. Palomar Health et al.
• a Cuban citizen in his appeals of the denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture protection
• a general counsel who was demoted based on her gender
• an employee of a Fortune 100 company who was discriminated against based on his sexual orientation
• a female attorney who was terminated after reporting gender discrimination

Jonathan received his law degree from Columbia Law School and his Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Political Science and History, with Honors in Arts and Sciences, from The Ohio State University. While at Columbia Law, Jonathan was a member of the Human Rights Law Review, Public Relations Chairman of Rightslink (a student-run human rights law organization), and a participant in the Human Rights Internship Program. As an intern with the Legal Resources Centre in Makhanda, South Africa, Jonathan contributed to litigation that ultimately secured a judgment finding that severe furniture shortages in Eastern Cape schools violated the constitutional right to a basic education and ordering the government to provide sufficient desks and chairs to all Eastern Cape schools. He also helped to defend low-income families as an extern with The Bronx Defenders and to expand voting rights as an extern with The Center for Popular Democracy. While at Ohio State, Jonathan worked as an intern for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Employment Law Section and for U.S. Congressman Steve Driehaus.

Jonathan is a member of the Tennessee and Ohio bars. He is also member of the Tennessee Bar Association.

Before joining Sanford Heisler Sharp, Jonathan completed a clerkship for the Honorable Sarah A. L. Merriam, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Prior to his clerkship, Jonathan was an Associate at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he gained substantial experience in complex commercial litigation, as well as various pro bono matters representing low-income individuals.

When Jonathan is not lawyering, he enjoys traveling and cheering on the Ohio State Buckeyes and Cincinnati Reds.