Alejandro Valle received a B.A. in Spanish, with a minor in History, from the University of Virginia and a J.D., cum laude, from the Indiana University-Bloomington School of Law. Mr. Valle

Mr. Valle has extensive experience with employment and commercial matters. His experience is includes trial, appellate, mediation, and arbitration, in the areas of employment law, premises liability, contract disputes, and non-competition agreement enforcement. Mr. Valle’s clients have included manufacturers, restaurants, staffing services, nursing homes and other assisted living/health care facilities, retail stores, governmental and quasi-governmental agencies, hotels, auto dealerships, distributors and service providers in a variety of industries, and other entities and individuals.

Mr. Valle’s employment law experience includes both pre-litigation and post-lawsuit phases. He has defended employers in a wide range of employment matters, including alleged race, sex, disability, age and military status harassment and/or discrimination cases (Title VII, Section 1981, ADA, ADEA), FMLA and COBRA disputes, ERISA matters, wage and hour/FLSA disputes, state law workers compensation retaliation cases, and other related state law matters, including defamation, "blacklisting", and infliction of emotional distress claims, as well as litigation related to enforcement of favorable arbitration or non-compete agreements. Mr. Valle has worked with his employer clients to review, draft, and train management regarding various employment policies, including harassment and other types of policies.

Mr. Valle’s employment litigation experience includes non-competition agreement enforcement; summary judgment dismissals of ADA disability discrimination, Title VII gender and race/national origin discrimination and retaliation claims; favorable rulings from the EEOC and state agencies with respect to charges brought under Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, and corresponding state civil rights laws; handling AAA arbitration matters; and confirmation of a favorable NASD arbitration award in a race/national origin discrimination and retaliation matter.  Mr. Valle is also experienced in handling matters under USERRA and EPA, as well as claims for interference with employment/business relations and unemployment insurance appeals.

He has obtained several favorable summary judgment rulings for employment matters in federal court, and commercial matters in state court (Indiana), resulting in the dismissal of a variety of claims against his clients. Mr. Valle has also obtained several favorable summary judgment rulings in commercial matters in state court, resulting in dismissal of a variety of claims against his clients. His first-chair trial experience includes a recent defense verdict in a jury trial for a retail client in a premises liability case.

Mr. Valle works regularly with the Hispanic Business Council of the Greater Indianapolis and is fluent in Spanish. He is a member of the National Employment Law Council, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association, and Indianapolis Bar Association. He recently completed service as Secretary/Treasurer of the Board of Directors for Indianapolis-based Connect2Help. Mr. Valle is admitted to practice in Indiana, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. EMPLOYMENT AND LITIGATION