Matthew E. Ritzman, Ph.D.

Matthew E. Ritzman, Ph.D., is an experienced labor and employment attorney. Matthew serves as trusted advisor to human resource and labor relations professionals.  He works proactively with clients to develop comprehensive strategies to address emerging workplace challenges to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws.

Matthew brings a wealth of experience handling administrative investigations, arbitrations and employment litigation matters. Prior to joining Honigman, Matthew represented the National Labor Relations Board, where he led hundreds of investigations and served as lead counsel in numerous successful representations before administrative law judges. Matthew is also skilled at dispute resolution, having negotiated many pre-litigation settlements. 

Matthew has an extensive background in education and training. Apart from his legal practice, Matthew serves as an adjunct professor, teaching business law and technology courses. He has published numerous articles in journals and periodicals and is a regular presenter at trainings, seminars and conferences. 

While serving in a non-attorney role at the United States Department of Justice, Matthew earned both a Master's degree and Ph.D. in Educational Technology. He frequently writes and lectures on a wide range of topics including effectively handling interpersonal conflict in the workplace, implementing and managing emerging workplace technologies and a variety of other timely legal compliance issues.

Practice Areas

Prior Experience

• National Labor Relations Board, United States Government, Attorney
• Oakland University, Adjunct Faculty 
• Youngstown State University, Adjunct Faculty
• Terra State College, Adjunct Faculty
• American Fed. of Gov. Employees, L. 1741, President
• United States Department of Justice, Drug Treatment Specialist

Education

Admissions

Court Admissions

Awards

The Younger Federal Lawyer Award, Federal Bar Association, 2024

Alerts

Publications

State of Confusion: How the FLSA is Failing ... and How to Address It, 50 U. Tol. Law Review. 163 (2019).

Workplace Bullying, Emotional Abuse, and Harassment in Corrections. In Handbook of Workplace Bullying, Emotional Abuse and Harassment. New York, NY: Springer (2019).

Up in the cloud: Managers, Employees, and Security Training for Cloud Computing. American Journal of Management.17(7) (2017).

What Works: A Systems Approach to Employee Performance in Strengthening Information Security. Performance Improvement (PI) Journal. (55)8. 17-22 (2016).

A Preliminary Study of Human Resource Professionals and Workplace Bullying in Corrections. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research. (8)2. 137-146 (2016).

A Phenomenon We Can’t Ignore: Performance Improvement Interventions to Address Workplace Bullying. Performance Improvement (PI) Journal. (55)1. 14-22 (2016).