Affluent restaurant chain, Andiamo, has retained Marla Linderman to defend its cause against a group of current and former employees claiming inadequate payment of wages by the restaurant chain. The chain which has restaurants in Warren, Dearborn, Rochester and other locations is considered one of Metro Detroit's premier brands in the restaurant industry. Linderman, who is also Ofc Kocenda's employment attorney representing him in one lawsuit against Troy and will be representing him in another lawsuit against the city shortly is described as having "earned a reputation among her colleagues as an expert in civil rights law, a crusader for those who've been unjustly singled out, and a person with remarkable energy."

Linderman practices employment law for both the plaintiff and defense. She was named one of the state's "most up and coming" lawyers in 2007 and is considered one of if not the best employment attorneys in the state of Michigan , dethroning the former mainstay in Michigan employment law.