Noel
C.
Shepard
Member
Ms. Shepard represents a wide variety of companies in employment-related defense litigation and consulting services. Her practice focuses on defending employers of all sizes in every aspect of workers' compensation from injury prevention to settlement. Ms. Shepard offers her clients advice regarding policy writing, accident prevention and investigation, cost containment, and defense strategy. She defends her clients against workers' compensation claims before the Industrial Commission of Ohio as well as in common pleas courts statewide. Additionally, Ms. Shepard represents clients in writ of mandamus actions in Courts of Appeal. She also has experience in more specialized areas of workers' compensation law, including Violation of Specific Safety Requirements (VSSR), handicap reimbursement hearings, and in rating matters before the Adjudicating Committee of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation.