Julie represents employers in all phases of workersโ compensation matters including administrative hearings and judicial matters before various levels of Ohio state courts.ย She counsels employers regarding the administration of workers’ compensation claims, claims management and cost containment, accident investigation, violation of specific safety requirement (VSSR) claims, premium and group ratings, attaining and maintaining self-insured status, and other related matters.ย She also defends employers in post-administrative litigation in common pleas courts throughout Ohio.
University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 1999
University of Cincinnati Law Review Member of Staff, 1997-1998
Miami University, B.A., 1996, summa cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
LPM Institute,ย Fundamental Skills of Legal Project Management, Certificate, June 2021
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2000
The Best Lawyers in Americaยฎ: Litigation โ Labor and Employment, 2024; Workers’ Compensation Law โ Employers, 2022-2024
Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars โ 2013, 2014
Cincinnati Bar Association, Workersโ Compensation Section โ Former Chair
Ohio State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
Southwestern Ohio Self-Insurers Association, Member
Ohio Self-Insurersโ Association, Member
Guardian Angels Church, Chair of Education/Faith Formation Committee (2017 to 2020) and Member of Parish Pastoral Council (2017 to present)
Junior Achievement, Volunteer Teacher (present)
Guardian Angels School, PTA volunteer and past Steering Committee member (2012 to 2020)
McNicholas High School Athletic Booster member (2021 to present)
McNicholas High School Parent/Teacher/Student Association member (2020 to present)
Mercy Montessori School, Board of Trustees (2013 to 2019)
Ohio Supreme Court Mentoring Program (2011 and 2012)
โCurrent Developments in the Law.โ Lorman CLE Seminar
โABCs of Claim Processingโ and โFMLA/ADA/Workersโ Compensation โ The Bermuda Triangle.โ Lorman CLE Seminar
โWorkersโ Compensation Injuries โ How to Manage the claim and return the employee to work.โ
Greater Cincinnati Human Resources Association presentation
โCase Law Updateโ Cincinnati Bar Association, CLE Seminar
โAsk the Legal Professionalโ Business Courier
โStatutory Update โ Summary of Senate Bill 334โ
SWOISA presentation
Employer Resources Association โ WC Update 2012, 2013, 2014
โMedicare Set-Asides in Workersโ Compensationโ โ 2016 Advanced Workersโ Compensation seminar, National Business Institute
July 9, 2020
March 25, 2020
October 8, 2018
September 14, 2018
September 7, 2017