Jerald D. Harris – Managing Partner
Areas of Practice:
Workers’ Compensation Law
Bar Admissions:
- Ohio, 1972
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1972
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1977
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
Education:
- University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972 J.D.
- Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA, 1969 B.A.
- Honors: Honors Graduate
- Honors: Elected, Phi Alpha Theta
- Honors: National History Honorary Society
Published Works:
- The Ohio Workers’ Compensation Act – 1986 Senate Bill 307, Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Co., 1986
- Workers’ Compensation Journal of Ohio (Editor), Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Co.
- “The International Tort Exclusion from Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law”, Trial Magazine, 1985
- The Ohio Workers’ Compensation Act – 1993 House Bill 107
Representative Cases:
- Blankenship v. Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals, Inc., 433 N.E.2d 572, 69 Ohio St. 2d 608 (Ohio 1982)
- Jones v. VIP Development Co., 472 N.E.2d 1046 (Ohio 1984)
- Hamlin v. Snow Products, 15 Ohio St. 3d 90
Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Co-Host, Workers’ Compensation, Social Security, Personal Injury Litigation, Ohio Workers’ Compensation Forum Cable TV
- Adjunct Professor, Interaction of Medicine and Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Honors and Awards:
- Distinguished Service Award, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, April 28, 1987
- Distinguished Service Award, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, April 18, 1985
- Recognized for Outstanding Efforts for the Citizens of the State of Ohio, Ohio Academy of Trial
- LawyersCertificate of Appreciation, March 4, 1983
- Recognized for Service to the Legal Profession, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers Special Achievement Award, 1995
- Workers’ Compensation Hall of Fame Award, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1998
- Who’s Who in American Law
- Who’s Who in the Midwest
- Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America
- Who’s Who in Executives & Professionals
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Who’s Who Among Outstanding Americans
- Voted Top 50 Cincinnati Super Lawyer
- Selected As An Ohio Super Lawyer in the Area of Workers’ Compensation Law
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers – Board of Trustees (Presidential Appointee)
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Ohio Association for Justice
- Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1985 – Chairman, Workers’ Compensation Education Committee
- Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1985 – Chairman, Task Force Committee
- Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Social Security & Administrative law Section, 1981 - 1985 – Chairman
- Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Workers’ Compensation Section, 1992 – 1993 - Chairman
- Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1993 – Legislative Coordinating Committee
- Cincinnati Bar Association, 1983 – 1986 – Chairman, Workers’ Compensation Committee
- Ohio State Bar Association – Workers’ Compensation Committee
- Ohio State Bar Association College – Member
- National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives, 1981 – 1983 Ohio State Chairperson
- American Society of Law & Medicine
- Civil Justice Foundation – Founding Sponsor
- Attorney General’s Workers’ Compnsation Advisory Council
- Industrial Commission of Ohio – Permanent Total Disability Guidelines Council
- Industrial Commission of Ohio – Permanent Partial Disability Committee
- Industrial Commission of Ohio – Integrated Comp Advisory Committee
- Bethesda Hospital – Community Advisory Board
- Ohio Operation Improvement Task Force, 1990 – Member (Workers’ Compensation)
- Workers’ Compensation Oversight Commission
- Workers’ Compensation Nominating Committee, 1995 – 1996
- Ohio State Bar Association, 1996 – Present
- Workers’ Compensation Specialty Board
