For the past six decades, Bugbee & Conkle, LLP has provided high quality legal representation for employers conducting business in Ohio in all matters relating to injuries and diseases suffered by employees in the workplace. Bugbee & Conkle represents employers ranging from large self-insured employers with thousands of employees to small state-fund employers.
As the cost of managing workplace injuries rises, it is critical for employers to obtain sound legal advice to achieve reasonable containment of such costs. The lawyers at Bugbee & Conkle possess more than 100 years of experience defending workers' compensation claims and developing prevention strategies to reduce workers' compensation costs. The firm counsels employers on the administration of their workers' compensation programs, including compliance with the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the Industrial Commission of Ohio.
Ohio's workers' compensation landscape has changed and evolved over the years due to political forces, legislative initiatives and workplace attitudes. Bugbee & Conkle has not only kept pace with this evolution, but the firm is recognized as one of Ohio's premier authorities on workers' compensation. Utilizing their extensive knowledge and experience, the attorneys at Bugbee & Conkle provide aggressive representation in contested workers' compensation matters. The firm also conducts numerous seminars for the employer and legal communities each year and maintains leadership roles in associations which attend to and promote the interests of Ohio employers. Bugbee & Conkle's attorneys possess the advanced training, experience, and expertise necessary to analyze the myriad of legal, medical, and procedural issues inherent in the management and defense of workers' compensation claims.
Ohio's workers' compensation arena is an amalgam of administrative proceedings, court litigation, and appellate procedures, invoking the jurisdiction of all Ohio courts including the Ohio Supreme Court. Bugbee & Conkle's attorneys litigate before the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, the Industrial Commission of Ohio, Ohio's Common Pleas Courts and Courts of Appeals, and the Ohio Supreme Court. While Bugbee & Conkle is situated in Toledo, its representation extends throughout Ohio.
Litigating claims both administratively and in court are only a part of Bugbee & Conkle's workers' compensation practice. The firm provides aggressive representation on matters involving violations of specific safety requirements, intentional torts, self-insured employer's compliance with the Commission's and Bureau's rules, and wrongful termination under the workers' compensation statute. In addition, because of the symbiotic relationship among workers' compensation, discrimination, safety, and disability laws, Bugbee & Conkle's employment lawyers regularly work with the workers' compensation lawyers and clients to provide global representation in all aspects of the employment relationship.
If you have a question about a workers' compensation matter, please contact any one of the following attorneys at (419) 244-6788 or use the e-form under the Contact Us menu item on this site: Gregory B. Denny (gdenny@bugbee-conkle.com); Robert L. Solt, III (rsolt@bugbee-conkle.com); Robert P. King (rking@bugbee-conkle.com); Mark S. Barnes (mbarnes@bugbee-conkle.com); Harvey C. Miller (hmiller@bugbee-conkle.com); Andrew J. Wilhelms (awilhelms@bugbee-conkle.com); Janelle M. Matuszak (jmatuszak@bugbee-conkle.com).
For more information on employment matters, see the employment law practice area link, which is accessible from any page on this website.
