Practice Areas

Our labor and employment practice, headed by Frank Consolo, an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Labor And Employment Law, counsels companies on a variety of labor-management and employment issues, including collective bargaining negotiations, grievance–arbitration, employment discrimination and harassment charges, overtime pay, non-compete agreements and wrongful discharge claims. Our labor and employment attorneys handle matters in State and Federal Courts as well as before the EEOC, OCRC, SERB and NLRB. Our clients, spanning a variety of industries, include American Testing Company, Inc., ARKRA, Inc., Buckeye Protective Services, Consun Food Industries, Essilor of America, Ferrante Winery, FirstTechnology, Harmony Home Care, Jacor, Mentor Television, Simon’s Auto Center, Tool & Die Specialties, Weiskopf Industries Corporation and Visiting Nurse Association.

Our workers’ compensation practice, headed by Terry O’Brien, counsels self-insured and state fund employers, on all workers’ compensation issues, including claims allowance, temporary total compensation, medical treatment authorization, permanent total disability, permanent partial disability and violations of specific safety requirements. Over the past 5 years, our workers’ compensation attorneys have handled, on average, 3000 Industrial Commission hearings per year, 75 common pleas court cases per year, 7 VSSR matters per year and 3 mandamus matters per year. Our clients include Accubuilt, Inc., CBS Personnel, Chilcote Company, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cities of Ashtabula , Bedford, Brooklyn, Hudson, Parma Heights and Ravenna, Galion-Godwin Truck Body, G.H. Busch & Sons, Greyhound, Harmony Healthcare, Industrial Transport, Lasercraft, Inc., Orlando Baking Company, Royal Ice Cream, Ohio Dept. of Mental Health, Ohio Dept. of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities, Ohio Dept. of Youth Services, Sirna & Sons, Undercar Express, University of Akron and Ward Trucking.

We are extremely proud that since April 2007 we have been approved and appointed as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General, to represent the State of Ohio on workers’ compensation matters.

Our business transactions practice, headed by Frank Consolo, evolved out of Frank’s years of counseling companies on labor and employment issues. Over the years Frank was called upon to draft and negotiate agreements for the sale and purchase of businesses, real estate transactions, and general corporate matters including incorporation and forming limited liability companies.