George Wilkinson serves as Chair of the firm's Workers' Compensation Practice Group. George counsels clients on workers' compensation law issues throughout Ohio and represents numerous clients across a wide range of industries. George has been named a Fellow of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers. He is one of only a handful of workers' compensation attorneys to have earned this prestigious honor, and the only attorney in Cincinnati, OH to be inducted. Memberships & Affiliations · Columbus Bar Association · Cincinnati Bar Association, former Chairman, Workers' Compensation Committee · Ohio State Bar Association; former Chairman, Specialization Board; former Chairman, Workers' Compensation Committee; Member · Ohio Manufacturer's Association, Workers' Compensation Committee · American Law Firm Association International, former Chairman, Workers' Compensation Committee Distinctions · Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell · Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® · Selected for the Ohio Super Lawyers® List Experience Service on Bureau of Workers' Compensation and Industrial Commission Committees Served on Bureau of Workers' Compensation and Industrial Commission committees in charge of drafting the original rules for PEOs and wage loss Representation of Employers before Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Self-Insured Review Panel Multiple Clients Represented employers on Self-Insured issues before the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Self-Insured Review Panel State, ex rel. Crossett Co. v. Conrad, 2000-Ohio-464 Crossett Co. Mandamus challenge to the manner in which the Bureau of Workers' Compensation collects premiums from state fund employers Trial Temporary Agency Defended a temporary agency in a suicide case involving an injured worker who killed himself three years after the injury because of unbearable pain from his back injury Trial PEO On behalf of a PEO, won a court trial which overturned an Industrial Commission finding Representation Before Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Adjudicating Committee Multiple Clients Represented employers and TPAs before the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Adjudicating Committee Amicus Briefs Before Ohio Supreme Court Multiple Clients Filed amicus briefs before the Ohio Supreme Court on behalf of employers on issues of insurance coverage in intentional tort cases A Sounding Board for the Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds Dinsmore's workers' compensation attorneys provide value through case, claims and scenario analysis as well as settlement valuation and draft agreements, all with an eye toward mitigating risk. Ohio Supreme Court and Tenth District Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation Mandamus Cases Multiple Clients Appeared before the Ohio Supreme Court and Tenth District Court of Appeals in numerous workers' compensation mandamus cases Representation Before Full Industrial Commission Multiple Clients Defended employers before the full Industrial Commission on numerous occasions Representation at Meetings with Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Multiple Clients Have attended numerous meetings at Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation over employer risk issues, PEOs, successorships, penalty-rating, association group-rating, TPA concerns, MCOs Publications August 26, 2011, There's No Putting GINA Back in the Bottle July 14, 2011, Avoid Employer Liability with Safe Harbor Provisions under GINA February 23, 2009, Steps To Include in a Modified Duty Job Offer Letter to an Ohio Employee December 18, 2008, Latest Changes to BWC Group Rating System July/August 2002, "Temporary, But Not Total, Disability," Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio May/June 2002, "Temporary Total Fraud and Abuse: The Supreme Court says 'Show Me The Money'", Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio March/April 2002, "Subrogation: The Next Frontier," Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio July/August 2001, "Supreme Court Strikes Down Workers' Compensation Subrogation: Employers Make the Case for Judicial Restraint," Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio May/June 2001, "Good News for Employers: Supreme Court Says No to 'Stealth Allowances'", Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio March/April 2001, "Employers Liable for Vicarious Mental Conditions: Bailey v. Republic Engineered Steels," Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio November/December 2000, "Ohio Supreme Court Allows Surplus Fund Reimbursement for Self-Insured Employers," Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio September/October 2000, "The Supreme Court Changes Course on Voluntary Resignation," Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio July/August 2000, "State Fund Employers will Enjoy a 75% Premium Discount in 2001," Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio May/June 2000, "State Fund Employers: The Bureau Giveth, but the Tenth District Taketh Away" Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio November/December 1999, "Group Rating, Retrospective Rating, and Labor's Challenge to Employer Premiums," Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio September/December 1999, "Employers Beware: New Road blocks in Obtaining Medical Records," Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio September/October 1996, "Actuarial Service Companies and the Unauthorized Practice of Law." Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio November/December 1995, "Subrogation Revisited," Workers' Compensation Journal of Ohio May 1, 1993, Ohio Workers' Compensation Act, H.B. 107:1993 |