Christopher Ward Email & Phone Number

Christopher Ward is a Senior Attorney at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP.

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  Senior Attorney

  Calfee, Halter & Griswold Llp

  May 2002 - Present

  Chris focuses on environmental law and workers’ compensation law, advocating and assisting clients in the administrative and litigation processes before the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Review Appeals Commission and the Ohio Industrial Commission.Chris provides counsel on matters of environmental and regulatory compliance, including permitting and reporting under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act as well as a variety of state environmental laws and regulations.Chris represents clients on permit appeals before the Environmental Review Appeals Commission as well as throughout enforcement proceedings, both administrative and judicial, regarding environmental statutes and regulations.Chris also serves businesses throughout Central and Southwest Ohio in all areas of the workers’ compensation administration and legal processes, appearing regularly before the Ohio Industrial Commission, the BWC Adjudicating Committee and Self-Insured Review Panel. Chris represents clients in workers’ compensation appeals in courts of common pleas and appellate courts dealing with both injury and occupational diseases, as well as matters in mandamus.Chris is a member of the Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations, where he is an active member of the respective environmental law and workers’ compensation law committees. On January 1, 2015, Chris became an Ohio State Bar Association Board Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law.