Jay Dixon Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Area

I represent injured workers in claims for Workers' Compensation benefits. I represent these individuals in appeals within the BWC's administrative process, as well as to the Industrial Commission of Ohio and to common pleas and appellate court. I also represent claimants who have applied for and been denied Social Security Disability and/or Supplemental Security Income benefits. I represent these claimants through Social Security's administrative process, and also in appeals to United States District Court and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Columbus, Ohio

- Researched legal issues related to the following: export declaration form requirements, Fourth Amendment issues related to automobile searches, probable cause issues related to an in-home marijuana grow operation, and the good faith exception to the warrant requirement - Drafted intra-office memoranda summarizing findings from the research above - Drafted an opposition to a motion to suppress to be filed with the local United States District Court- Conducted a factual investigation of a drug-related traffic stop involving several state and federal law enforcement agencies, and between 10 and 15 agents from those agencies - Observed meetings between Assistant United States Attorneys, law enforcement officials and defense attorneys

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Researched legal issues related to the following: an anti-trust (monopoly) case brought against a large Ohio corporation, a § 1983 case brought against a local police department, a copyright infringement case, and controversy related to the cocaine (crack/powder) disparity - Drafted intra-office memoranda summarizing findings from the research above - Drafted several statements of facts that were included in the court’s opinions - Composed a draft Sixth Circuit Bench Memorandum - Read, analyzed and summarized hundreds of pages of depositions, interrogatories and interview transcripts - Observed between 30 and 40 different court proceedings, from arraignment and pre-trial conferences to trials and sentencing- Aided the court’s mediator in a mediation conference between parties in a personal injury case brought against a national humanitarian organization

Columbus, Ohio

- Researched legal issues related to the following: criminal sentencing in illegal (alien) re-entry, fraud and electronic fraud cases; the spousal and marital communications privileges; venue; and personal and subject matter jurisdiction - Drafted intra-office memoranda summarizing findings from the research above - Drafted an argument within a sentencing memorandum that was specifically cited by the court as a reason for departing downward from the presentence report’s recommended sentence - Observed five sentencing hearings, and several meetings between public defenders and prosecutors

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Researched legal issues relating to crime victim’s rights arising under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2930, including a victim’s right to be present and when a trial judge is obligated to recuse him or herself from a case- Drafted intra-office memoranda summarizing findings from the research above - Observed court proceedings and meetings between victims, attorneys and prosecutors

Juris Doctorate, Law

Activities and Societies: - Staff Member, Capital University Law Review, 2011-12

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism, Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: - Managing Editor of school newspaper (former positions: news editor, staff reporter), member of Sigma Tau Delta.