Jerome Webbs, J.D. Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio

Represent the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Manage a large caseload of over 100 matters focused on litigation.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

♣ Possess expert knowledge of the workers’ compensation laws of Ohio enabling me to work closely with my clients to coordinate and implement their defense options. Clients included companies from dozens of manufacturing and service fields, including but not limited to, the airline, automotive, and healthcare industries.♣ Managed and prioritized the handling of every facet of the claims process from its inception administratively through resolution, presenting arguments in over 5,000 administrative hearings.♣ Advised clients on the most efficient and effective use of economic resources by arming them with a sufficient understanding of their options to allow them to control or settle claims before they could spin out of control.♣ Conducted more than 12 trials as first chair trial attorney with a great success rate of over 90%. ♣ Excellent research and brief writing skills. Prepared numerous legal briefs and motions and delivered oral arguments before State Courts of Appeal. ♣ Negotiated hundreds of settlements. ♣ Extensive litigation experience resulting in deposing hundreds of plaintiffs, lay witnesses, company executives, and medical experts of varying specialties including cardiology, pulmonary, oncology, neurology, and orthopedic.♣ Supervised and mentored numerous young attorneys equipping them with the skills to become successful workers' compensation attorneys and general litigators.

Cleveland, Ohio

♣ Represented the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment, defending the orders of those Bureaus in matters that frequently presented questions of state constitutional law and statutory interpretation.♣ Managed a high-volume caseload on behalf of the Bureaus, involving a variety of litigation matters, administrative appeals, trial court defense, and appellate court hearings. ♣ Drafted briefs in common pleas and appellate court cases, handled mediations, settlement negotiations, and conducted the depositions of employer representatives, claimants, and expert witnesses. ♣ Successfully represented the Bureaus in 5 of the 6 court trials I handled.

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law

Masters Of Divinity, Theology/Theological Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Varsity Baseball; Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

Transfered To Oberlin College, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Phi Eta Sigma