Richard L. Johnson Email & Phone Number

I am a member of Eastman & Smith Ltd. concentrating in the area of workers' compensation defense. I have represented both self-insured and state-funded employers before the Industrial Commission of Ohio, Self-Insuring Employers Evaluation Board and all levels of Ohio courts. I am accredited by the Ohio State Bar Association as a Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law and am an associate member of the Ohio Self-Insurers Association and a former trustee on the board of the Northwest Ohio Self-Insurers Association. I frequently speak on workers' compensation issues.

Listed skills include Courts, Workers Compensation, Civil Litigation, Legal Research, and 18 others.

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  Attorney

  Eastman & Smith Ltd.

  Nov 1994 - Present - Ohio

  I am a member of Eastman & Smith Ltd. concentrating in the area of workers' compensation defense. I have represented both self-insured and state-funded employers before the Industrial Commission of Ohio, Self-Insuring Employers Evaluation Board and all levels of Ohio courts. I am accredited by the Ohio State Bar Association as a Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law and am an associate member of the Ohio Self-Insurers Association and a former trustee on the board of the Northwest Ohio Self-Insurers Association. I frequently speak on workers' compensation issues. Specific examples of my legal experience include involvement in these cases:• State ex rel. Schlegel v. Stykemain Pontiac Buick GMC, Ltd., 120 Ohio St.3d 43, 2008-Ohio-5303• State ex rel. Arce v. Indus. Comm., 105 Ohio St.3d 90, 2005-Ohio-572• State ex rel. King v. Indus. Comm., 91 Ohio St.3d 378, 2001-Ohio-43• State ex rel. Schmidt v. Indus. Comm., 90 Ohio St.3d 71, 2000-Ohio-20• State ex rel. Roddy v. Indus. Comm., Franklin App. No. 04AP-930, 2006-Ohio-1185• State ex rel. DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Lopez, Franklin App. No. 04AP-882, 2005-Ohio-4640• Hanley v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 158 Ohio App.3d 261, 2004-Ohio-4279• Hayes v. Plastech Exterior Systems, Inc., Williams App. No. WM-01-010, 2002-Ohio-127• Orlando v. Powertrain Div., Gen. Motors Corp., Lucas App. No. L-99-1037, 1999 Ohio App. LEXIS 3579