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Jennifer L. Whitt
Partner

Jennifer brings more than two decades of experience to Weston Hurd’s Labor and Employment Group. Her practice focuses on workers’ compensation and occupational safety and health, defending both state-funded and self-insured employers before the Ohio Industrial Commission and in Ohio’s courts. Jennifer’s practice also includes litigation and tort actions representing large and small clients. She has represented clients in the health care, manufacturing, hospitality, construction, trucking and automotive industries as well as school districts and municipalities throughout all phases of the administrative process and all court levels.

Education

  • Mount Union College, B. A. cum laude
  • University of Akron School of Law, J.D.

Press, Publications and Presentations

2024 -
"Legal Issues and Workers' Compensation," Seminar Presenter for the Ohio Association of School Business Officials
2023 -
"Workers' Compensation and Independent Contractor Updates," Weston Hurd Labor & Employment and Business Legal Update
2022 -
"Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment and its Impact on Employers," Crain's Cleveland Business Article (Published March 19, 2022)
2022 -
Workers' Compensation Case Law Update, OSBA Advanced Workers' Compensation Law Seminar (October 2022)
2022 -
“Intersecting Obligations Under the FMLA, ADA, and Workers’ Compensation,” Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel
2020 -
“Covid-19 and Workers’ Compensation Claims,” Webinar
2017 -
"Voluntary Abandonment,” Seminar Presenter for the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Representative Matters

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
-Counsels clients on day-to-day workers’ compensation matters including the implementation of safety policies and programs and return-to-work issues.
-Representation of clients throughout all phases of workers’ compensation administrative hearings including complex allowances, permanent total disability, loss of use and death claims.
-Successful defense and resolution of VSSR claims.
-Represented clients before the Full Commission and in mandamus proceedings. Represents employers against independent contractors seeking status as employees. Represents clients as to non-compliance status bringing employers into compliance.
-Performs due diligence for mergers and acquisitions as to workers’ compensation matters.

OSHA
-Investigated and attended on-site inspections and defended clients against VSSR and OSHA filings.
-Counsels clients as to OSHA reporting and recording practices.
-Representation of clients through all phases of OSHA litigation.

LITIGATION
-Lead attorney in the representation of clients in workers’ compensation court appeals for state-funded and self-insured employers.
-Defense of clients in intentional tort court cases.
-Representation of clients in mandamus actions stemming from workers’ compensation issues.

Professional Associations

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section

Former Chair/President
2020-2022

Ohio State Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Section

Honors, Awards and Civic/Community Involvement

Best Lawyers in America® - Commerical Litigation (2024-2025)

Bar Admissions

State of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio


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