Franklin County Workers' Compensation Lawyers

Andrew heads up the litigation section of Margolius, Margolius and Associates and has over 20 years of trial experience in litigation cases. He also works with partner (and wife) Marcia Margolius on Social Security cases. The litigation cases range from disability, race, and sex discrimination cases, to personal injury and fair housing cases. As with Social Security, each case is treated individually, with careful attention paid to detail and the strengths and weaknesses of the specific circumstances. Andrew is an active Board Member of the Ohio Employment Lawyers Association, the Treasurer of OELA, and is the immediate Past President of the...

Gary Cowan has been a personal injury attorney at Elk & Elk since 1988 and has been a lead trial counsel on more than 90 jury trials throughout the areas of Ohio. Gary Cowan is a member of many prestigious organizations for trial lawyers, including Super Lawyers, the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 in Ohio.

Ms. Meisenhelder joined the law offices of O'Connor, Acciani and Levy in 2012 and focuses her practice on Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability claims. Jamie was admitted to the State Bar of Ohio in 2000 and brings a wealth of expertise, experience and knowledge to our firm.

Matt was born in Ironton, Ohio and graduated from Dawson-Bryant High School in Coal Grove, Ohio. After graduation, he attended Miami University (Ohio) and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in German and Business. Matt received his Juris Doctor degree from Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. While attending law school, Matt worked as a law clerk for a workers’ compensation firm in Columbus. Matt received his license to practice law from the Ohio Supreme Court in 2010. Immediately thereafter, Matt returned to Ironton in order to work with his father, David Spears. Matt is a Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati...

Marcia heads up the Social Security and Disabilty section of Margolius, Margolius and Associates. She is one of the most successful Social Security attorneys in the country and is consistently chosen to lecture at national conferences and before Congressional committees. Her practice concentrates on Social Security disability law, Long Term Disability law, and Workers Compensation. Marcia was the first female president of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR), the youngest president ever at the time. NOSSCR is the preeminent organization devoted to Social Security law. She continues to have her precedent setting cases published in the NOSSCR periodicals....

Bobbie Marsh was born and raised in Canton, Ohio. She attended Malone College where she received a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration. Bobbie began her law studies at Case Western Reserve School of Law. During law school, Bobbie was a staff editor for the Journal of International Law and participated in Case's Clinic to represent the indigent. She graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Law in May 1989. Bobbie was admitted to the practice of law before the Supreme Court of Ohio and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1989. She started her career...

Representing injured workers since 1990. We are experienced, focused, aggressive and accessible. Attorney Wagner has helped injured workers for over 30 years. He has represented over 7500 clients. The associate attorneys at the firm have been practicing in disability law for over 9 years. Experience means knowledge. It also means that we know what to do, when to do it, and how to anticipate what is coming next in the claim process. We "speak the workers' comp language". Let us be your voice. We are focused. We only handle workers' compensation claims. We aren't...

Experience Magistrate, Lake County Domestic Relations Court March 1992 - December 31, 2002 Magistrate, Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court July 1997 - December 1998 Acting Judge, Painesville Municipal Court March 2008 - continuing Education Bachelor of Business Administration, Kent State University, 1983 Juris Doctor, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, 1989 Admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of Ohio, the Federal District Court and the United States Supreme Court. Professional Organizations Lake County Bar Association Ohio State Bar Association Ohio Womenâs Bar Association Family Law Committee, Lake County Bar Association Ohio Association of Domestic Relations Judges (former member) Ohio Association...

Thomas Schaffer comes from a family of eight, and started working at age twelve for his father’s farm and grain elevator. Earlier on, he saw how working families struggle to make ends meet and learned the value of hard work, dedication, and commitment to family. Attorney Thomas Schaffer was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1990. He is also a member of the Toledo Bar Association, the Ohio Association for Justice, is the Board President of the Zepf Community Mental Health Center, and is a Board Member for the Advocates for Basic Legal Equality. Thomas graduated from Bowling Green State University...

The Ohio Workers' Compensation laws are complex and nuanced. I have spent nearly 15 years working with Gallo & Gallo Co., LPA, one of Cleveland's leading workers' compensation law firms, steeped with a deep history of over 50 years of representing injured workers from Ohio. I have represented individuals in every stage of a workers’ compensation claim from the initial filing of a claim, through filing motions, attending Industrial Commission hearings, working with physicians to gather necessary medical support, ensuring that all compensation is paid, and workers’ compensation settlements. The greatest benefit of hiring me, as...

28 years criminal law experience. Juvenile and all Municipal Courts in Ohio.

Robert Gross has worked with Elk & Elk since 1992. He is one of the first attorneys in Ohio to be certified as a specialist in the field of workers' compensation. He is currently Of Counsel to Elk & Elk representing injured workers before the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and the Industrial Commission of Ohio.