David M. McCarty Director (614) 462-5469 •     Download vCard Workers' Compensation, chair Labor & Employee Relations Litigation

Practice Focus

Assists Ohio employers with all aspects of workers’ compensation defense, representing them at administrative hearings before the Industrial Commission throughout the State of Ohio and before the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Also defends employers in workers’ compensation matters in the Courts of Common Pleas throughout Ohio, as well as in the Ohio Courts of Appeal and Supreme Court.

Administrative Practice
Handles all aspects of claim defense, such as contesting the allowance of a claim and payments of compensation and medical benefits under claims. Assists employers defending claims of violations of specific safety requirements and pursues findings of fraud. Assists employers seeking to be granted the privilege of self-insurance, including appeals of denial of that privilege. Also counsels employers on a proactive approach to claim limitation and cost containment.

Litigation
Represents employers in all aspects of workers’ compensation litigation, including defense of “right to participate” cases throughout Ohio and “extent of disability” issues in the Franklin County Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.

Career Highlights

Selected to serve as chair of Kegler Brown’s Diversity Committee.

Recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer® by Law & Politics magazine.

Recognized with a BV rating, which identifies select lawyers with high to very high legal ability, by Martindale-Hubbell in 2003.

Certified as a Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law by the Ohio State Bar Association.

Joined Kegler Brown in 1997 after spending five years practicing with Bugbee & Conkle in Toledo.

Professional Memberships and Volunteer Activities

• Columbus Bar Association, workers' compensation committee, member
• Columbus Center for Human Services, board of trustees, member
• Leadership Columbus, 2006 graduate
• Ohio State Bar Association, member
• Rebuilding Together Columbus, volunteer
• United Way of Central Ohio, Young Leadership Group, member

Publications and Presentations

Workers' Compensation, Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter Seminar Series: Selected Issues in Labor and Employee Relations: The Employer's Perspective, presented 1998-2005

Ohio Workers' Compensation case law update, Central Ohio Self-Insurers Association Education Day, presented in 1998 and 2002

Bar Admissions

• Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Education

Juris Doctorate (1992)
The Ohio State University College of Law
With honors

Bachelor of Arts, Economics (1986)
Columbia University
Track & Field Team, 1985-1986, captain; Frederick Johnson and Texaco Philanthropic Foundation Scholarships; Harrison K. Bird Award for Outstanding Member of the Track & Field Team, 1986