2020 OMAA/OML WEBINAR:
DRUGS, CANCER, PTSD, & THE NEW WORKERS’ COMP REALITY FOR CITIES
THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2020 11:00AM-12:00AM EST
COST: $125 PER REGISTRANT - REGISTRATION LIMITED TO 50 REGISTRANTS
PER SESSION. (There is no CLE credit for these webinars.)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
This discussion will address how Ohio’s cities and villages should approach their post-accident
drug testing, light duty programs, and workers’ compensation claim investigation and defense
in light of new and trending legal issues: marijuana, CBD oil, prescription drugs, firefighter
cancer claims, and post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders.
PRESENTERS:David A. Riepenhoff, Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLP
David A. Riepenhoff is a Partner with Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLP. He received his law degree
from Capital University Law School, serving on its Law Review. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Otterbein
University, majoring in Business Administration with a minor in Political Science.
David is licensed to practice law in Ohio and South Carolina and before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Sixth
Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Courts in Ohio. David focuses his practice on civil litigation, labor
and employment law, workers’ compensation, collective bargaining, civil rights law and business entity
matters. He also conducts training throughout Ohio on a variety legal topics. In 2014, David assisted the
OPOTC Curriculum Committee to revise its Corrections Basic Training Inmate Rights & Civil Liability lesson
plan. David is a member of the Federal, Ohio, South Carolina and Columbus Bar Associations and is a member
of the Defense Research Institute.
David was named to the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Super Lawyers®
and the 2007, 2010-2017 Rising Star®
listings.
He teaches in the Otterbein MBA and undergraduate Business Administration programs as an adjunct
professor of Business Law, Ethical Leadership, and Communications & Negotiations. In 2015, he was chosen to
receive the Otterbein Part-Time Faculty Award for teaching in the discipline. David is a past recipient of the
Otterbein University Young Alumni Award for Community Engagement and is a Columbus Bar Foundation Fellow. David has served as the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Development Board President, Vice President,
Treasurer and twice a Committee Chairperson. He was an inaugural inductee into the Sts. Peter & Paul School
(Wellston, OH) Alumni Hall of Fame. Currently, David also volunteers as an assistant track and cross-country
coach, and Assistant Scout Master with Boy Scout Troop 85, at St. Paul school (Westerville).
Complimentary power point slides will be provided to the attendees.
TO REGISTER: email the registration form to CYNDIE, at cgrant@omlohio.org, and copy
cblake@omlohio.org, or mail it to the OMAA/OML offices (Please mail your $125 check, made out to
the OMAA, to the OMAA/OML offices: 175 S. Third St., Suite 510, Columbus, OH 43215.)
Registrants are encouraged to set up for the webinar in a conference room, with a speaker phone
and a computer screen, and to invite other city officials to attend. Registrants are encouraged to notify
us of the number of participants attending the webinar and if any are from other communities. (This is
for our records, only).
Click << HERE >> to download the registration form.
(Please fill out and send via mail your registration along with payment)