West Chester

The Art of the Elevator

Speaker: Jennifer Harrison

Jennifer is a partner in Taft's Labor and Employment,Energy and Regulated Industries and Workers’ Compensation practices, andshe leads the Dayton office’s Workers’ Compensation practice.

She represents management in a variety of employment-related matters, including chargesinvolving race, sex, age and disability, violations of specific safety requirements(VSSRs), retaliation and employer intentional torts. An experienced litigator, Jennifer has defended numerous cases to jury trial. Her practice includesappearing before administrative agencies, the Courts of Common Pleas, OhioAppellate Courts and the Ohio Supreme Court. She frequently speaks on workers’compensation and employment topics.

Jennifer is the public policy oversight chair of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, in addition to being a member of the board of trustees and executivecommittee. She is also president of the Cox Arboretum Foundation Board ofTrustees. Jennifer is a 2009 Ohio State Bar Foundation Fellow and is a member ofthe Dayton Bar Association Board of Trustees. She has also chaired the DaytonBar Association's Certified Grievance Committee. Jennifer served on a Senatetask force that was convened in 2009 to study privatization of the Ohio Workers’Compensation System. She was also selected for inclusion as an Ohio Super Lawyer. Jennifer received her undergraduate degree from West Chester University and herlaw degree from The Dickinson School of Law.

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