A highly responsive legal team guiding you through complex legal processes with personal service and attention to detail
A highly responsive legal team guiding you through complex legal processes with personal service and attention to detail.
Alissa J. Sammarco
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Practice Areas:
- Workers' Compensation (Ohio)
- Employment Law/Discrimination/Wrongful Termination
- Title IX, other discrimination
- Personal Injury
Biography
Practicing for over 20 years in personal injury, employment law, discrimination, and a general practice of law. "I pride myself on protecting the rights of my clients, and providing personal and professional service."
Education
- Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio
- J.D. - 1990
- University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
- B.A. - 1987
- Honors: Dean's List
- Major: Economics
- Minor: Creative Writing
Bar Admission
- Ohio, 2004
- North Carolina, 2002
- California, 1990
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 2004
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 2007
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2002
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1990
Honors
- Ohio Association for Justice, Board Member 2014 - 2017
- Ohio Association for Justice, Chair of Employment Section 2014 - 2015
- Ohio Association for Justice, Chair of Women’s Caucus 2012 - 2013
- Ohio Association for Justice, Distinguished Service Award 2012 - 2013
- Guilford County Association of Women Attorneys, Secretary 2003 - 2004
- San Diego Lawyers Club, Chairperson of Membership Committee 1995 - 1996
- Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, Justice (CWRU Chapter) 1989 - 1990
- Student Public Interest Law Fellowship (CWRU) 1989
- Dean’s Literature Writing Contest, 1st Prize (Univ. of Rochester) 1985, ‘86, ‘87
- Pearl Stearling Evans Award for Most Promising Woman Writer 1986
Published Works
- NBI: Human Resource Law: What You Need to Know Now April 2020
- NBI: Personal Injury Litigation: Secrets and Insider Tips July 2019
- OSBA: Subrogation issues with Medicare, and Fed & State Work Comp Oct. 2018
- NBI Advanced Employment Law: What you Need to Know May 2018
- NBI: Advanced Employment Law: What you Need to Know Dec. 2016
- WVXU Radio: Around Cincinnati with Jane Durrell, Speaking about Nov. 2016 The Gallery Upstairs at The Greenwich
- OAJ: End Distracted Driving, Presentation to Seven Hills High School Oct. 2016
- AFL-CIO UCAN: Protecting the Rights of Disabled and Injured Workers Aug. 2016 Under ADA, FMLA and Workers Compensation Laws
- NBI: Litigating Slip, Trip and Fall Cases in Ohio: Discovery and Evidence Tips for the Plaintiff Attorney. Dec. 2015
- WVXU Radio: Around Cincinnati with Jane Durrell, Speaking about April 2015 The Gallery Upstairs at The Greenwich
- NBI: How Will ACA Reduce Damages Awards? How ACA will affect injured elderly and disabled clients? Ethical Considerations for Personal Injury Attorneys. Dec. 2014
- NBI: Maintaining an Ethical Practice & Aug. 2013 Protecting Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid Eligibility: Special Needs Trusts
- NBI: Auto Litigation from Start to Finish Aug. 2012
- Inns of Court: Cincinnati Chapter 2012
Classes and Seminars
- "Personal Injury Litigation: Secrets and Insider Tips" - Speaking on Medicare & Medicaid subrogation, Valuing Pain & Suffering Damages, and Text and phone evidence., NBI Seminars - July 31, 2019 - Cincinnati, OH
- "Negligence" - I spoke on Subrogation, Medicare, Medicaid, Ohio Workers’ Compensation, Federal Workers Compensation and Pro Rata Recovery., Ohio State Bar Association Seminar - October 2018
- "Advanced Employment Law: What You Need to Know", NBI Seminars - May 2018
- "Winter Education Seminar", Union Township Professional Firefighters, February 2017
- "Advanced Employment Law: What You Need to Know", NBI Seminars - December 2016
- "UCAN, Protecting Your Job When Injured: Workers' Compensation & Disability in Employment", AFL-CIO - August 2016
- "Litigating Slip Trip and Fall Cases in Ohio", NBI Seminars - December 2015
- "Affordable Care Act & Impact on Personal Injury Settlements & Ethics", NBI Seminars - December 2014
- "Medicare Set-Asides in Personal Injury Litigation: Ethics; and Special Needs Trusts", NBI Seminars - August 2013
- "Auto Accident Litigation", NBI Seminars - August 2012
Past Positions
- Arbitrator, United States Postal Service (USPS) and the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC), o Expedited Panel, Ohio 1 and Ohio 2 Districts 2021 – present o Regular and Impasse Panels for NALC Region 4/ USPS Southern Panel, Arkansas/Oklahoma 2021 – present o Regular and Impasse Panels for New York 3 Districts, Upstate New York , 2021
- The Sammarco Law Firm, LLC, Cincinnati, OH , o Employment Law, FMLA, Wage/Hour Law, Personal Injury o Federal Sector EEO Claims o Workers Compensation, 2012
- Hochman & Plunkett Co., LPA, Cincinnati & Dayton, OH, o Personal Injury, Employment Law, FMLA, Wage/Hour Law, 2011 to 2012
- O’Connor, Acciani & Levy, LPA, Cincinnati, OH, o MDL Cases, including Vioxx, Bextra, Medtronic, Guidant, Avandia, Fosamax, Digitek, Kugel Mesh o Personal Injury, Nursing Home Negligence, Product Liability, Employment Law
- R. Steve Bowden & Associates, Greensboro, NC, o Personal Injury, 2002 to 2004
- Gerald D. Brody & Associates, San Diego, CA, o Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury, Employment, 1997 to 2001
- Hendrix & Associates, LLP, San Diego, CA, o Partner in Private Practice o Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury, Employment, 1996 to 1997
- Alissa J. Magenheim, San Diego, CA, o Solo Practitioner o Workers Compensation, Labor & Employment, Personal Injury , 1995 to 1996
- Mullen, Plummer & Badger, APC, San Diego, CA , o Associate Attorney o Insurance Defense, Workers’ Compensation , 1991 to 1995
- John Lawrence Allen, Esq., San Diego, CA , o Law Clerk/Associate Attorney, Securities Fraud Litigation , 1990 to 1991
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Ancillary Businesses
- Arbitrator for USPS/NALC AFL-CIO
Professional Associations
- Ohio Supreme Court New Lawyer Mentoring Program, 2012 to Present
- Ohio State Bar Association, 2004 to Present
- Cincinnati Bar Association, 2004 to Present
- Inns of Court, Cincinnati Chapter, 2005 to 2019
- Southwest Ohio Trial Lawyers Association , 2004 to Present
- Ohio Association for Justice , 2004 to Present
- American Association for Justice, 2002 to 2011
- Greensboro Bar Association , 2002 to 2004
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2002 to 2004
- North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, 2002 to 2004
- Guilford County Association of Women Attorney, Member, 2002 to 2004
- North Carolina State Bar Association, 2002 to 2004
- National Employment Lawyers Association, 1995 to 2001
- Lawyers Club of San Diego , 1990 to 2001
- San Diego County Bar Association, 1990 to 2001
- Lawyer Referral & Information Service, Workers Compensation Panel, 1995 to 2001
- American Bar Association, 1990 – 1997, 2004 – 2011,and 2017 – present.
Current Employment Position
- Owner