Carla Cannon

Carla represents clients at district and staff hearings before the Industrial Commission of Ohio, Common Pleas Courts, and in the Tenth District Court of Appeals. She worked as an attorney for Chairman William Thompson and then as a District Hearing Officer for the Industrial Commissions of Ohio. After working as, a District Hearing Officer, she realized that she missed fighting for injured workers’ rights. Watching her business grow, the real satisfaction is knowing that she is making a difference in each and every client. Carla is a wife and is a mother to one son. In her spare time Carla enjoys getting involved with different charities, is a small group leader and kid’s ministry teacher at her church in Columbus, Ohio.

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Ohio

Attorney, self employed

SOLO PRACTIONER

2011 - Current

? Represent employers and injured workers in all aspects of the administrative process of the workers’ compensation claim

Co-Founder

ADVANCED CONTINUING EDUCATION

2010 - Current

? Along with my husband, formed a company which provides interdisciplinary continuing education to attorneys and chiropractors ? Write outlines for the presenters ? Prepare course outlines to obtain Supreme Court approval for continuing legal education credit

District Hearing Officer

INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO

2005 - 2011

? Presided over workers’ compensation hearings ? After rendering a decision, drafted orders consistent with current law ? Prepared for hearings by thoroughly researching the claim file and pertinent law

Staff Attorney to Chairman William Thompson

INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO

2004 - 2006

? Researched case law, statutes and administrative code to formulate policies consistent therewith ? Prepared Chairman for Commission hearings by reviewing claim file and researching law ? Recommended hearing outcome to Chairman Thompson then drafted the orders to reflect his determination ? Responded to letters from injured workers, business owners and attorneys regarding Commission procedures ? Reviewed pending litigation and recommended specific action

Capital University Law School

J.D. (2003)

2000 - 2003

Activities: ? Contributor to the Res Ipsa Loquitur, the Capital University Law School newspaper ? Selected to participate in the Landskroner Law Closing Argument Competition ? First Year Moot Court Competition Winner

Ohio State University - Columbus

B.A. (1998) | Political Science, concentration in Communications

1994 - 1998

First Year Moot Court Competition Winner

Capital University Law School

2003

scoring highest on performance evaluations

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS

2000

Ohio State Bar  # 0076329

Member

Current

Tenth District Court of Appeals

Fundraiser and Volunteer Coordinator

Current

Bridging the Legal/Medical Education Gap, OHIO NEW LAWYER TRAINING SEMINAR, Westerville, Ohio

March 14, 2014

Advanced Continuing Education

Advanced Continuing Education was established to bring attorneys and physicians together for the purpose of education and improving the working relationship between both disciplines.

Basic Workers’ Compensation Law for Ohio New Lawyer Training, OHIO NEW LAWYER TRAINING SEMINAR, Columbus, Ohio

August 13, 2016

GETAWAY C.L.E.

In-depth overview of Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law regarding specifically the administrative hearing process. We will briefly discuss the entire workers’ compensation system in Ohio from the injury allowance to medical and compensatory benefits to the claims processing structure at the MCO/ADR level, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Industrial Commission of Ohio, and further litigation in the Ohio courts will be discussed. Necessary filing forms will be distributed and examined. Mock hearing process will be executed with participation by the new lawyer attendees. Generating workers’ compensation clients and how to manage their claims will also be discussed.

First Year Moot Court Competition Winner

Capella University