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Tod T. Morrow

Partner

Employment, Labor, Workers’ Compensation, OSHA defense and General Litigation

Tod Morrow is a co-founder of Morrow & Meyer LLC and serves as President of the firm. He primarily represents companies in OSHA, workers’ compensation, labor, employment and general litigation matters. He is regularly listed in

The Best Lawyers in America, Ohio Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition. In 2011 and 2023, Tod was honored by Best Lawyers® as “Lawyer of the Year” in his practice specialty.

Mr. Morrow has established a national OSHA practice, representing employers in OSHA defense matters throughout the United States. Tod has participated in over 250 workplace fatality investigations during his career. Tod’s OSHA expertise includes defending employers during OSHA inspections, defending employers in cases before the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission as well as Section 11(c) retaliation / whistleblower cases and matters involving OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program.

PRACTICE AREA AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

Represents employers in all areas of employment law with an emphasis on defending employers in discrimination, wrongful discharge, wage and hour, whistleblower, retaliation, intentional tort, OSHA, VSSR, unemployment and workers’ compensation cases.
Traditional labor relations experience includes counseling employers on union avoidance, defense of union organization campaigns, collective bargaining, and representation of employers in grievance arbitrations as well as unfair labor practice proceedings before the NLRB.
Counsels employers on personnel policies and practices, attendance control issues and compliance with state and federal employment laws and regulations.
Assists companies in aggressively managing and controlling workers’ compensation costs.
Substantial experience counseling and representing employers in workplace fatality and catastrophic accident situations.

EDUCATION

The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1989)
Kent State University (M.A., 1986)
Mount Union College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983)

PRESENTATIONS

Frequently writes and speaks on Employment Law, Workers’ Compensation Law, and OSHA Law, including presentations at continuing national webinars and legal education seminars for National Business Institute, Lorman Education Services, Ohio Health Care Association, The Ohio Labor Letter and the Akron and Stark County Bar Associations.

COURTS AND BAR ASSOCIATIONS

Ohio Bar (1989)
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
United States District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
Member: Ohio State Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation and Labor and Employment Law Committees
Member: Stark County Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation and Labor and Employment Law Committees.