LEGAL MATTERS HANDLED PERSONALLY SINCE 1957

On Friday, June 3, 2022, a Ross County jury awarded Barkan Meizlish DeRose Cox client John R. Gilliland the right to participate in the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fund (BWC) for an injury that occurred in the course of and arising out of his employment.   The jury rejected the employer’s argument that the injury […]

SB 47, Ohio’s New Overtime Rules Sanction Wage Theft Starting July 6, 2022 On April 6, 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 47 into law which changes the State’s overtime rules. The Ohio Legislature failed miserably in its attempt to incorporate the federal Portal-to-Portal Act and Section 216(b) of the Fair Labor Standards […]

On January 7th, 2022, attorneys with Barkan Meizlish DeRose Cox, LLP and Brian G. Miller Co., L.P.A. filed a complaint against Dee Jay’s BBQ Ribs & Grille in West Virginia. The complaint alleges potential wage theft and improper tip-pooling at Dee Jay’s BBQ Ribs & Grille . Read more here. This page contains pertinent information […]

To our friends and followers, Our firm has undergone several transformations over its 60-plus year lifespan. Adaptation and transformation are not new to us and have allowed our firm to serve working families across Ohio since we were a little one practice area firm in 1957. With all this in mind, we are pleased to […]