NEW PARTNER ADDS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION EXPERTISE
TO COLUMBUS OFFICE

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Experienced workers’ compensation and insurance defense attorney John C. Barno has joined Wagenfeld Levine as Partner and Employment Liability Practice Group Leader for the Columbus, Ohio office.

“Our strategy is to provide Fortune 1000-sized companies with the best talent in the region and John fits that profile,” said Edward Levine, Managing Partner. “John has proven himself as a leader and can manage our regional and national clients.”

Barno created and managed the Workers’ Compensation Department at a large Columbus law firm, and also expanded his insurance defense and civil litigation practice while doing so. Recently, the Ohio State Bar Association designated him as a Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law.

Representing large retail and manufacturing companies, he also held his own solo practice allowing him to focus primarily on employer liability issues. Barno has also served as an Ohio Assistant Attorney General.

A 1994 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Law, Barno is admitted to practice in the State of Ohio, and both the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association, and holds membership in the Defense Research Institute, Ohio Academy of Civil Trial Attorneys, and the Workers’ Compensation Forum.

Wagenfeld Levine serves senior management of Fortune 1000 clients. The firm has regional offices in Columbus, Miami, St. Louis and Philadelphia that protect some of the world's biggest and best-known brands. Wagenfeld Levine represents self-insured and large retention clients in a variety of industries with an innovative methodology that combines vigorous defense, proprietary technology and lawyers who are leaders in their respective fields of expertise.

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