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R. Clint Zollinger


Certified SpecialistsAs a specialist in Workers' Compensation Law, Clint has in-depth expertise to quickly and cost-effectively manage workplace safety issues and injuries when they happen - during first, second or third shift - to help minimize loss of productivity for his clients' businesses.

Clint is a Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law by the Ohio State Bar Association. 

He is among an elite group of attorneys recognized statewide for professional excellence and demonstration of substantial and continuing involvement in defending workers' compensation claims, mediation, subrogation and appeals.  He was also named among Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars for 2010.  

Clint regularly counsels businesses, manufacturing, self-insured entities, health care institutions, and governmental and social services agencies on:

  • Defense of Workers' Compensation Claims
  • Return-to-Work Issues
  • Risk Management Issues
  • Work-site Evaluations
  • Workplace Safety

For over 11 years, he has handled hundreds of cases throughout Ohio before the Industrial Commission and Courts of Common Pleas defending work-related injury claims involving:

  • Asbestos Exposure
  • Chemical Exposure
  • Injuries of the Back, Neck, Shoulder, or Knee
  • Occupational Disease
  • Nerve Injury
  • Parkinson's claims for Manganese Exposure by Welders
  • Repetitive Work Claims, including Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Workplace Slip & Fall

A member of the Firm's Litigation Practice Group, he has also helped his clients defend complex manufacturing and products liability claims, tort litigation, as well as employment law matters such as:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Explosions
  • Intentional Torts
  • Occupational Cancer
  • Product Defects
  • Product Failure
  • Toxic Exposure
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Unemployment Compensation

Clint represents builders and contractors throughout Stark County. Clint understands that accidents, changes or delays to construction projects can quickly turn into costly legal disputes.  He has extensive experience in litigation and alternative dispute resolution in the construction industry to help minimize costs associated with legal claims involving:

  • Change Orders
  • Contracts
  • Construction Defects
  • Design Disputes
  • Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
  • Materialmens & Mechanics Liens
  • Project Delays
  • Products Liability
  • Public Construction Projects
  • Roofing Industry Liability
  • Subcontractors
  • Surety

Clint is an active member of the Ohio and Stark County Bar Associations, and holds professional memberships with the Defense Research Institute and the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.  He began his tenure with Day Ketterer in 2003. Prior to that he was with Zollinger, D'Atri, Gruber, Thomas & Co. in North Canton, OH.

 

Education

  • The University of Akron School of Law, J.D. 1999
  • Washington and Jefferson College, B.A. 1993

Courts

  • Ohio Courts
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit

Community Leadership

  • Board of Directors for the Aultman Health Foundation/Bioethics Committee member
  • Adjunct Professor - Malone University MBA Program
  • First Tee of Canton Board of Directors
  • Past president and board member of Canton Preservation Society
  • Past President of Canton Jaycees

Academic Achievements

  • Member of Akron Law Review
  • Student Body Vice President, Washington & Jefferson College
  • President of Kappa Sigma Fraternity
  • Student Bar Association President, Evening Division, University of Akron School of Law

Achievements

  • Ohio State Bar Association Workers' Compensation Certified Specialist
  • Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star 2010

To reach Clint, please e-mail him at rczollinger@day-ketterer.com or call him direct at 330.458.2030.