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Speaker: Richard Blake, J.D., Director, Legal Division Employer Services Support and Settlements, Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Blake is director of the Legal Division’s employer services support and settlements unit. He oversees the Legal Division’s self-insured unit and is chairman of the self-insured review panel. He manages the Legal Division’s bankruptcy unit. He appears as BWC Agency Counsel at all hearings before the Administrator upon appeal from the adjudicating committee. Blake also appears as BWC Agency Counsel at all hearings before the Administrator upon appeal from decisions of the subrogation unit. Blake supervises the BWC settlement attorneys and the Legal Division’s settlement unit. He oversees BWC court settlements statewide. He manages the Health Partnership Program provider decertification process. He oversees the attorneys who review self-insured complaints, and he manages submissions to the self-insuring employers evaluation board. Blake is a member of the Ohio and Federal Bar, the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association. He is a graduate of the University of Toledo College of Law, and Northwood Institute. Blake was previously a partner in the law firms of Kuns and Blake, and Blake and Patrick. In addition, he was a Lucas County prosecutor.
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6125 The Nuts and Bolts of BWC Settlements Lecture Thu., Mar. 8 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM


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