Mr. Worhatch is a tireless advocate of the rights of individuals, whether before government boards and agencies, lawmakers, or judges.

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Hearings & Adjudication
• Affirmative Action
• Affirmative Action -- Employee
• Age Discrimination
• Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee
• Arbitration
• Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff
• Bad Faith Insurance
• Business Successions
• Closely Held Businesses
• Collections
• Commercial Insurance
• Commercial Leasing
• Commercial Real Estate
• Condemnation
• Condominiums & Cooperatives
• Construction Contracts
• Construction Liens
• Consumer Protection
• Contracts
• Conveyancing
• Corporate Governance
• Creditors' Rights
• Criminal Fraud
• DUI/DWI
• Debtor/Creditor
• Deceptive Trade Practices
• Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff
• Defects
• Directors' & Officers' Liability
• Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance
• Disability
• Disability & Illness Discrimination
• Discrimination
• Dissolution
• Election & Campaign Law
• Eminent Domain
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee
• Employee Rights -- Employee
• Employment Contracts -- Employee
• Employment Discrimination -- Employee
• Errors & Omissions Insurance
• Estate Administration
• Ethics
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee
• Federal Appellate Practice
• Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee
• Federal Trial Practice
• Felonies
• Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety
• Foreclosures
• Formation & Business Planning
• Franchising
• Freedom of Information
• Freedom of Press
• Freedom of Religion
• Freedom of Speech
• Garnishment
• Government Construction Contracts
• Guardianships & Conservatorships
• Joint Ventures
• Labor Arbitration
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• Lemon Law
• Lending & Secured Transactions
• Licensing
• Life & Health
• Limited Liability Companies
• Living Wills
• Loan Workouts
• Mediation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Misdemeanor
• Mortgages & Foreclosures
• Motor Vehicle
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Municipal Corporations
• Municipal Employment
• Municipal Employment -- Employee
• Municipal Liability
• National Origin Discrimination
• Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee
• Partnerships
• Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee
• Police Misconduct
• Powers of Attorney and Appointment
• Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
• Professional Responsibility
• Property & Casualty
• Property Damage -- Plaintiff
• Race Discrimination
• Real Estate
• Regulatory Enforcement
• Reinsurance
• Religious Discrimination
• Reorganizations
• Search & Seizure Protections
• Secured Transactions
• Sex Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment -- Employee
• Shareholders' Rights
• Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
• State & Local Agencies
• State & Municipal Contracts
• State Appellate Practice
• State Government
• State Trial Practice
• Title Insurance
• Trade Associations
• Traffic Violations
• Transactions
• Trusts
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Unions
• Victims' Rights
• Voting Rights
• Wage & Hour Laws
• Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee
• Warranties
• Whistleblower -- Employer
• White Collar Crimes
• Wills
• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee
• Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
• Wrongful Termination -- Employee
• Zoning and Building Appeals

Litigation Percentage

• 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1981
• Michigan, 1979
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1981
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1980
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1984
• U.S. District Court District of Puerto Rico, 1985
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1986
• U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1991
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1996
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 2008

Education

• Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana
  J.D.
  Law Review: Notre Dame Law Review, 1977 - 1979
  
  
• Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1976
  B.A.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
  Honors: Omicron Delta Epsilon
  Honors: Phi Sigma Iota
  Honors: Dean's List All Semesters
  Major: Economics
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Ohio State Bar Association, Litigation Section, 2000 - Present
  Member, Board of Directors
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• RJF International, Inc, General Counsel, 1988 - 1989
• The B.F. Goodrich Company, Division Counsel, 1986 - 1988
• Picker International Company Inc, Senior Corporate Counsel, 1982 - 1986
• Picker International Company, Inc, Acting General Counsel, 1982 - 1986

Pro Bono Activities

• Mediator, Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio, 1991 - Present
• Arbitrator, Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio, 1992 - Present

Ancillary Businesses

• Financial Services (Insurance, Annuities)

Birth Information

• 1954, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America