Maris J. McNamara

• Obtained dismissals, summary judgments and defense verdicts for corporate clients in connection with asbestos and mesothelioma litigation.
• Presided over thousands of workers’ compensation hearings as an Industrial Commission of Ohio Hearing Officer.
• Successfully represented corporate clients in thousands of workers’ compensation matters since 1997 before the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Industrial Commission of Ohio, the Tenth District Court of Appeals, various Common Pleas Courts and the Supreme Court of Ohio.
• Routinely represent corporate clients in state fund risk, merger and self-insurance matters before the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.

Education

• The University of Akron School of Law, J.D., 1992
• Canisius College, B.A., Dean’s List, 1989

Admissions

• State of Ohio
• State of New York

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association—Member (1993-Present)
• Ohio State Bar Association—Member (1993-Present)
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association—Member (1993-Present)
• Ohio Women’s Bar Association—Member (1993-Present)
• New York Bar Association—Member (2008-Present)

Community Involvement

• The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland—Pro Bono Program (2003-Present)

• Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list (2005-2007)

• Author, Frantz Ward Labor and Employment Blog 
• "The Supreme Court of Ohio Overrules State Ex Rel. Russell V. Indus. Comm. Thereby Allowing Employers the Right to Request the Retroactive Termination of Temporary Total Disability Based on MMI Prior to the Date of the Industrial Commission Hearing," Frantz Ward Labor & Employment Navigator (March 2024)
• "The Voluntary Abandonment Defense: A Ghost of Christmas Past?" Frantz Ward Labor & Employment Navigator (December 2023)
• “Can Self-Insured Employers Unilaterally Terminate Payment for Ongoing Prescription Medication in Workers' Compensation Claims? It Depends...,” Frantz Ward Labor & Employment Navigator (March 2023)

• "Ohio House Bill 447 Limits Workers Compensation Coverage For Remote Employees," Frantz Ward Labor & Employment Navigator (July 2022)

• "Firefighters Gain New Workers' Compensation Rights," Frantz Ward Labor & Employment Navigator (January 2017)

• "A Herd of Changes in Workers' Compensation Law," Frantz Ward Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Cleveland, OH (May 2018)
• “Workers’ Compensation—Top Strategies for Managing Claims,” St. Louis, MO (May 2017)
• Maris regularly presents on Workers’ Compensation topics in various engagements including for the James J. Nance College of Administration, Cleveland State University’s Continuation of Laws Series, and Lorman Education Services.