Overview

Myra serves as a member of Reminger Co., LPA’s Management Group, Co-Chair of the Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith Practice Group, and Leader in the Workers’ Compensation Practice Group.

Myra advises employers in all aspects of their Workers’ Compensation programs and employment-related matters. She represents clients in administrative hearings before the Industrial Commission of Ohio and the adjudicating bodies of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.  Myra also has extensive experience with Workers’ Compensation appeals into the Court of Common Pleas as well as vast appellate experience, including the handling of mandamus matters.

Myra also maintains a large docket of employment-related matters outside of Workers' Compensation, including the defense of employers from claims for wrongful termination, violations of Title VII and R.C. 4112, retaliation, and other statutory claims under the FLSA and FMLA. 

Myra handles all aspects of insurance coverage issues from coverage opinions to litigation, as well as guidance in drafting policy language.  She counsels, advises and defends clients in coverage and bad faith claims across the State of Ohio, including state and federal courts and appellate courts. She has filed and defended declaratory judgment actions and third party complaints. Myra also serves as General Counsel for a privately owned physician recruiting company.

Myra is a frequent author in professional journals and has presented at national seminars as well as at numerous educational seminars for both legal professionals and non-legal professionals in the areas of insurance coverage, tort reform, workers’ compensation, employment law, and general liability.

Honors & Recognitions

Listed in Best Lawyers in America for Insurance Law

Recognized as a Rising Star by Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine 

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Community & Professional

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys

National Risk Retention Association

Self Insurers Group of Ohio (SIGO)

Sts. Peter and George Coptic Orthodox Church
-Board Member

Shoreby Club
-Board of Trustees Member, Secretary to the Board

Results

For a more complete list of trial results, please contact attorney.
  • Nov 23, 2020, Motion For Summary Judgment Granted
    Mahoning County Court, Ohio

    Defense of worker’s compensation case wherein Claimant filed an appeal to a denial of right ear Eustachian tube dysfunction.

  • Apr 26, 2013, Each party walked away without liability
    Lorain

    Defense and counterclaims of commercial lease dispute

  • Mar 8, 2012, Summary Judgment
    Cuyahoga

    Defense of legal malpractice claim

  • Jan 18, 2012, Finding for Defense on summary judgment
    Cuyahoga

    Defense of legal malpractice claim

  • Nov 11, 2011, Reversed and Remanded
    2nd Appellate Dist

    Charles J. Ozvath v. The Buckeye Union Insurance Company

    Defendant appealed adverse trial court’s finding of coverage of duty to defend and attorney fees.

  • Oct 8, 2009, Favorable Outcome
    Montgomery

    Defense of coverage duty to defense claim.

News

Speaking Engagements

  • Remote Work Policies, Best Practices & Legal Considerations
    Webinar, Jun 2, 2020
  • Medical Marijuana in the Workplace – Cutting Through the Haze
    Chicago, IL, Sep 24, 2019
  • Marijuana in the Workplace – What Employers Need to Know
    Nordonia, OH, Aug 22, 2019
  • Appropriate Considerations and Strategy When Denying Workers' Compensation Claims
    Webinar, Jun 17, 2019
  • Marijuana in the Workplace
    Chicago, IL, May 23, 2019
  • The Wage Calculation Procedure for Ohio Workers’ Compensation Claims
    Goodlettsville, TN, May 9, 2017
  • Discussion of Lincoln Electric v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. decision
    Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Assn. Insurance Law CLE, Cleveland, OH, Jun 7, 2016
  • OSIA Conference-Sponsor
    Cincinnati, Jun 18, 2014
  • Contract Review and Negotiations for the Hospital Physician. Cleveland Clinic Foundation MD residents
    Cleveland, OH, Mar 19, 2014
  • Contract Negotiations for the Medical Provider
    Cleveland Clinic CME - Cleveland, OH, Dec 4, 2013
  • Evolving Health Care Laws – What Every Practitioner Needs to Know - Cleveland Clinic Foundation Residents Staff
    Cleveland, OH, May 19, 2011
  • Choice of Law Analysis and Risk Retention Group Ability to Insure Against Punitive Damages
    National Risk Retention Association Annual Meeting - Washington, D.C., Oct 5, 2010

Insights

Publications

Education

J.D., Case Western Reserve University Law School, 1999

B.A., John Carroll University, 1996

Admissions

  • State of Ohio, 1999
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 2000
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