About Carla Cannon
Carla represents clients at district and staff hearings before the Industrial Commission of Ohio, Common Pleas Courts, and in the Tenth District Court of Appeals. She worked as an attorney for Chairman William Thompson and then as a District Hearing Officer for the Industrial Commissions of Ohio. After working as, a District Hearing Officer, she realized that she missed fighting for injured workers’ rights. Watching her business grow, the real satisfaction is knowing that she is making a difference in each and every client. Carla is a wife and is a mother to one son. In her spare time Carla enjoys getting involved with different charities, is a small group leader and kid’s ministry teacher at her church in Columbus, Ohio.
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SOLO PRACTIONER
Attorney, self employed | 2011 - Present
? Represent employers and injured workers in all aspects of the administrative process of the workers’ compensation claim
ADVANCED CONTINUING EDUCATION
Co-Founder | 2010 - Present
? Along with my husband, formed a company which provides interdisciplinary continuing education to attorneys and chiropractors ? Write outlines for the presenters ? Prepare course outlines to obtain Supreme Court approval for continuing legal education credit
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO
District Hearing Officer | 2005 - 2011
? Presided over workers’ compensation hearings ? After rendering a decision, drafted orders consistent with current law ? Prepared for hearings by thoroughly researching the claim file and pertinent law
Education
Capital University Law School
J.D. (2003) | 2000 - 2003
Activities: ? Contributor to the Res Ipsa Loquitur, the Capital University Law School newspaper ? Selected to participate in the Landskroner Law Closing Argument Competition ? First Year Moot Court Competition Winner
Ohio State University - Columbus
B.A. (1998), Political Science, concentration in Communications | 1994 - 1998
Awards
First Year Moot Court Competition Winner
Capital University Law School | 2003
scoring highest on performance evaluations
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS | 2000
Languages
English
