Philip J. Fulton - Columbus, OH

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio, 1980
    J.D.
    Honors: Order of the Curia

• Non Legal Education

  • The Ohio State University, 1977
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Classes and Seminars

• Frequent Lecturer, Workers' Compensation, Attorneys, Legal Groups and Doctors
  
• Speaker, Ohio Association for Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers)
  
• Speaker, Ohio CLE Institute
  
• Speaker, National Business Institute
  
• Speaker, Ohio State Chiropractic Association
  
• Speaker, AFL-CIO
  
• Speaker, Ohio Self-Insured Association
  
• Speaker, NFIB

Published Works

Articles

• Ohio Workers' Compensation Law, Lexis Nexis, 2011
  
• Ohio Workers' Compensation Law, Lexis Nexis, 2008
  
• Ohio Workers' Compensation Law, Lexis Nexis, 1998
  
• Ohio Workers' Compensation Law, Lexis Nexis, 1991
  
• Ohio Trial- Substantial Aggravation: The More Things Change...
  
• LexisNexis Expert Commentary- When Are Ohio Permanent and Total Disability Benefits No Longer, 115 Ohio St.3d 329, 2007-Ohio-5027
• State ex re. Spohn v. Indus. Comm. 115 Ohio St.3d 329, 2007-Ohio-5027
• Ohio Trial - Worker's Compensation: The Unconstitutional Intoxication Defense, Volume II, Issue 3
• Ohio Trial - Isn’t It Ironic? How the Courts "Defer" To The Legislature While Continuing to Expand the Judicially Created. Voluntary Abandonment Doctrine, Volume 23, Issue 2
• Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law, Lexis Nexis, 2018

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1980
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1982

Other Affiliations

• Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers', Workers Compensation Section (Past Chair)
• Workers' Injury Law Advocacy Group (Board Member)
• Capital University Law School, 2005 - 2014 (Board of Counselors)
• Capital University Law School, 2009 - 2010 (Chair)
• Franklin County Trial Lawyers, Workers' Compensation Section (Past Chairperson)
• Ohio Association of Claimants' Counsel (Vice-President)
• Ohio Association for Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers), 2005 - 2006 (President)
• Ohio Association for Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers), 2004-2005 (President Elect)
• Ohio Association for Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers), 2003-2004 (Vice-President)
• Ohio Association for Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers), 2002-2003 (Secretary)
• Ohio Association for Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers), 2001-2002 (Treasurer)
• Ohio Association for Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers), 1993-1994 (Member, Executive Committee)
• Ohio Association for Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers), 2000-2007 (Member, Executive Committee)
• Ohio Association for Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers),2003-2009 (Member, Legislative Committee)
• Ohio Association for Justice, (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers), Workers' Compensation Section, 1994-1995 (Chairperson)
• Ohio Association for Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers), Workers' Compensation Section, 2000-2001 (Chairperson)
• Ohio Association for Justice, Ohio Association for Justice (Co-Legislative Chairperson)
• Strickland-Fisher Agency Review, Regulatory Climate- Bureau of Workers' Compensation and Industrial Commission (Co-chair)
• Workplace Injury Litigation Group (Board Member)
• Larson's National Workers' Compensation Advisory Board, Ohio (Member)
• BWC Board of Directors, 2007 - 2008
• Capital University Law School, 2020 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year
• Capital University Law School, Adjunct Professor, Workers Compensation Law, 2005 - 2014
• Capital University Law School, Class of 2012 - Adjunct Professor of the Year, 2012 - Present
• Capital University Law School, Philip J. Fulton National Moot Court Team
• Industrial Commission Nominating Counsel, 2010 - Present
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representative
• Ohio Association of Justice (formerly Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers) (Executive Committee member of Worker's Compensation Section)
• Worker's Compensation College, Fellow