David A. Saphire

Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation.

Admitted to Bar:  1970, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio.

Certified Workers' Compensation Specialist:  Certified by the Ohio State Bar Association Workers' Compensation Law Specialty Board, January 1, 1999 through December 31, 2003.

Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1967; J.D., 1970).   Phi Delta Phi.

Honors:  Listed in the 1999-2000 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America."

Community: Assistant Attorney General, State of Ohio, 1971-1973. Chief Arbitrator, Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, General Division, 1989--.   Member, Past-Chair, Executive Committee, Montgomery County Board of Mental Health, 1978-1986.  Member, Ohio Attorney General's Worker's Compensation Advisory Counsel, 1993-1994.  Captain, U.S. Army, 1970, Retired.

Memberships: Dayton (Ethics Committee, Member, Past-Chair, 1973--), Columbus (Ethics Committee, 1971-1973), Ohio State (Chair, Workers' Compensation Committee, 1997-1999) and American Bar Associations; Miami Valley Trial Lawyers Association; The American Society of Law and Medicine, Inc.; The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Executive Committee Workers' Compensation Section); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Impact Committee (Member, Executive Committee, 1998--).

Languages: French.

Reported Cases: State, ex rel. Eltra Corp., v. Indus. Comm., (1973), Ohio St. 2d 96; 304 N.E. 2d 239, 65 Ohio Op. 2d 245; McIntyre v. Kuhns Bros. Co., (1977), Ohio App. 2d 131, 375 N.E. 2d 1264; 8 Ohio Op.3d 245.