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Law Offices Of Scot Sikes
Law Firm
Columbus, GA 31906
Military Law Expert
Specializing in Worldwide Military Representation
The Law Offices of Scot Sikes is committed to providing military men and women throughout the United States and the world with superior representation for their legal matters. Strategically located in Columbus, Georgia near Fort Benning, Attorney Scot Sikes is prepared and experienced to handle even the most serious courts-martial and other military cases. As a JAG USAR Lieutenant Colonel and 25-year veteran of the United States Army, nothing is more important to Mr. Sikes than being able to provide military men and women with the service and representation they need to overcome their legal matters. With over 15 years of experience working in the military justice system, Mr. Sikes has the intuition, skill, and knowledge to aggressively represent Service Members of all branches of the U.S. military --- Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. Scot Sikes has served in the United States military in a myriad of positions for over 25 years. From his experience working as an Army Judge Advocate (JAG officer), Military Police company commander, military prosecutor, Senior Defense Counsel, and Staff Judge Advocate, Mr. Sikes has an insider’s view of how to effectively defend those who defend America. Mr. Sikes is an aggressive military lawyer who has earned a reputation as being among the best military trial attorneys in the country. From the Law Offices of Scot Sikes, Mr. Sikes provides comprehensive legal representation to clients with legal matters which involve: •Courts-martials •General courts-martial •Special courts-martial •Administrative separation boards •Article 15s/Non-Judicial Punishment (NJP) •Discharge upgrade requests •Military records corrections •Military medical malpractice In addition, Attorney Sikes handles DUI and other criminal defense cases and family law cases for both civilians and military personnel in the Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia area near Fort Benning, Georgia.
Sandy Meizlish, Attorney
Attorney
Columbus, OH 43215
Personal Injury Attorney
Looking back on it, my journey to becoming a trial lawyer started when I was named the editor of my high school's student newspaper. The paper's advisor, the school's best English teacher, taught me how to write, and more importantly, how to tell a story. Trial lawyers are story tellers. At the time, I didn't know I was going to be telling stories in a courtroom because I thought I was going to be a journalist. So, I went to the best journalism school in the country, the University of Missouri, and worked on my writing and story telling skills. When I graduated, the country was in a recession and I couldn't land a job on a big city newspaper, so I decided to continue my education by going to law school. There I learned to think like a lawyer. When I graduated, I had two skills: how to think like a lawyer and how to tell a story. But, I had no idea how to use them together. Law school doesn't teach you that. As luck would have it, an experienced trial lawyer took me under his wing and guided me along the way. And, after many years, I was successfully using my two skills together to win for my clients. The great thing about being a trial lawyer is that everyday there is a new story to tell and a client who needs a voice. Now, in the twilight of my career, I'm also mentoring young story tellers so that those who seek justice will always be able to find a skilled trial lawyer. You know what they say, "everyone likes a story with a good ending."
Jason Roy
Attorney
Columbus, OH 89127
Ohio State Records
Why Ohio Court Records are Available to the Public? In 1954, the Ohio State Legislature passed a law named the Ohio Open Records Law. This law was enabled with the last changes in 2008 and aims to ensure disclosure of court records and other public records to the public. What Court Records Access Means To You? The law is similar to the Ohio Open Meeting Law legislates the methods by which public meetings are conducted. The Ohio Open Records Law is a series of the law signed by the legislature to grant access to all public records at all government levels in the state of Ohio. Accountability to the Public When the legislature enacted Ohio Public Records Law, it expressively declared that access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state, Availability of public records for inspection and copying. In Ohio, access to the government and court records, in particular, has been deemed a fundamental interest in citizenship and has emphasized that maxim disclosure of the conduct of governmental operations [is] to be promoted by the act. By promoting prompt public access to government records, the Ohio Public Records Law is intended to safeguard the accountability of government to the public. How the Ohio Court Process Functions? Most cases in Ohio courts begin in one of the 88 superior or trial courts located in each of the state’s 88 counties. The next level of judicial authority resides with the Court of Appeals. Most cases before the Court of Appeals involves the review of a superior court decision being contested by a party involved in the case. The Supreme Court serves as the highest court in the state and has the discretion to review decisions of the Court of Appeals in order to settle important questions of law and to resolve conflicts among the Court of Appeals. Some differences between Civil Court and Small Claims Court below
Brian Miller, J.D.
Attorney
Columbus, OH 43125
Experienced and accomplished trial lawyer, who is a leader i
Brian G. Miller is the president and founder of Brian G. Miller Co. As a civil litigator, Mr. Miller focuses on plaintiffs’ personal injury cases including negligence claims, automobile, truck and motorcycle accidents, workplace injuries, wrongful deaths, premises liability cases, and other personal injury claims. He places an emphasis on diligent investigation of claims combined with an academic approach for the most effective legal representation for each individual client. He is an accomplished trial lawyer, having started his career as an assistant prosecuting attorney with the Franklin County prosecutor’s office, and having secured numerous successful civil verdicts on behalf of his clients, including a record $34.3 million award in a catastrophic brain injury case against a major electric utility company in Union County. Highly regarded by his colleagues, he has received multiple honors and recognitions at both the state and national levels. Mr. Miller is a Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude graduate of The Ohio State University and The Ohio State Moritz College of Law. Born and raised in New Jersey, he is now a long-time resident of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio where he lives with his wife and three children. He is involved in his community, and professionally with the leadership of the state trial lawyer’s organization, the Ohio Association for Justice, as well as other professional organizations. Above all us, he prides himself on his hands-on, personal approach and direct, consistent interaction with his clients.
Barkan Meizlish, LLP
Law Firm
Columbus, OH 43219
Representing Working Families and Organized Labor
The law firm of Barkan Meizlish, LLP is over sixty years old, with a national practice, focused on labor law, wage and hour/overtime litigation, Ohio workers’ compensation, Social Security Disability, and personal injury/medical malpractice. Our law firm and individual law firm members appear on lists of the best law firms and attorneys in the nation. Through our representation of labor unions, individual employees, the injured and the disabled, we protect the rights of working people on and off the job. The firm skillfully represents our clients’ interests in federal and state court, before federal and state administrative agencies, at the collective bargaining table, and in state legislatures and the United States Congress. The attorneys and professional staff of Barkan Meizlish, LLP are fully committed to securing justice for all of our clients. Our results speak for themselves. Our labor law attorneys represent a wide array of labor unions at the local and national level. We negotiate collective bargaining agreements on behalf of unions in a variety of industries, including aviation, ground transportation, manufacturing, health care and the public sector. We enforce those contracts in arbitration and federal and state court and assist our union clients with organizing, communications, membership education, legislation and regulatory compliance. The firm’s national wage and hour/overtime practice is dedicated to the fundamental principle that working people should be properly paid for all of their labor. We represent employees in individual and class action litigation. Our attorneys have recovered wages for tens of thousands of employees who have been unlawfully denied their right to overtime pay. We have further committed ourselves to the effort to reform federal and state law so that employees received the wages they are owed and violators are held accountable. Our firm’s worker’s compensation section has successfully assisted tens of thousands of injured employees, in recovering workers’ compensation benefits. Workplace related injuries and illnesses can have a devastating consequence for an employee. Our workers’ compensation attorneys represent clients throughout the entire litigation process and also work with other highly-skilled workers’ compensation attorneys in all fifty states. We manage one of the largest and most successful Social Security Disability Insurance practices in the United States. A disability may permanently prevent an individual from performing any work. Our Social Security attorneys have won disability awards for tens of thousands of clients and have been recognized for their professionalism and compassion by their fellow practitioners across the nation. Barkan Meizlish, LLP represents individuals in serious personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Our trial attorneys have been handling complex torts for decades. Despite changes in the law that have made it more difficult for victims to obtain the compensation to which they are entitled, our attorneys continue to succeed in obtaining judgements and compensation for those who have been injured by the negligence of others.
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