Attendance is required for your CEO, but everyone is invited!  Please remember that this is one of the major requirements for the discount program (your CEO MUST attend).

Douglas J. Suter is a partner with Hahn Loeser who has extensive experience representing employers nationwide in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cases. This includes hearings before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and Mine Safety and Health Administration litigation. He also handles other key labor and employment matters including wrongful death defense, defense of employers in multi-employer worksite accidents and fatalities, workers compensation matters, violation of a specific safety requirement (VSSR) actions, intentional tort actions and construction litigation.

Over the past few decades, Douglas has handled several major OSHA-related cases. In 1992, he defended the first Ohio company charged with criminal willful OSHA violations by the U.S. Justice Department following a workplace fatality. In addition, he has been involved in at least 100 wrongful-death and significant-injury cases and more than 300 OSHA cases, including numerous OSHA cases with penalties of nearly $400,000.

Douglas also has experience with Department of Transportation and motor carrier rules and regulations and has litigated numerous trucking matters.

Douglas is a sought-after expert on OSHA, workplace safety and liability matters. He has lectured and written about OSHA matters for The Ohio State University, Marshall University, the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Ohio Division of Safety and Hygiene, the Builders Exchange of Central Ohio, the Ohio State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Institute, the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce, the National Business Institute, The County Engineers Association of Ohio, The American Gas Association, Ohio Rural Electric Cooperative and numerous trade associations and safety councils. In 2001, he represented the Builders Exchange of Central Ohio in contract negotiations with the United States Department of Labor, resulting in the OSHA/Builders Exchange Partnership Agreement.

Douglas obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with honors from West Liberty State College, where he was named management student of the year. He obtained his Juris Doctorate degree cum laude from the Capital University Law School, where he was one of the editors of the Law Review. Douglas was appointed by the American Bar Association to the Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee in 1992.

Cost is $35.00 per person for Construction Safety Council Members.  This is not included in the pre-payment.  Registration is mandatory.