David J. Kovach, attorney at Licata & Toerek, is one of only four attorneys in Ohio who are certified by the Ohio State Bar Association’s Specialty Board as a specialist in both employment/labor and workers’ compensation law. A veteran trial and appellate attorney of 30 years, Mr. Kovach graduated from Cleveland State University and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, and the Supreme Court of Ohio, and litigated in Florida and Pennsylvania as well as Ohio.

A former Assistant Ohio Attorney General, Mr. Kovach has lectured in Legal Writing, Oral Advocacy, and Trial Advocacy at the Cleveland Marshall College of Law. He is a member of the American and Ohio Bar Associations. A member of the Ohio Bar Association’s Employment Law and Litigation Sections, Mr. Kovach formerly served on the Akron Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law and Workers’ Compensation Law Committees, as well as the Investigative Subcommittee of the Akron Bar Association’s Grievance Committee.

Mr. Kovach has presented at many seminars and authored articles including:

• “Workers’ Compensation Updates,” Law and Fact, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, July 2007;
  Vol. 83, Issue 3;
  
  
• Understanding Employment Law, “Power of Knowledge” Workshop, Garfield Heights Chamber
  of Commerce Foundation (2007);
  
  
• Human Resource Audits, Lorman Education Services Seminar (segments: “Health and Safety” and
  “Termination of Employment”) (2007);
  
  
• Documents Employers Can’t Live Without in Ohio, Lorman Education Services Seminar (segments: “Electronic Communications Policy,” and “Workplace Records”) (2006);
  
  
• Basics of Employment Law, OSBA CLE Seminars, segment: “The Discharge and Its Aftermath” (2005 and 2006);
  
  
• Assessing Your HR Policies and Practices in Ohio: Compliance with State and Federal Employment Laws, Lorman Education Services Seminar (segments: “ADA,” “FMLA,” “Harassment-Sex, Race, Investigation,” “Retaining – Performance Evaluations,” and “Discipline, Termination – Decision and Implementation”) (2006);
  
  
• 12th Annual Workers’ Compensation Law, The Akron Bar Association and the University of Akron School of Law’s Seminar in Las Vegas (segment: “Case Law Update”) (2006);
  
  
• 10th Annual Akron Bar Association Workers' Compensation Law seminar (segment: "Ethics in Workers' Compensation") (2004);
  
  
• Annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar, Akron Bar Association (segment: “Special Accommodation Issues Under the ADA for Disruptive Employees and Employees with Psychological or Substance Abuse Issues”) (2001);
  
  
• Return to Work Issues in Workers’ Compensation in Ohio, Lorman Education Services seminar (segments: "Wage Continuation vs. Temporary Total Disability Compensation," "Light and Transitional Duty", "Wage Loss," and "Investigating and Defending the Psych Claim")(2000 and 2001);
  
  
• Workers' Compensation in Ohio, CLE Seminar (segments: "Mandamus: The Equalizing Writ vs. The Super Commission," and "Preparation & Trial of Workers' Compensation Claim - Defense Perspective") (1995);
  ? Litigating Section 1983 Claims in Ohio, CLE Seminar (segments: "Qualified Immunity" and "Ohio Court of Claims") (1992).