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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

For many businesses, it revolves around the concept of “more” – more certainty, more security, more innovation, and quite simply, getting more things done.

At Dinsmore, accomplishment is a mindset we bring to every aspect of our law firm. From the way we work with our clients to the goals we set for ourselves in professional development, recruiting and community involvement. We challenge ourselves to be better attorneys and higher achievers for our clients.

In short, Accomplish more is not about us, it’s about our clients and how we help them to be more successful — in every matter we handle and every interaction we have with them.

Insight
We work hard to stay ahead in an ever-evolving business, legal and regulatory climate. We focus on anticipating legal developments and industry challenges before they impact our clients. Our reputation for innovation stems from our understanding of what clients will need before they ask for it.

Value
Clients trust us because we invest ourselves in their business. We seek to fully understand their goals and legal challenges and where the two overlap, enabling us to bring practical solutions to the table. By responding effectively to what we know about our clients and their environment, we become their competitive advantage.

Resources
Our continued success flows from nearly 500 unique legal perspectives, and an equal number of highly-focused support professionals. We leverage dozens of discrete legal disciplines when needed, to provide a single, comprehensive solution to complex challenges. Our holistic approach to problem solving enables clients to see all sides of an issue — and proceed with confidence.

Partner
Alan is co-chair of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group, vice chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee, on the firm’s Recruiting Committee and Cincinnati Pro Bono coordinator. He…
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Partner
For more than 30 years, Greg Adams has counseled large and small domestic and international businesses, educational institutions, non-profit entities, investors, professional athletes,…
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Associate
Marisa is an associate whose practice focuses on corporate law. Her experience includes conducting legal research on financial aid compliance topics affecting the university and drafting…
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Associate
A native of the Pittsburgh area, John's practice includes commercial and financial litigation, with an emphasis on defending insurers against professional negligence, insurance bad faith…
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Associate
April Besl is a member of the Intellectual Property Department at Dinsmore and practices within the Licensing & Enforcement and Entertainment Law practice groups. She focuses her…
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Partner
Tony focuses his practice on commercial finance, real estate and general corporate law. He has extensive experience advising both regional and national lending institutions on all aspects…
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Partner
Ivan’s practice focuses on helping clients realize their business objectives in their international contracting, international commercial disputes, international operations and exporting.…
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Of Counsel
Melissa counsels employers in workers’ compensation matters, including Industrial Commission hearings, court appeals, retaliation claims, workplace safety, settlements, and post-injury…
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Partner
Ed Cavezza has represented more than one out of every four of Ohio's 611 school districts.
Much of Mr. Cavezza's contact with Ohio school districts involves preparation of tax levy and bond…
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Associate
Tom’s practice focuses on representing businesses, business owners, executives, and other individuals in business and employment lawsuits in state and federal courts. He prides himself on…
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Associate
Jessica focuses her practice on various labor and employment issues that arise in the workplace. She counsels human resources personnel and company representatives on day-to-day employment…
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Associate
Abby guides clients through a range of employment and labor issues that arise in the workplace. She has effectively counseled employers on matters involving Title VII, the Americans with…
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Dillon focuses her practice on products liability and warranty litigation. She represents clients before state and federal judges for pretrial conferences and hearings, conducts and…
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Partner

Dick Clay is a partner in the litigation department and serves on the Firm’s board of directors and as the Firm's Kentucky ethics partner. Dick practices in the areas of business and…
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Associate
Michael T. Dean is an associate in Dinsmore’s Cincinnati office, where he practices in the firm’s Traditional Governmental Finance and Economic Development practice areas within the Public…
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Partner
Tip Depp is a Partner in the Corporate and Litigation Departments. Tip's practice focuses on complex corporate, administrative law and litigation matters involving utilities, life science…
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Partner
Lewis concentrates his practice on affordable housing and traditional governmental finance. His practice is dedicated to the goal of ensuring good, safe, accessible, affordable housing for…
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Associate
Matt focuses his practice on cybersecurity, data privacy, and telecommunications. He regularly helps clients comply with domestic and international data protection laws including the GDPR,…
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Partner
Sarah is an essential resource for individuals and companies navigating the ever-changing industries of health care and life sciences. Her practice focuses on complex health care litigation…
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Our Cincinnati office occupies eight floors in the First Financial Center located in the downtown central business district of the city. Clients range from public and private corporations…
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The equine and gaming industries encompass both unique challenges and rapidly evolving landscapes. Potential for long-term growth and innovative revenue streams are balanced by evolving…
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Dinsmore’s Estate Planning Group has extensive experience counseling clients to minimize or eliminate federal estate and gift taxes, and state estate and inheritance taxes while achieving…
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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP’s Compensation & Benefits Practice Group provides results-oriented legal advice to a diverse client base. These clients include large publicly traded employers…
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Of Counsel
Eric focuses his practice on corporate counseling, with significant experience in complex contract development, review and negotiation. He also has experience advising on corporate…
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Partner
William M. Freedman is a Partner in the Corporate Department. Bill's employee benefits practice serves a diverse client base with respect to the design, preparation and implementation of…
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Partner
Laura focuses her practice on health care counseling and transactions, as well as corporate counseling. She provides strategic guidance in helping health care providers and business owners…
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Partner
Peter is a commercial litigator with a focus on insurance coverage. He represents insurers nationwide in all phases of claims, advising on coverage issues and best claims-handling practices…
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Partner
Lindsay is an award-winning trial attorney and former federal and state prosecutor. Her practice focuses on all aspects of criminal and civil litigation, white-collar defense, internal…
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Associate
Max concentrates his practice on commercial finance, including working with clients to manage all varieties of financing transactions. Max draws on his background working in the Office of…
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Partner
Todd’s practice focuses on tax-exempt health care finance and debt-related derivatives. He has more than 15 years of experience as underwriter’s, borrower’s, bond, and bank counsel in non-…
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Associate
Keeley focuses her practice on litigation. Her experience includes drafting new policies on Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images, drafting internal guidelines for conducting cyber…
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Partner
Allison's practice focuses on litigation and counseling with an emphasis on management-side (both private and public employers) employment discrimination, wage and hour, non-competes, and…
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Associate
Kelsey works with a variety of clients to handle employment-related litigation matters. Specifically, she focuses on defending companies and supervisors in discrimination, harassment,…
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Partner
Mike Hawkins is a partner in the Labor & Employment and Appellate Practice Groups. He has extensive experience in all aspects of labor, employment law and ERISA litigation and appellate…
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Associate
Kelli focuses her practice on high-volume employment-based immigration for corporate clients, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 1000 companies. She assists corporate clients and their…
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Evolving legislation, an uneasy economy and increasing regulation combine to create an uncertain future for the health care industry. With health care reform initiatives paving the way for…
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Associate
Trinea is a business attorney and her practice is focused on labor and employment law. She advises clients on matters including COVID-19 related compliance, unemployment insurance agency (…
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Partner
Jan E. Hensel is a Partner in the Labor and Employment Department.  Ms. Hensel devotes her practice exclusively to the representation of employers in the employment law arena. She consults…
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Associate
A member of the Litigation Department, Jessica has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on defending businesses in contract-related and business tort…
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Partner
Bill is currently the Practice Group leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property Prosecution and Opinion Practice Group. 
Bill has more than 15 years of experience in patent preparation and…
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Associate
Kristeena Johnson is a member of the Litigation Department, focusing her practice on commercial litigation and mass tort matters. She has extensive experience preparing matters for trial…
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Partner
Lira Johnson is a Partner in the Labor and Employment Law Department. Lira advises employers on compliance with state and federal laws and regulations governing employees. She represents…
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Associate
While in law school Paige worked at the Ackerson Law Clinic, where she represented low-income victims of domestic violence in emergency protection hearings. She has also volunteered as a…
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Associate
Chris focuses his practice on various issues that arise in the workplace. He handles a wide range of employment litigation matters, including discrimination claims, retaliation claims,…
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Partner
Andy leverages extensive experience litigating complex commercial, tort, and class action matters with a personal approach to partnering with clients. Andy works with clients in a variety…
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Partner
Kelly’s past experience as in-house counsel enables her to advise health care providers of all sizes on a wide variety of issues. Her clients include hospitals, nursing homes, home health…
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Partner
Joe is the Office Managing Partner of the San Diego office where he is leading the firm’s efforts to grow its practice and presence throughout California. He is also a member of our…
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Partner
Colleen Lewis is a Partner in the Labor and Employment Law Department. Colleen's practice includes the defense of private and public employers, including several transportation clients, on…
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Associate
Ya uses her diverse experience to represent and counsel employers in a wide variety of employment law issues. Her practice focuses on litigation and counseling related to claims arising…
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Law Clerk
Brandi focuses her practice on corporate health care law.  She reviews and edits corporate contracts, amendments, policies, and proposals, and regularly attends negotiations and client…
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Associate
Drew Linnenbom’s public finance practice involves advising traditional governmental issuers, underwriters, banks, nonprofit borrowers and for-profit companies on various aspects of their…
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Partner
Bill is an experienced litigator who focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, including high-stakes business disputes and bet-the-company matters. Bill also has extensive…
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Associate
A member of the Labor and Employment Department, Mike’s background enables him to provide a unique perspective on employment issues, specifically those related to the Uniformed Services…
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Associate
Sarah Mattingly is a member of our Corporate Department. She focuses her practice in the areas of commercial litigation and banking and finance law, including bankruptcy, foreclosure,…
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Associate
Steve Mattingly is a member of the Litigation Department and the Commercial Litigation practice group. Steve has significant experience defending physicians in medical malpractice cases,…
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Partner
An experienced immigration attorney, Barbara assists companies of all sizes across the U.S. in navigating immigration laws as they impact the employment of foreign nationals, both on a…
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Partner
Patrick Michael is a partner practicing in the Louisville office of Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP.  He joined Dinsmore & Shohl as a partner in September 2009 when Patrick Michael is a…
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Associate
Sayre focuses his practice on commercial litigation. His legal experience includes drafting appellate briefs and conducting research on legal issues ranging from child abuse to capital…
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Partner
Denise Pentino is the Managing Partner of the firm's Wheeling office. Leveraging 17 years of extensive experience in mass tort, toxic tort and products liability law, including medical…
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Partner
Brian Perry is a Partner in the Litigation Department. Brian practices in the area of Ohio workers' compensation, representing employers in matters before the Ohio Bureau of Workers'…
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Partner Of Counsel
Olivia provides advice and counsel to employers and management on relevant local, California and federal laws and regulations. She provides counseling on employee relations issues, guidance…
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Associate
Sarah is a member of our Health Care Practice Group. She holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and is a registered pharmacist with extensive pharmacy practice experience and a working knowledge…
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Associate
Jared focuses his practice on employment law. His experience includes working on employment discrimination matters involving disability discrimination, age discrimination, workers’…
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Partner
Jill Cranston Rice (formerly Bentz) is a Partner in the Litigation Department and is the Chair of the Government Relations practice group. She focuses her practice on government relations,…
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Associate
Madison is a corporate attorney with experience researching and utilizing the most effective search techniques to receive quality results.
She earned her J.D. from University of Dayton…
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Partner
Bobby Rives is a member of the Labor and Employment Department. Prior to joining the firm, Bobby practiced in the Louisville office of Boehl, Stopher & Graves, LLP.  
Bobby counsels…
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Partner
Bill Robinson is a tested employment litigator who brings nearly 30 years of successful experience to the table for natural resource, aluminum, manufacturing, commercial and service…
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Associate
Alexandra concentrates her practice on public finance transactions. Prior to joining Dinsmore, she gained valuable government sector experience while serving as a law clerk in the Public…
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Partner
Jeremy Rogers is a partner in the Litigation Department. He is admitted to practice law in both Kentucky and Indiana. His trial and litigation experience is in a wide range of matters,…
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Partner
Toby is an experienced trial lawyer, having served as first chair counsel in more than forty trials in State and federal courts. Many of the matters which Toby has tried have involved…
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Partner
Julie A. Schoepf is a member of the Corporate Department.  Julie concentrates her practice in the area of commercial real estate acquisitions, sales and financing.  Julie has experience in…
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Partner
Joanne M. Schreiner is a Partner in the Corporate Department and Chair of the firm's Commercial Transactions/Real Estate Finance and Restructuring Practice Group. Joanne's practice involves…
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Of Counsel
Frank Schuckmann is a Partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the International Business Practice Group where he heads the German Desk for the firm. Frank represents domestic…
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Law Clerk
Aubrey focuses his practice on public finance. Before joining Dinsmore, he worked for the Ohio Department of Development. During his time with the department he gained valuable experience…
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Of Counsel
As both a respected state senator and an accomplished litigator, Bill brings unique experience and perspective to clients. He has more than 30 years of experience handling a wide range of…
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Associate
Bradley focuses his practice on corporate law. He received his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law where he participated in the Entrepreneurship and Community Development…
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Law Clerk
Caitlin focuses her practice on corporate law. Her prior experience includes working with private equity clients to evaluate market performance and potential acquisitions. She earned her J.…
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Partner
Jay’s practice is concentrated in the areas of employee benefits and executive compensation for both profit and tax-exempt entities. He advises companies on the design, formation and…
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Partner
Andrey focuses his practice on representing employers in labor and employment law cases, as well as in business matters. He concentrates much of his practice on assisting human resource…
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Partner
Richard Tranter is a Partner in the Corporate Department and Chair of the Real Estate Development, Leasing and Ownership Practice Group. He counsels a variety of clients including…
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Partner
Sadhna True is a Partner in the Labor and Employment Department. She represents employers in employment litigation and provides advice and counsel on all aspects of the employer-employee…
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Associate
Courtney is a member of our Corporate Department where she focuses her practice on health care law.
While at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, she was a managing editor on…
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Partner
A partner in the Employment, Labor and Benefits Department, Faith has experience guiding clients through issues that arise in the workplace. She handles employment-related litigation for…
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Lobbyist
Austin serves as a lobbyist. He tracks legislative and regulatory activities for the firm and lobbies to the Kentucky State Legislature on behalf of Dinsmore's clients. His experience…
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Partner
George Wilkinson serves as Chair of the firm's Workers' Compensation Practice Group. George counsels clients on workers’ compensation law issues throughout Ohio and represents numerous…
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Associate
Brady Wilson is an Associate at Dinsmore & Shohl's Columbus office. Brady focuses his practice on commercial litigation and has experience handling motions, demand letters, discovery…
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Walter has more than four decades of experience guiding companies of all sizes through all phases of the government contracting process. In fact, he literally wrote the book, as he is the…
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Associate
Stephanie Zwerner is an associate attorney in the Corporate Department. Her practice focuses on securities regulation compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate law.…
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The National Law Review recognizes Dinsmore & Shohl LLP as a Go-To Thought Leader in the field of finance law, for their coverage of the Biden Administration's Changes to Cryptocurrency Regulation. Authors David A. Lopez-Kurtz and Vincent Mora provide noteworthy insight into President Biden’s executive order, which seeks to create financial stability and consumer and investor protections, among other goals. This resource reached thousands of legal and financial industry professionals, and serves as just one example of the firm’s excellent thought leadership.

The Labor and Employment Group at Dinsmore & Shohl is a Go-To Thought Leader for 2021 for its coverage of Ohio Employment Law Updates. The practice group’s coverage spanned changes in Ohio laws impacting employers and employees alike, including updates to Ohio’s Worker’s Compensation law, and the state’s long awaited Anti-Discrimination law, the Employment Law Uniformity Act. The group’s go-to authors on Ohio labor law include Anthony "T.J." Jagoditz, Jared Buker, and Jan E. Hensel.

The National Law Review named Dinsmore & Shohl as a Go-To Thought Leader for the firm’s Ohio COVID-19 news and for articles providing Coronavirus guidance to human resource professionals.  Dinsmore provided frequent updates addressing Ohio’s legislation seeking to expand telehealth access, Ohio’s law granting immunity to essential workers, and the Ohio Treasurer’s COVID-19 community response initiative designed to ease cash flow to local governments. Furthermore, Dinsmore’s authors received unprecedented readership addressing more general employer concerns such as OSHA guidance on mask-wearing, employer-mandated vaccines, and specific alerts developed for HR managers to help them keep pace with the numerous changes during these turbulent times. Dinsmore’s most prolific and well-read authors include Jared M. Bruce, Anna M. Dailey, Hayley Geiler, Thomas W. Hess, Jennifer Orr Mitchell, Jacqueline N. Rau and Faith C. Whittaker.

 

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