Jennifer Hann Harrison

Jennifer is partner-in-charge of the Taft Dayton office. With more than 20 years of experience representing employers across diverse industries and sizes, Jennifer serves clients in all aspects of employment, labor relations, and workplace safety law. She represents clients in matters of accommodation, discrimination (including charges filed with the EEOC and OCCRC), retaliation, workers’ compensation, subrogation, wrongful discharge, manual classification, and self-insured audits. She also assists employers with self-insurance applications and advises employers on drug testing, drug-free workplace programs, medical and recreational marijuana laws, and COVID-19 issues. Her astute ability to deliver creative and impactful legal solutions to clients has earned her high recognition both locally and nationally. Jennifer enjoys serving as outside general counsel to closely held corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies.

She has successfully led numerous complex employment and labor relations matters, including leading an investigation of allegations of clergy misconduct for a large religious institution, a defense jury verdict in a retaliatory discharge claim for a food manufacturer, and many defense verdicts in workers’ compensation for companies in manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare industries. She also conducts compliance and safety training for clients and regularly speaks for various employer associations and organizations in Dayton.

Legal Experience

• Served on a Senate task force that was convened to study privatization of the Ohio workers’ compensation system.
• Led complex investigations of allegations of clergy misconduct for a large religious institution.
• Obtained a defense jury verdict for a large food manufacturer in a retaliatory discharge claim.
• Achieved multiple defense verdicts in appeals filed in state court pursuant to ORC § 4123.512.

• Led an investigation of allegations of clergy misconduct for a large religious institution.
• Defense jury verdict for a food manufacturer in a retaliatory discharge claim.
• Numerous defense verdicts in a workers’ compensation right to participate and extent of disability claims for companies in manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare industries.