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Michael J O'Hara 
Covington, Kentucky
Partner
phone (859) 331-2000
fax (859) 578-3365
email mohara@ortlaw.com

Michael O'Hara is a Partner with the firm and concentrates his practice in the areas of Employment Law, Employment Discrimination, Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, and Personal Injury.  In his areas of practice, he has handled both individual and class action cases.  He has also lectured on issues pertaining to developments in Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights law before state and local bar and professional associations. He previously served as Litigation Director with the Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society (now Legal Aid of the Bluegrass), 1978‑1980, and as Litigation Coordinator with the Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati, 1980‑86. He also serves as a Member and Chair of the Kentucky Bar Association Attorney Advertising Commission, a Member and Past President of the Northern Kentucky Volunteer Lawyers Inc., and Litigation Coordinator for the Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio. Michael is married and has two daughters. Michael is a Martindale‑Hubbell AV rated attorney.*

Areas of Practice:
Employment Law
Employment Discrimination
Civil Rights
Products Liability
Personal Injury
Medical Malpractice
Business Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Kentucky, 1975
Ohio, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1976
U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1981
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1975
U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 2006
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1991
U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
Education:
University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky, December, 1974
JD
 
University of Dayton, May, 1971
BA
Representative Cases:
E.J. v. Hamilton county, Ohio, 707F.Supp.314 (Southern District Ohio 1989)
Bishop v. Reagan-Bush '94 Committee (rev'd 819 F.2d 2891987 WL35970, 6th Circuit, 1987), 635 F.Supp. 1020 (Southern District Ohio 1986)
Young v. Whitworth, 522 F.Supp. 759 (Southern District Ohio 1981)
Doe v. Staples, 706 F.2d 985 (6th Circuit 1983)
Bjorkman v. Protestant Episcopal Church in U.S. of American Diocese of Lexington, KY, 759 S.W.2d 583 (Kentucky 1988)
Diocese of Covington v. Secter, KY, 966 S.W.2d 286 (App. 1998)
Flagner v. Wilkinson, 241 F.3d 475 (6th Circuit 2000)
Hoffman v. Honda of America Manufacturing, 200 F.R.D. 370 (Southern District Ohio 2000)
Board of Education of Erlanger-Elsmere School District v. Code,, 57 S.W.3d 820 (Kentucky 2001)
Moore v. Mitchell, 531 F.Supp.2d 845 (S.D. Ohio 2008)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Federal Bar Association
Cincinnati Bar Association
Northern Kentucky Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
American Bar Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
National Employment Lawyers Association
Kentucky Employment Lawyers Association
Birth Information:
1949, Lexington, Kentucky

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