Practice Areas
Admissions
- Ohio, 1980
Michigan, 2010
Education
The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., 1980
Ohio University, B.S. (Education), 1976
Profile
William D. Holt’s experience and expertise cover a range of workers' compensation issues with a particular emphasis in Ohio self-insurance.
He has managed both self-administered and third-party-administered self-insured programs, represented employers before the Industrial Commission and before the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation on a variety of claims and administration issues. Mr. Holt has served on various boards on behalf of Ohio's self-insuring employers. Additionally, he has worked as a hearing officer for the State of Ohio and managed statewide self-insured claims operations for a major third-party administrator. Mr. Holt actively participates in the ongoing development of legislative and policy issues concerning Ohio workers' compensation. He is an associate with Eastman & Smith and listed in Best Lawyers in America®. In its 2022 ranking, Best Lawyers in America® named Mr. Holt as "Lawyer of the Year," in Toledo, for Workers' Compensation Law – Employers.
Honors & Affiliations
Community/Professional Affiliations
Ohio State Bar Association
Publications & News
Spotlight
- Six Named Lawyers of the YearAugust 21, 2021
- August 20, 2020
- August 15, 2019
- August 15, 2018
- August 15, 2017
- August 15, 2016
- August 28, 2015
- July 17, 2015
- August 20, 2014
- Holt Awarded the Patrick A. O'Neill Memorial Award by OSIAJune 22, 2010
- January 20, 2009
Events & Speaking Engagements
- What you may have missed over the last two years.Hilton Garden Inn Perrysburg and Virtual, September 24, 2021
- Recorded 4-28-2020April 28, 2020
- Hilton Garden Inn Perrysburg, Ohio, February 4, 2016
Articles
- November 14, 2013
- October 22, 2012
- May 11, 2011
- March 8, 2011
- April 19, 2010
- November 3, 2009
- May 1, 2009