A Partner with Moscarino & Treu since July 2003, Michael Bertsch (Mike) spearheads the firm's employment law practice. He has a significant range of experience in civil litigation, including workers' compensation common pleas court appeals and mandamus actions, as well as defending employer intentional torts, employment, products liability, and first party insurance matters. His expertise in workers' compensation finds him regularly engaged before the Industrial Commission of Ohio and Bureau of Workers' Compensation representing the interests of self-insured and state-funded employers on issues ranging from claim allowance to safety violations.

Mike was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1982. He is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association and Self-Insurers' Group of Ohio. Throughout his years in practice, Mike has shared his considerable expertise among professional associations and organizations through a range of published works and speaking engagements. He has co-authored Quinlan Publishing's Workers' Comp – Ohio and has been a frequent lecturer on employment-related topics.

Mike measures success in satisfied clients and referrals. He believes it is the firm's client- focused, common sense and results-oriented approach that makes the difference in outcomes for the clients we serve.

Mike has lived in the Cleveland area throughout his life. Mike has taught Sunday school to grade schoolers for more than twenty years. Mike is a former member and Board President of the Epilepsy Foundation of Northeastern Ohio.

He resides in Shaker Heights with his wife and three children.

Publications

WORKERS’ COMP – OHIO
Failing to document light-duty offers may put you on the hook for employee’s temporary total disability benefits

Better Safe Than Sorry: Identifying WC fraud ‘red flags’

Causal Relationship: WC claim denied due to inadequate proof that infection was work-related

Temporary Total Disability –Work activity generating income for business bars TTD compensation

Average Weekly Wage – Unemployment period excluded in calculating AWW

Ohio Court Decisions – What employers need to know about psychiatric injuries

Termination of Benefits – Abandoning employment did not necessarily preclude continuing benefits

Stress-induced Injury – Compensability of WC claim for stress-related heart attack requires comparison of more than customary stress in employee’s line of work

Temporary Total Disability – TTD terminated even though claimant’s business was unprofitable

Speeches and Seminars

Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law
How to Get the Most Out of Industrial Commission Hearing With or Without a Lawyer

Professional Organizations

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)