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Jackie is a director of Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A. with a practice that focuses on assisting business and corporate clients to reach their goals and resolve disputes, including assisting business clients to deal with OSHA and environmental issues. 

Education

  • The University of Notre Dame du Lac, Notre Dame, Indiana, B.A., Co-valedictorian, Phi Beta Kappa, 1982
  • The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1985

Professional Experience

  • Represents businesses in all phases of business and corporate representation
  • Handles major OSHA and environmental matters for clients, including OSHA inspections, and fatality, amputation, and severe violator matters; and handles Ohio and U.S. EPA inspections, compliance, and real estate issues
  • Teams up to enforce client rights in select major commercial litigation

Courts and Bar Associations

  • Ohio, 1985
  • U.S. District Court, Ohio Southern District
  • U.S. District Court, Ohio Northern District
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
  • Stark County Bar Association, serves on Corporate Law Committee
  • Ohio Bar Association serves on the Environmental Law Committees

Professional and Community Affiliations

  • Former Stark County Capital Campaigns Committee
  • Former Board Member: Sisters of Charity Health System, Member of Public Juridic Person
  • Former Board Member: Prescription Assistance Network
  • Member: Notre Dame Alumni Club of Canton
  • Graduate: Leadership Stark County
  • Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, Safety Committee

Honors & Awards

  • Listed in Ohio Super Lawyers ®
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America® (2008 to present)
  • Akron Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year” (2014) by Best Lawyers in America®

Notable Presentations

  • “Fracturing and Fracking”
  • “What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Advising Their Clients Regarding Electronic Documents- Email, Texts, Blackberry Messages, etc.”
  • “Environmental Updates Relative to Utica Shale”
  • “Shale Developments In Ohio”
  • “Social Media & The Workplace”
  • “Understanding and Utilizing the Attorney-Client Privilege”
  • “OSHA New Recordkeeping and Blood born Pathogen Requirements”
  • “Effective Environmental Strategies for Bankers”
  • “Legal Issues Affecting Ohio Restaurants”
  • “Safety & Hazmat: How to Ensure Your Company is Protected”
  • “The Revised Hazard Communication Standard”
  • “Public Sector OSHA Liability In Ohio”
  • “Permit-Required Confined Spaces”
  • “OSHA Inspection Problem”
  • “Self-Inspection Check Lists”
  • “The Clean Air Act Amendments”
  • “Understanding and Preparing for the OSHA Inspection”
  • “Safety Program”
  • “Hazard Communications Standard”
  • “OSHA Supervisor Session”
  • “Violence in the Workplace”
  • “OSHA: Dealing Effectively with Workplace Issues”
  • “OSHA Enforcement & Compliance”

 

ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY JACQUELINE BOLLAS CALDWELL

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Articles Published by Jacqueline Bollas Caldwell

Gibson’s Bakery Verdict Recognized by The National Law Journal as a “TOP 100 Verdict”

In June 2019, following a five-week trial, a Lorain County, Ohio jury awarded a $44 million-dollar verdict to Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty, Co., L.P.A.’s (KWGD) clients—a small 134-year-old family bakery and its two owners, David Gibson and his 89-year-old father affectionately referred to as “Grandpa Gibson.” The verdict represents […]

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Leading Indicators That Predict Safe Construction Projects

A recent study identified leading indicators that predict safer construction project sites.  The report, entitled “Construction Safety Best Practices and Relationships to Safety Performance,” reviewed the effectiveness of dozens of “passive” and “active” leading indicators of safety at large building projects.  This study also appears in the online edition of […]

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Steps to Update Your Hazcom Program Compliance

Schedule training to meet the 12/1/13 training deadline Update training materials; Contact your chemical suppliers to determine when they will be replacing the old MSDSs with new SDSs; Review your written Hazcom Program to update it in accord with the revised Hazard Communication Standard “HCS” or “Hazcom Standard”; Contact suppliers […]

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OSHA Launches Initiative to Protect Temporary Workers

As a result of multiple recent high profile fatality incidents involving temporary workers, OSHA is launching an initiative to further protect temporary employees from workplace hazards.  This initiative emphasizes enforcement, outreach, and training to assure that temporary workers are protected from workplace hazards.   In April 2013, OSHA sent a […]

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Are You on OSHA’s High Hazard Inspection Hit List?

On January 4, 2013, OSHA issued its Site-Specific Targeting 2012 Program (“SST Program”) which authorizes inspections of workplaces where the highest rates of injury and illnesses occur. This site-specific targeting plan is a list of companies that OSHA intends to inspect during the 2013 calendar year. Any non-construction workplace that […]

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OSHA Launches New Fall Prevention Campaign

Citing falls as the leading cause of death in construction, OSHA has launched a fall prevention campaign, emphasizing that these falls are preventable. OSHA first identifies the high fall construction activities as (1) floor openings; (2) fixed scaffolds; (3) bridge decking; (4) re-roofing; and (5) leading-edge work.  OSHA next states […]

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