DAVID S. BLAUGRUND Position: President and Shareholder E-mail: dsb@bhmlaw.net B.A., 1974, Miami University, Cum Laude. Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma. J.D., 1976, The Ohio State University. Bar Admissions Ohio, 1977. U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, 1977. Practice Areas Labor and Employment Law. Administrative Law. Construction Law. School Law. Nonprofit Corporation Law. Trade Association Law. Motor Vehicle Law. Disabilities Law. Professional Associations Columbus , Ohio State, and American Bar Associations, Member, Labor Law Committee in each. Additional Professional Experience: Extensive background in labor, employment and administrative law. Served within State government from 1977-1980 in a number of posts, including Executive Director of the State Personnel Board of Review and Administrative Law Judge. Hearing Examiner for the State of Ohio Motor Vehicle Dealer Board. Worked since 1980 as a private attorney and consultant to public-sector agencies and private employers. Since then, he has worked with most of Ohio's eighty-eight (88) counties, many Ohio and Pennsylvania cities, and many State agencies and private businesses. Serves as legal counsel for the Ohio Association of County Boards of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, (hereinafter "MR/DD"). All facets of employment and labor law, including but not limited to: labor negotiations, fact finding, conciliation and grievance arbitration, policy development, assistance with disciplinary actions, civil service matters, defense of discrimination claims, and administrative proceedings before the State Employment Relations Board, the State Personnel Board of Review and the National Labor Relations Board. Helped draft Ohio's Commercial Drivers License legislation, the original Chapter 124 of the Ohio Administrative Code, and numerous changes to the law and regulations which govern the Ohio MR/DD service delivery system. Frequent lecturer on labor, employment, and mental retardation/developmental disabilities issues.