Grier D. Schaffer

2075 Marble Cliff Office Park
Columbus, Ohio 43215
p:614.324.4542
f:614.324.4543
gschaffer@arnoldlaw.net

Career Highlights

In October 2015, Grier joined the ATWF team, bringing with him many years of experience in all areas of medical litigation, including cardiovascular, neurologic, neurosurgical, radiology, oncology, obstetric-gynecologic and hospital administration issues.

Grier’s litigation immersion began with his employment as a staff attorney at the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Columbus, where he learned the workings of the civil docket from the ground up, including the process of legal decision-making and the applicability of the Civil Rules and the Rules of Evidence to the facts of a given case.

His next position with Earl Warburton & Adams lasted more than 25 years. Starting as an associate and working to partner, Grier was involved with medical negligence litigation from the outset. He began trying cases alone and his caseload included a myriad of traumatic injury and wrongful death cases. He has tried products liability and general liability cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, in addition to maintaining a statewide medical litigation caseload representing hospitals, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, extended care facilities and health care service agencies. His federal and state litigation docket also led to an appellate practice where some of his cases were resolved in the Ohio Supreme Court or the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Since 2002, Grier has served on the Ohio State Bar Association’s Jury Instruction Committee, and he was appointed to its editorial board of review in 2010. He was previously appointed to serve with the Ohio Jury Instruction Committee on a special assignment involving development and drafting of specific subject matter civil jury instructions. Grier is a requested hospital lecturer as well as a speaker for local medical societies on litigation-related topics. He also serves as a litigation consultant for an interstate hospital system.

His outside interests include history, travel and enjoying the company of his wife and family, and their menagerie of animals.

Education

Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH – J.D., 1987
LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA – B.A., History, 1983
The Hill School, Pottstown, PA – College Preparatory, 1979

Admissions and Certifications

State of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Memberships and Affiliations

Ohio State Bar Association
Columbus Bar Association
Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
Defense Research Institute
Society of Healthcare Attorneys

Recognitions

Recognized in Best Lawyers of America® (2018)

Community Service

City of Dublin, Ohio – Member, Board of Construction Appeals (1990-97)