Conn Maciel Carey LLP announced today the opening of its Columbus, Ohio office. It is the firm’s sixth office nationally and the second location in the Midwest. The new office represents another important step in the firm’s continued growth in the region, together with the opening of its Chicago office last year.

Columbus is a growing Midwest hub and is centrally located to many of the nation’s current and historic industrial centers. With an expanded Midwest presence, Conn Maciel Carey attorneys now provide enhanced services to its national clients operating in the Midwest.

“We are excited about our expanding Midwest presence” said the firm’s Managing Partner Bryan Carey. “The Columbus office will allow the firm to build upon the success of our 2018 launch of our Chicago office, offering clients operating in the central United States with greater proximity to our attorneys, resources, and counsel.”

Nicholas W. Scala, a partner with the firm, will lead the Columbus office. Mr. Scala joined the Firm in 2016, founding the firm’s MSHA Practice Group, which he chairs. His principal practice services the mining industry, managing all interaction with, and contest of enforcement by, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for companies operating in the coal, aggregates, industrial minerals, and cement industries.  Nick also supports the firm’s national OSHA Practice Group, representing general industry and construction companies in connection with inspections and enforcement actions by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Mr. Scala works with state mining associations in Ohio and Illinois and represents clients throughout the Midwest and Ohio River Valley regions. He was named a Super Lawyer Rising Star in Washington, D.C. in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

“The Columbus market offers a fantastic opportunity for not only our MSHA Practice, but for OSHA and Labor and Employment, as well,” said Scala. “Working with attorneys spanning the firm’s existing offices and groups, we will build upon the firm’s experience and proven client service, bringing additional value to the Midwest. Specific to our firm’s Workplace Safety Practice Group, Columbus is centrally located to several of the most active mining regions in the country, as well as a historically active area for regulatory enforcement over the construction and general industry sectors. It’s a growing and dynamic market that I am eager to grow the firm in.”

The Columbus office will expand Conn Maciel Carey’s national Labor and Employment and OSHA practice groups. The Labor and Employment Practice Group, led by founding partner Kara M. Maciel, provides employment defense in both state and federal courts, labor-management relations, as well as day-to-day counseling on a vast array of employment matters. The OSHA Practice Group, led by founding partner Eric J. Conn, represents a wide-range of clients across the country in all aspects of their interaction with OSHA and state OSH programs.

In addition to its Midwest offices, the boutique law firm, which was founded in 2014, has offices in Washington D.C.; Chicago, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; Los Angeles, California; and San Francisco, California.

Here is a link to a press release issued by the Firm about these exciting developments.