Your Instructors:

Tom Dixon, Esq.

Mr. Dixon, of Eastman and Smith, practices throughout Ohio in the area of management labor and employment law.  His practice covers the range of employment issues, including counseling on employment policies and handbooks, training of supervisors and managers, representation in administrative proceedings, defending discrimination claims, and providing guidance on the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, drug testing, sexual harassment, wage‑hour matters, and a variety of other issues.  He also provides assistance on union organizational campaigns, union avoidance, negotiation and administration of labor contracts, labor arbitration, wrongful discharge, employment‑at‑will litigation and civil rights litigation.

Ben Goff

Mr. Goff is the co-founder and President of Great Lakes Risk Management, an employee benefits brokerage and management company established in 1985, which joined Brown and Brown Insurance in 2008.  With over 25 years experience in the employee benefits and group insurance industry, Ben specializes in all aspects of strategic planning, contract negotiations and plan design, with a concentration in financing options and regulatory compliance.  As the benefits leader for Brown & Brown of Ohio's Employee Benefits practice, Ben works with other regional leaders, account executives, and account managers as a mentor and subject-matter expert, in addition to managing his own clientele.