2025: What a Year It Has Been: An End-of-Year Reflection from the Law Offices of Kurt M. Young

As 2025 comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on what this year looked like at the Law Offices of Kurt M. Young—and to say thank you to the clients, colleagues, and vendors who made it possible.

This year, we spoke with 252 potential new clients—what we internally call NICs (New Intake Clients). From those conversations, we formally took on 111 new workers’ compensation claims, getting paperwork filed, reviewing records, and starting the process of protecting our clients’ rights. That works out to roughly two new cases every week, and when you add up all that intake time, nearly 17 full days of the year were spent just getting people through the front door and into the system.

We also prepared for, attended, and dealt with the aftermath of 227 hearings—about five hearings per week—covering nearly every issue Ohio’s workers’ compensation system can throw at an injured worker. That even included Kurt’s memorable 22nd appearance before the Industrial Commission in Columbus (they truly take less than 1/10 of 1% of appeals).

Thanks to the work of our team, dozens of families received significant back benefits, and countless others avoided interruptions in their compensation and medical care. All told, our efforts helped generate tens of millions of dollars in medical and indemnity benefits for injured Ohio workers and their treating providers.

Education remained a priority. Kurt was asked to present three CLE seminars for the Ohio Association for Justice Workers’ Compensation Committee and the Toledo Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Committee, and he attended four additional CLE programs. Why? Because the law keeps changing—and not always in ways that help injured workers. Over the past year, developments from the Ohio Supreme Court and the Industrial Commission have made it harder for workers to stay employed after an injury, shortened benefit periods, and reduced compensation for people who did exactly what their doctors told them to do.

Meanwhile, our of-counsel colleague Russ Gerney handled all of our court litigation, helped dozens upon dozens of Social Security Disability clients, and somehow still found the time to publish his second novel, a thriller titled “To Sleep, Perchance to Dream”.

So yes—the world was a bit of a mess. The system was, as always, complicated and frustrating. But for us, that’s what a good year looks like: showing up, doing the work, and helping people through a system that desperately needs advocates.

None of this would have been possible without our dedicated team, our trusted vendors, and—most importantly—the clients who put their trust in us.

Thank you for being part of our 2025. We’re ready for what comes next.