Alexander L. Pal

Bar / Professional Activity

• Ohio Courts
• Texas, 2025
• Maryland, 2021
• Ohio Supreme Court, 2009
• United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 2009
• United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 2023
• Member, The Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2009
• Member, Ohio Association for Justice, 2009
• Member, The Ohio State Bar Association
• Member, American Association for Justice

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• $65,000 settlement obtained for a Summit County resident injured when falling in a restaurant's parking lot due to negligent maintenance of the parking lot, 2012
• $183,588 Awarded: Cuyahoga County jury awards $183,588 to Cleveland woman injured where a careless driver failed to yield the right of way while turning.
• $75,000 settlement obtained for Cuyahoga County resident injured by a large national retail chain employee while shopping, 2013
• $38,000 settlement for Medina County woman injured in a head-on collision with negligent driver, 2013
• $25,000 settlement obtained for a Parma resident involved in a minor impact, rear-end automobile collision in 2012.
• $48,000.00 for a Cuyahoga County man injured at a local race track/racino, 2014
• $99,500 recovered for Portage County family injured by a careless drunk driver, 2014
• A $21,500.00 settlement was reached for a Westlake woman who sustained soft tissue back injuries in a rear-end accident, 2015
• $34,000 settlement reached for North Royalton man who sustained soft tissue neck injuries in a rear-end automobile collision, 2015
• $22,500 settlement reached for Norton man who sustained a concussion during a car accident in Norton, Ohio, 2015
• $28,000.00 settlement reached for a Wayne County woman who was injured by a Barberton man who failed to yield at a stop sign in a residential neighborhood, 2015
• $30,000 settlement for Norton woman rear-ended in Cuyahoga Falls, sustaining soft tissue back injuries, 2015
• $42,500.00 settlement reached for Norton woman who was rear-ended by a drunk driver in Norton, Ohio, 2015.
• $1.1 Million Awarded: A Northeast Ohio client was awarded 1.1 million dollars by the Cuyahoga County jury for a head-on collision caused by the negligence of a police officer.
• $55,000 recovered for a Barberton resident in a rear-end automobile collision by an uninsured driver. Policy limits tendered by uninsured motorist insurance policy, 2015
• $40,750.00 settlement reached for Lorain woman involved in a rear-end collision in Elyria, sustaining soft tissue neck and back injuries, 2015
• A $35,000 settlement was reached for a Wadsworth, Ohio, man involved in a collision in Norton, Ohio, 2015
• A $50,000 settlement was reached for Mayfield Heights, where a woman was rear-ended in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Grange insurance insured, 2016
• A $50,000 settlement was reached for a North Olmsted woman who received soft tissue back injuries in a low-impact rear-end collision, 2016
• $35,000 settlement reached by a Cleveland man who was a passenger in a vehicle that lost control, causing injury to his back, 2016
• $25,000.00 uninsured motorist policy limits settlement for Cleveland man struck on the city streets of Cleveland, 2016
• $27,500 settlement reached for Cleveland mother and son in a rear-end automobile collision in Shaker Heights, Ohio, 2016
• A $24,000 settlement was reached by a Parma man who received an offer of $500.00 to settle his claims prior to representation, 2016
• $20,000 settlement reached for a Barberton man involved in a collision with a drunk driver in Barberton, Ohio, 2016
• $28,000.00 settlement reached for Buffalo, New York, man who sustained soft tissue back injuries in Cleveland, Ohio, 2016
• $20,000.00 slip and fall settlement reached with a Medina automobile dealer for failure to properly remove ice from parking lot, 2016
• $52,860.00 settlement reached for three Lorain, Ohio, men involved in an automobile collision with a negligent driver, 2016
• $96,500.00 settlement obtained for a Cleveland woman with soft tissue injuries to her neck from a car accident with an employee of a national telecommunications company, 2017
• $32,500.00 recovered for a Parma woman who was crossing the street in a crosswalk at night when struck by a negligent Erie Insurance insured, 2017
• $245,000.00 settlement reached for Wadsworth woman with back injuries resulting from a rear-end automobile collision in Medina, Ohio, 2017
• $35,000.00 settlement for a Canton man who slipped and fell at a local grocery store. The cooler of the grocery store had leaked water on the floor, creating a dangerous condition, 2017.
• $20,000 recovered for a Lorain County woman bitten by a negligent dog owner's Pit bull, 2017
• $26,000.00 settlement obtained for a Cleveland man rear-ended by a Progressive insured at low speeds on Cleveland city streets, 2017
• $75,000.00 settlement for the woman and her daughter who sustained soft tissue injuries in a rear-end collision in Streetsboro, Ohio, 2017
• $35,000.00 recovered for Garfield Heights man involved in a disputed liability collision on I-480, 2017
• $42,000.00 obtained for a Cleveland man in a rear-end automobile collision in Medina, Ohio. The initial offer was $500.00 from the insurance company, 2017
• $80,000.00 recovered for two Wadsworth, Ohio, women involved in a collision with a negligent driver who failed to yield at a traffic light, 2017
• $207,500.00 recovered for Portage County man and woman involved in a collision with a reckless driver in Streetsboro, Ohio, 2017
• $37,000.00 recovered for a Parma man who injured his neck and back as the result of the negligence of an uninsured driver, 2018
• $18,000.00 recovered for a Cleveland woman who was involved in a disputed liability intersection accident where the other driver attempted to put blame on her for causing the collision. The offer was $0.00 prior to litigation. 2018
• $15,000.00 recovered for a Cleveland woman in an accident where the other driver was blaming her for being the cause of the collision. After rigorous investigative work and depositions, the matter settled in favor of our client, 2018
• $15,000.00 recovered for a Canton woman who slipped and fell at a local retail store. The store denied liability until counsel became involved, 2018
• $10,000.00 recovered for West Virginia women in a disputed liability slip and fall at a local fast food restaurant in Stark County, Ohio, 2018
• $30,000.00 recovered for a Lorain man who was struck by a driver who was under the influence of drugs at the time of the collision, 2018
• $40,882.00 recovered for a Cleveland man who was rear-ended on I-90 Eastbound in the City of Cleveland during rush hour traffic. The offer prior to litigation was less than $7,000.00, 2018
• $56,632.00 recovered for the Elyria, Ohio, couple for an auto crash at an intersection where the defendant driver failed to yield at a traffic light. The offer prior to the lawsuit was less than $5,000.00 in 2018.
• $71,000 recovered for Lake County couple involved in a motorcycle collision while vacationing, 2018
• $27,500.00 recovered for a Parma woman who sustained an ankle injury in a low-speed, low-property-damage automobile collision, 2018
• $25,000 recovered for a Cleveland woman who was rear-ended by a cable company van but sustained only extremely minor property damage to her vehicle and no property damage to the cable van, 2018
• $2,807.08 settlement recovered for Cleveland woman against her own insurance carrier in a rear-end hit-and-run collision with very minor property damage, 2018
• $36,900.00 settlement for a Cleveland woman who sustained neck and back injuries while being a passenger in a family member's vehicle, 2018
• $22,500.00 recovered for an Akron man who was rear-ended on a city street in Akron and sustained neck and back soft tissue injury, 2018
• $105,000.00 settlement for Streetsboro man rear-ended on City Streets, who sustained shoulder and neck injuries, 2018
• $37,000.00 recovered for a Parma senior citizen who was rear-ended as the result of the negligence of a young driver, 2018
• $81,250.00 recovered for Ravenna man in a rear-end automobile collision with very light property damage, but which required surgery, 2018
• $59,000 recovered for a Brooklyn, Ohio, man who was rear-ended while on the job and who sustained neck and back injuries with non-surgical treatment, 2019
• $105,000.00 Settlement for Brunswick woman's personal injury claim for a shoulder injury against Defendant's insurance carrier for 2019
• $100,000 settlement recovered for Medina Man in a rear-end automobile collision, 2019
• $175,000 verdict for back injury automobile collision with injuries to the neck, 2019
• $100,000 policy limits offer for a Barberton man who was injured by a drunk driver in Norton, Ohio, 2019
• $50,000 policy limits settlement received in a disputed liability automobile accident for a Cleveland woman who was told by the insurance company that she was at fault and thus offered nothing prior to representation, 2019
• Verdict of $565,000 in non-economic damages in a disputed liability automobile collision in Summit County, Ohio, prior to apportionment for liability, 2020
• $105,000 settlement for a Seven Hills woman involved in a rear-end automobile collision with minor property damage, 2020
• $175,000 Settlement for Medina County Man rear-ended while on the job by a ride-sharing driver, sustaining a neck injury, 2020
• $255,000 settlement for an Akron man injured in a head-on collision by an impaired driver, 2021
• $100,000 verdict in Lorain County, Ohio, on a disputed liability automobile collision against a State Farm-defended claim, 2022
• $2.5 million settlement in a medical negligence matter resulting in complete disability, 2022
• $105,000.00 settlement for a Summit County man involved in a head-on collision where the at-fault driver "claimed" that a deer ran out in front of him and then caused him to go left of center, 2023
• A $110,000 settlement was reached on a denied liability highway collision on I-77 in Canton, Ohio, where the insurance carrier attempted to place fault on the Plaintiff, 2024
• An $80,000 settlement was reached on a slip and fall injury at a Cleveland short-term rental property rented through a popular application used to rent vacation homes. Defendants denied liability and offered $0.00 prior to my involvement, 2024
• A $50,000.00 settlement was reached for a bicyclist who was struck by a car. The driver of the car blamed the bicyclist and stated that the bicyclist had actually run into him, 2024
• $135,500 settlement reached for Uniontown husband and wife struck by an uninsured driver in Stark County, Ohio, 2024 
• A $303,000.00 settlement was reached for a Maryland woman in a disputed liability automobile collision with head and facial injuries, 2024
• $160,000 settlement reached for Akron woman who was struck head-on by a large retail delivery driver in Fairlawn, Ohio, 2026.
• A $101,000.00 settlement was reached against the homeowner after a pit bull attack in Medina County, Ohio, 2024
• A $75,310.00 settlement was reached for a Wadsworth, Ohio, man who was rear-ended on State Route 94 in Wadsworth, 2024
• An $80,000.00 settlement was reached in a rear-end automobile collision in Cleveland, where the insurance company offered our client $500.00 to settle her claim prior to my involvement, 2024
• A $160,000.00 settlement was reached against a products manufacturer for a defective product that caused a bicep and shoulder injury to an Akron man, 2024
• $136,000.00 settlement for a Cuyahoga Falls woman who sustained a wrist injury in an automobile collision caused by an inexperienced teenage driver, 2024
• $105,000.00 Settlement reached for Medina County woman for a rear-end collision that occurred in Valley City, Ohio, caused by a distracted driver, 2024
• $107,000.00 settlement reached for the Wadsworth, Ohio, family who was rear-ended on State Route 18 in Medina, Ohio, 2024
• A $100,000.00 settlement was reached for three Lake County women involved in a rear-end collision by a commercial vehicle, 2025
• $176,667 settlement for a woman with a hand injury suffered near Coshocton, Ohio, in a two-car head-on collision, 2025
• $250,000.00 settlement for a Medina man injured in a motorcycle collision caused by a negligent senior citizen driver, 2025
• $175,000.00 Settlement for Ravenna woman injured in a trucking accident where she sustained an aggravation of her pre-existing arthritis, 2025
• $95,000.00 settlement for a woman who sustained a head injury on a bus in Cleveland, Ohio, 2025 
• $250,000.00 Settlement for Wadsworth man in a hit-and-run MVA in Cleveland, Ohio, 2025
• $225,000.00 settlement for Akron man rear-ended on a highway on-ramp near Canton, Ohio, 2025
• $301,000.00 settlement reached for Akron woman injured at a home with an improperly constructed and maintained deck causing facial injuries in a fall, 2026.

Videos

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Pro bono / Community Service

• The Driver's License Reinstatement Project, Cleveland, Ohio, 2007
• Umpire for the Norton Baseball Association

Educational Background

• Bowling Green State University, Summa Cum Laude, B.S. Criminal Justice, 2006

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Spoke about updates to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure and county local rules pertaining to the practice of personal injury law., Speaker/lecturer, Personal Injury 101, NBI, Legal, Law, 2018
• Lectured on updates with local procedure involving personal injury litigation., Lecturer, Personal Injury Litigation updates, Legal

Honors

• Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers, 2020
• Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2013-2023
• Cleveland Marshall Pro Bono Service Award, 2008

Awards

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Avvo Client's Choice Award: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com

Industry Groups

• Appellate Practice
• Automobile Accidents
• Medical Malpractice
• Personal Injury
• Trucking Accidents
• Wrongful Death