Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Cleveland, OH

Honors and Awards:

• Elected Trustee to the Ohio Association for Justice - Trucking Litigation Section for a 2 year term., Trustee, Ohio Association for Justice, 2016
• Awarded AV® rating in Martindale-Hubbell® identifying a lawyer with very high to preeminent legal ability and highest professional and ethical standards., AV® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell®, 2003
• Cleveland State Law Review, Managing Editor, 1981
• Who's Who in American Law for the Millennium Edition

Bar/Professional Activity:

• OAJ Trucking Safety Section, Trustee
• Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys, Member
• Ohio Employment Lawyers Association, Member
• Cleveland Employment Lawyers Association, Member
• Ohio Association for Justice, Member, 1985 - Present
• American Association for Justice, Member, 1985 - Present
• Ohio State Bar Association, Member

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Legal counsel to W.A.G.S.4 Kids which is a non-profit service dedicated to training and placing mobility service and skilled companion animals (dogs) for children with disabilities. www.wags4kids.org, 2008

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Is the Intrastate Transportation of Waste Subject to PUCO Regulations and the FMCSR?  This article reviews the obligations imposed by the PUCO upon intrastate waste haulers.  The question centers on whether the the hauler is a "motor carrier" bound by PUCO safety regulations where "waste" is excluded by definition from "property.", Author, Ohio Association For Justice - Trucking Litigation Section, 2015
• Presentation on current topics in liability insurance., Speaker, Twenty First Annual Select Strategies for Insurance and Estate Planning Seminar, Insurance Agents And Financial Advisors, 2014
• Presentation on current topics in liability insurance, Speaker, Twentieth Annual Select Strategies For Insurance And Estate Planning Seminar, Financial Planners And Insurance Agents, 2013
• Presentation on current topics in liability insurance, Speaker, Nineteenth Annual Select Strategies For Insurance And Estate Planning Seminar, Financial Planners And Insurance Agents, 2012
• Presentation on current topics in liability insurance., Speaker, Eighteenth Annual Select Strategies for Insurance and Estate Planning Seminar, 2011
• Presentation at the Seventeenthth Annual Select Strategies For Insurance And Estate Planning Seminar to 400 financial planners and insurance agents.  Topic was UM/UIM and Umbrella insurance policies., Speaker, Seventeenth Annual Select Strategies For Insurance And Estate Planning Seminar, Financial Planners And Insurance Agents, 2010
• Managing Editor, Cleveland State Law Review, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Jane Doe v. Gadd's Olympic Inn - Obtained an $8,910.794.00 judgment in a Trumbull County case involving brain damage to a woman shot in the head by a stray bullet., 2015
• Co-counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant in Houdek v. Thyssenkrupp Materials in the 8th Ohio Appellate District securing reversal of the grant of summary judgment in an employer intentional tort case under O.R.C. section 2745.01., 2011
• Farnsworth v. Bergan (Medina County, Ohio) Achieved 1.1 million dollar settlement in a highly contested motorcycle versus SUV collision.  Victim was a passenger on a motorcycle struck by a SUV pulling out of a driveway.  Issues of liability and damages were resolved in favor of decedent's 2 children who lost their mother.  All of available insurance coverage was recovered., 2011

Educational Background:

• Completed Institute on International and Comparative Law held in Paris, France through The University of San Diego School of Law, 1981
• Bowling Green State University, B.L.S. in Law, Pi Kappa Alpha, 1979