Mark J. Obral
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Cleveland, Ohio
Obral, Silk & Pal Personal Injury Lawyers
Practice areas: Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation; view more
Licensed in Ohio since: 1984
Education: Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2019, 2022 - 2025 Call today:
216-529-9377
Obral, Silk & Pal Personal Injury Lawyers
55 Public Square#1700
Cleveland, OH 44113 Visit website
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As founder and president of Obral, Silk & Pal, LLC, Mark J. Obral is committed to representing clients in Cleveland, Ohio. He focuses his practice on personal injury plaintiff cases that involve the following matters: medical malpractice, worker's compensation, wrongful death, nursing home negligence and automobile accidents.
After earning an undergraduate degree at Cleveland State University, Mr. Obral went on to receive a Juris Doctor from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law/Cleveland State University.
Bringing 30 years of experience to his practice, Mr. Obral knows the challenges that victims of negligence often face. He works closely with clients to understand their goals for their case and then advocates aggressively on their behalf. Allowing clients to focus on healing, Mr. Obral believes in moving efficiently through cases, negotiating settlements and going to trial when necessary. He knows that compensation is key to helping clients pay for medical bills and other damages associated with their injuries or illnesses.
Known for holding negligent parties and insurance companies responsible, Mr. Obral regularly obtains favorable outcomes that have included multimillion-dollar awards and settlements. For his successes, he holds an Avvo "Good" rating.
Active in the legal community, Mr. Obral is a member of the Ohio Association for Justice, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys and the American Association for Justice. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, The Supreme Court of Ohio and all other Ohio courts.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation: ClaimantFocus areas
Animal Bites, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slip and Fall
- 90% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Workers' Compensation: Claimant
First Admitted: 1984, Ohio
Professional Webpage: https://216lawyers.com/attorney-profiles/mark-j-obral/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Ohio State Bar Association, 2019
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 2019
- Ohio Association for Justice, 2023
- Ohio Courts
- American Association for Justice, Long-Standing Member, 2023
- Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- $1,300,000.00 jury verdict, Cuyahoga County for a woman who sustained a fractured femur after a slip and fall at a grocery store., 2025
- $100,000.00 settlement reached for an Ohio woman involved in a motor vehicle collision. , 2022
- $190,000.00 settlement reached for woman requiring L5-S1 laminectomy due to an auto accident. , 2024
- $250,000.00 settlement reached on wrist and pelvis fractures on bicycle accident caused by unleashed dog. , 2024
- $166,000.00 settlement reached on traumatic brain injury caused by auto accident. , 2024
- $725,000.00 settlement reached for nursing home elopement wrongful death case., 2023
- $72,500.00 settlement awarded to a man involved in a hit and run collision. , 2023
- $103,000.00 award for the family of a woman involved in a fatal car accident. Recouped the policy limits., 2023
- $57,500.00 settlement for an Elyria, Ohio man involved in a motor vehicle collision. , 2023
- $33,500.00 award for a woman from North Olmsted, Ohio who was involved in a rear-end automobile collision. , 2023
- $3,000.00 settlement for a man who was burned when receiving coffee through a drive through window. , 2022
- $120,000.00 award for a Lorain, Ohio woman that was involved in a car accident with a drunk driver. She had her two young children in the vehicle. , 2022
- $100,000.00 for an Eastlake, Ohio man that was involved in a collision with a drunk driver., 2022
- $262,500.00 settlement for a woman that was dropped off in a driveway that was not up to code and sustained fractures., 2022
- $170,000.00 settlement for an Ohio man who was injured while at work when a temporary pole was incorrectly installed. , 2022
- $65,750.00 settlement for a Parma, Ohio man originally from Egypt, who was involved in a motor vehicle collision. , 2022
- $255,000.00 verdict for a Lorain, Ohio father who was injured in Grafton, Ohio in a motor vehicle collision with a commercial work vehicle. , 2022
- $42,500.00 awarded to a Cleveland, Ohio hotel manager when she was involved in an auto accident., 2022
- $50,000.00 verdict for a Russian engineer involved in a car accident. This claim settled on the first day of trial after opening arguments. , 2022
- $92,500.00 settlement for a Lorain, Ohio police officer that was in a motor vehicle collision., 2021
- $125,000.00 awarded to a woman that slipped on soapy water in the grocery store. , 2021
- $135,000.00 awarded to a Parma man that was involved in a collision with a drunk driver., 2021
- $98,000.00 awarded to a North Olmsted woman that was involved in a car accident. , 2021
- $40,000.00 settlement awarded to a North Royalton police officer who was assaulted. , 2021
- $58,000.00 settlement awarded to a couple from Elyria, Ohio after they were involved in a fender bender. , 2022
- $15,000.00 settlement award to a Parma, Ohio woman who injured her finger at a tanning salon. , 2021
- $86,650.00 settlement award to a Bowling Green, Ohio man that was involved in an automobile collision., 2021
- $55,000.00 settlement for a woman injured in an automobile collision that required a knee surgery., 2021
- $99,737.79 settlement awarded to Grafton, OH man involved in an automobile collision. His injuries were significant and included broken ribs, a chipped tooth, broken scapula, and an injury to his foot that required 17 stitches. , 2021
- $101,500.00 settlement awarded to a Sheffield, Ohio woman who was involved in a high-speed collision. She suffered many injuries and including an injury to her left arm which required a cast., 2020
- $102,500.00 awarded to a Mentor, Ohio woman who was involved in an automobile collision. She suffered injuries to her shoulders, neck and back., 2020
- $52,000.00 settlement awarded to Cleveland, Ohio man that was injured while saving pedestrian., 2020
- $85,000.00 settlement recovered for 78 year old male who suffered bilateral tears to his shoulders., 2020
- $85,000.00 settlement awarded to 92 year old Lorain, Ohio woman who was involved in an automobile collision resulting in her need to be hospitalized., 2020
- $288,150.00 Jury Verdict awarded to New Franklin, Ohio male who was involved in an automobile collision., 2020
- $78,000.00 settlement to an Elyria, Ohio woman who suffered minor injuries as a result of an automobile collision., 2019
- $78,000.00 pre-litigation settlement reached for Elyria, Ohio woman and young child, who were involved in a collision with a drunk driver., 2019
- $125,000.00 settlement recovered for 50-year-old Columbia Station woman involved in an automobile collision, 2019
- $125,000.00 settlement awarded to Lorain, Ohio woman, who suffered injuries as a result of being attacked by a neighbors dog., 2018
- $480,000.00 settlement recovered for Parma, Ohio man who was involved in a multi-vehicle accident which resulted in multiple disc herniations., 2018
- $2,752,000.00 settlement recovered for Mansfield man who was injured in a workplace accident, which resulted in multiple life threatening and altering injuries., 2018
- $90,205.00 settlement awarded to a Portage County woman as a result of an automobile collision., 2017
- $104,332.40 settlement awarded to a North Olmsted man involved in an automobile collison., 2017
- $281,333.33 settlement awarded to North Olmsted couple involved in an automobile collision., 2017
- $92,5000.00 settlement awarded to a Lorain, Ohio woman who suffered severe lacerations to her face as a result of an automobile collision., 2017
- $290,000.00 settlement awarded to 55 year old, Garfield Heights, Ohio woman who was injured in an automobile collision., 2016
- $102,500.00 settlement awarded to 35 year old Tallmadge, Ohio woman as a result of an automobile collision., 2016
- $170,000.00 settlement awarded to 54 year old North Royalton, Ohio woman as a result of an automobile collision., 2016
- $113,500.00 jury verdict awarded to Parma, Ohio woman who suffered a thoracic compression fracture as a result of an automobile collison., 2016
- $80,000 settlement awarded to 65 year old Olmsted Falls, Ohio woman. As a result of an automobile collision the plaintiff suffered a shoulder impingement., 2016
- $95,000.00 pre-litigation settlement reached for a Parma, Ohio man involved in a multi-vehicle collision., 2016
- $225,000.00 settlement awarded to the family of a Cuyahoga County man who died as a result of the negligence of a Cuyahoga County nursing home., 2015
- $90,000.00 awared to 64 year old Strongsville, Ohio male who sustained injury as a result of medical malpractice., 2015
- $75,000.00 settlement awarded to Westlake, Ohio man who as a result of an automobile collision suffered multiple cervical spine fractures and a fracture to his humerus., 2015
- $135,000.00 settlement awarded to an Avon Lake, Ohio woman who was involved in a motor vehicle accident. As a result of the collision the plantiff suffered disc hernations and required a lumbar discectomy., 2014
- $75,000.00 settlement awarded to a North Royalton woman who was involved in an automobile collision. As a reult of the collision the plaintiff suffered cervical disc herniations., 2014
- $300,000.00 awarded to Brookpark, Ohio woman who was involved in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in her having a lumbar fusion., 2014
- $142,500 settlement awarded to Lakewood, Ohio woman, who was involved in a motor vehicle accident. The plaintiff sufferred multiple disc herniations and tear to her rotator cuff as a result of the collision., 2014
- $90,0000.00 awarded to Garfield Heights, Ohio man who was injured due to medical negligence., 2014
- $82,252.95 was awarded to a Euclid, Ohio woman who as a result of an automobile collison suffed injury to her knee, which resulted in her having surgery., 2014
- $1,056,608.80 jury verdict awarded to Strongsville, Ohio man who suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury as a result of an automobile collision., 2013
Honors/Awards:
- Recognized for being one of the top 100 hundred trial lawyers., Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2022
- Recognized for excellence in personal injury. , Lawyers of Distinction Excellence in Personal Injury, Lawyers of Distinction, 2023
- Recognized for excellence in personal injury. , Lawyers of Distinction Excellence in Personal Injury, Lawyers of Distinction, 2022
- Super Lawyers Honoree, Super Lawyers, 2023
- Recognized for being one of the top 100 hundred trial lawyers., Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2015
- Recognized by peer nomination due to professional achievements., Lawyers of Distinction, Lawyers of Distinction, 2021
- Recognized for phenomenal professional achievement., Best of the Best Attorneys, Best of the Best Attorneys, 2020
- Recognized for excellence., Client Distinction Award, Martindale-Hubbell, 2015
- Recognized for being one of the top 100 hundred trial lawyers., Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2016
- Selected by peer recognition and professional achievement., Top Attorneys in Ohio, Cleveland Magazine, 2016
- Selected by peer recognition and professional achievement., Top Attorneys in Ohio, Cleveland Magazine, 2017
- In recognition for excellence and achievements by the legal community., Top Lawyers, Cincinnati Magazine, 2018
- Only 5% of lawyers in Ohio are selcted to Super Lawyers, 2019 Selectee, Excellence in Practice, Suoer Lawyers, 2019
- Life time member of Multi Million Dollar Trial Lawyers, Multi Million Dollar Trial Lawyers, Million Dollar Trial Lawyers, 2019
- 10 Best Attorneys in Ohio., 10 Best Attorneys, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2019
- Exceptional and Outstanding Client Service, 10 Best Attorneys, American Institue of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2019
- Tope 10 Perosnal Injury Attorny in Ohio, Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney, Attorney & Practice Magazine, 2019
Selections
9 Years Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2019, 2022 - 2025
