Chad M. Tuschman
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Toledo, Ohio
Williams DeClark Tuschman Co. L.P.A.
Practice areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability
Licensed in Ohio since: 2002
Education: The University of Toledo College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2010 Call today:
419-719-5195
Williams DeClark Tuschman Co. L.P.A.
626 Madison AvenueSuite 800
Toledo, OH 43604 Visit website
With numerous multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts to his name, attorney Chad Tuschman earned his membership to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He represents clients in their cases involving medical malpractice, personal injury and trial practice all over Ohio. He is attorney and partner of the Toledo, Ohio, firm of Williams DeClark Tuschman Company, L.P.A.
Mr. Tuschman lectures consistently on civil practice, medical malpractice, personal injury and trial issues to local attorneys throughout Ohio. He is admitted to the Ohio, Michigan and Illinois bars. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Northern and Eastern U.S. District Court of Ohio, the Northern District of Illinois and the Eastern District Court of Michigan. He is a past board member of the Ohio Association for Justice, including vice chairman of the product liability committee.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff- 50% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 30% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1995
Professional Webpage: https://www.wdtlaw.org/attorney-profiles/chad-tuschman/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Past Board Member, Ohio Association for Justice
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, American Association for Justice
- President, Toledo Law School Alumni Association, 2009 - 2010
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- Member, Common Pleas Court Committee and Attorney Grievance Committee, Toledo Bar Association
- Member, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Illinois, 1999
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- Vice Chairman, Product Liability Committee, Ohio Association for Justice
- Member, Ohio State Bar Association
- Michigan, 1995
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- $5,500,000.00 settlement for baby asphyxiated at birth and misdiagnosis of post partum condition leading to significant and profound brain damage.
- $2,600,000.00 settlement for birth asphyxiation injuries of infant in utero causing permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy.
- $1,800,000.00 settlement for women who were burned by improperly prepared medication.
- $1,500,000.00 settlement for minor who suffered brain damage due to negligence in delivery.
- $3,600,000.00 settlement for infant damaged at birth.
- $2,000,000.00 for victim burned during an operation.
- $1,700,000.00 verdict for individual injured due to negligent construction of bridge.
- $4,700,000.00 settlement for individual severely burned at water plant in Defiance, Ohio.
- $2,100,000.00 settlement for baby decapitated at birth due to intrapartum asphyxia.
- $1,800,000.00 verdict for death of woman due to physician's failure to timely intubate, causing her to suffocate and die.
Educational Background
- Indiana University, B.S., 1992
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Lecturer, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Trial Practice all over Ohio
- Multiple Seminars on Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice/Trial Practice, Multiple Seminars on Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice/Trial Practice
Honors
- Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” in Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs in Toledo, 2025
- The Best Lawyers in America ® recognition, 2019 - 2025
- America’s Top 100 Attorney’s® in Ohio SELECTION, 2019-2026
- America’s Top 100 Medical Malpractice Litigators® For Ohio SELECTION in 2021 - 2025
- Super Lawyers, 2020 - 2026
- Rated Top 3 Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Toledo, 2022 - 2025
- Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyer in the state of Ohio, 2021 - 2025
- Attorney & Practice Magazines, Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney, 2025
- Top 100 Attorneys in Ohio, 2019 - 2025
- Received Award for Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2011 - 2025
- National Trial Lawyers Top 40 in the State of Ohio, 2011 - 2020, 2025
- Top 10 Attorney Award for the State of Ohio, National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2025
- American Institute “10 Best” Personal Injury Law Attorney for Client Satisfaction in the Ohio, 2015, 2018 and 2019 - 2025
- Member of The National Trial Lawyers: Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyers Association Top 25 for 2017 - 2025
- One of the Top 100 attorneys in Ohio, 2019 - 2025
- Selected by invite to Products Liability Trial Lawyers Association, 2025
- America's Top 100 Stakes Litigators for Ohio SELECTION 2017-2026
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2010
- Martindale-Hubbell, Peer Review Rating “Distinguished Attorney”
- Member by invite to the BlueBook Society, for select Medical Malpractice attorneys in the United States
- Selected by invite as “Best Attorney” by Rue Ratings Best Attorneys of America
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member
- Listed in America’s Who’s Who for Trial Lawyers
- Best of the Best Attorney’s Top 10
Industry Groups
- ABA
- ATLA
- OAJ
- Toledo Bar Association
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2010
