At a Glance
With more than 30 years of experience, Steve focuses on product defense and business litigation. He serves as chief trial counsel for Fortune 150 companies. He has been lead trial counsel in over 150 completed jury trials in more than 10 states. For pharmaceutical companies, Steve provides counsel on strategic planning on product recalls and defending claims of product defect. He has defended corporate clients in federal multi-district litigation and in class action suits.
Practices/Industries
Litigation
Class Actions
Complex Business
Mass Tort/Occupational Exposure

Life Science
Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Mass Tort Litigation

Areas of Concentration
  • Product Liability Defense
  • Business Litigation
  • Professional Liability Defense
Education
American University  (B.A., 1968)

University of Toledo (J.D., 1971)
Representative Experience
  • Chief trial counsel for Fortune 150 companies in over 140 jury trials tried to verdict.
  • Advisor to hospital systems for strategic planning of liability defenses.
  • Advisor to pharmaceutical companies for strategic planning on product recalls and defending claims of product defect.
  • Chief trial counsel to Fortune 250 drugstore chain: nationwide litigation.
  • Defense of corporate clients in federal multi-district litigation.
  • Defense of corporate clients in class action lawsuits.
  • Jury trials tried to verdicts in 15 states in both state and federal courts.
  • Appellate experience in both state and federal systems.
Honors & Distinctions
AV Rated - Martindale-Hubbell
Publications & Presentations

Publications
"Tort Litigation in Ohio," Manual of Trial Practice for General Tort Cases, Co-author with Judge William Coyne and Eric Kennedy, Esq. (1986)

"Medical Malpractice in Ohio," Manual of Trial Practice, Co-author with Charles Kampinski and William Greene, Esq. (1985)

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Antitrust Section)

Ohio State Bar Association

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association

Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys

Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys

American Society of Hospital Attorneys

International Association of Defense Counsel

Admissions
State of Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan