• Medical Malpractice
• Professional Liability
• Liability Defense
• Product Liability
• Employer Liability
• Municipal Liability

• Over 38 years in defending casualty and liability lawsuits for matters primarily involving medical, legal and accounting malpractice claims.
• Extensive experience in defending manufacturers and retailers in product liability actions involving, among other items, machinery, punch presses, containers, handling equipment, conveyors, industrial and commercial appliances, heating and air conditioning, paper cutters and pharmaceutical products.
• Represents clients, insureds of insurance companies and self-insureds in significant litigation matters involving the representation of medical practitioners, health care providers, accountants, lawyers, employers, and municipal corporations in significant liability claims. Extensive trial experience in all of the foregoing.
• Represents employers in intentional tort claims.
• Lectures on subjects of professional liability, employer tort liability and trial strategy.
• Has tried over 125 civil jury cases as lead defense attorney.
• Has represented defendants in five to seven wrongful death claims involving minors.

AV Rated - Martindale-Hubbell

Named to Best Lawyers in America, Legal Malpractice and Professional Malpractice Law, Woodward/White (2008)

Named an "Ohio Super Lawyer" in a survey of Ohio lawyers by Law & Politics and Cincinnati magazines (January 2007)

Presentations
“Trial Techniques for Effective Litigation,” National Business Institute (August 2007)

“Winning Your First Civil Trial,” National Business Institute (May 2007)

"Civil Trial From Start to Finish," National Business Institute (August 2006)

American Bar Association

Ohio State Bar Association

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (Former Chair of the Bar Admissions Committee)

Defense Research Institute

Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys