Commercial Litigation, Insurance, and Contract Disputes

• Represented a contractor and its principal in a Consumer Sales Practices Act matter before the Ohio intermediate appellate court and Ohio Supreme Court, successfully overturning a jury verdict on constitutional grounds
• Represented a civil litigant before the Ohio intermediate appellate court and Ohio Supreme Court regarding the proper application of Ohio’s saving statute
• Represented a subrogated insurer in a federal interpleader action arising from a multi-vehicle collision, securing dismissal of two competing claims and eliminating adverse claims to the disputed policy proceeds
• Represented a private religious institution in an administrative zoning appeal
• Representing a company on appeal related to an employee’s termination and post-termination compensation
• Representing a company and its principal in litigation involving tortious, contractual, and personal disputes regarding a private online community and social media 
• Represented a corporate hotel entity in federal court in defense of claims under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
• Represented a defendant driver in a negligence action, obtaining summary judgment in the trial court and affirmance on appeal on the grounds that a third-party driver’s unlawful conduct constituted an intervening and superseding cause that broke the chain of proximate causation
• Represented a physician before an Ohio appellate court, successfully overturning a directed verdict
• Represented landlords in various disputes involving commercial leases
• Represented an insurer in defense of a bad faith action arising from uninsured motorists’ coverage at trial court and on appeal
• Represented an insurer and obtained summary judgment dismissing a claim for underinsured motorists’ coverage
• Represented a cemetery in challenging a third-party subpoena at the trial court and on appeal regarding the scope of statutory protections in discovery
• Represented health plans and insurers in pursuing claims for subrogation and reimbursement
• Authored coverage opinion letters for insurers

Probate Litigation

• Represented guardians in matters before various Ohio appellate courts successfully defending the guardians’ appointments by the probate courts
• Represented power-of-attorney and trustees in various disputes involving administration of trusts and estates
• Represented a financial institution in a dispute regarding change to beneficiary designations

Bankruptcy, Workout & Creditors’ Rights

• Representing debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings 
• Represented a judgment creditor, successfully obtaining summary judgment against a garnishee for failing to honor the court’s garnishment order
• Represented judgment creditor rental car companies in prosecution and collection of rental contracts
• Representing a judgment creditor on appeal seeking affirmance of judgment for breach of guaranty

Employment Litigation

• Represented an educational institution in arbitration related to employee termination
• Represented an educational institution before the NLRB, successfully securing dismissal of a charge
• Represented employers and their employees in defense of claims for failure to accommodate, discrimination, and retaliation

Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes

• Representing a company in federal court in patent litigation
• Representing a company in federal court in trademark litigation

Public Records

• Represented an educational institution in responding to public records requests
• Representing respondents before the Ohio Supreme Court in defense of mandamus action