Our litigation team has vast experience in all forms of dispute resolution, including jury trials, arbitration, and mediation.
Think of us as an extension of your business: our goal is to provide you with risk analysis and guidance before a lawsuit is filed and guide you through the litigation process if and when such an event occurs. Rest assured, our team is comprised of seasoned and skilled professionals focused on making litigation as smooth as possible for you while at the same time providing you with excellent and zealous representation.
Our areas of expertise include:
- Appeals up to and including the United States Supreme Court
- Alternate dispute resolution
- Business torts
- Breach of contract
- Complex commercial litigation
- Construction litigation
- Employment and Labor law
- Environmental Law
- Eminent domain
- Fiduciary litigation
- Real estate litigation
- Shareholder disputes
- Tort litigation
- Trust, Estate, & Probate Litigation
Get to know us:
- Our litigation team has represented foreign, national and local businesses and public entities in litigation throughout Lorain, Cuyahoga, Summit, Medina, and Franklin Counties as well as almost every other county in Ohio.
- We regularly practice in Ohio’s Federal District Courts and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- We represent clients with both a national presence and Ohio operations; our litigators have worked with a national hospital staffing firm, an international real estate developer and a global publisher.
- Our attorneys have co-counseled with national law firms for Ohio clients in litigation matters in over 20 states.
- We’ve collectively handled hundreds of wrongful death and personal injury cases.
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Malorie A. Alverson
Chief Ethics Officer

Matthew N. Danese

Amy L. DeLuca
Chief Human Resources Officer

Wilbert V. Farrell IV

Jonathan T. Hyman
Vice President of Business Development

Matthew W. Nakon
President & CEO

Michael R. Nakon

Richard D. Panza

Dominic M. Parish

Christopher W. Peer
Chief Financial Officer

Thomas R. Theado

Rachelle Kuznicki Zidar
Corporate Secretary
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