Litigation

E-mail: drooney@khwlaw.com

Martindale-Hubbell Link

Phone: (216) 696-3030 Ext. 107

Assistant:  Carrie M. Biggins

Practice Areas:

• General civil litigation
• Business litigation
• Commercial litigation

Professional Experience:

• Has for almost twenty years represented individuals, corporations, partnerships and other legal entities in civil litigation, including, hearings, bench trials, jury trials, arbitrations, and mediations in State and Federal Courts in a number of locations throughout the United States.
• Has represented clients in a wide variety of business disputes in such areas as contracts, shareholder disputes, lender liability, construction claims, securities fraud, civil RICO, trade secrets, non-compete agreements, director and officer liability, copyright infringement, environmental claims and remediations, commercial law, probate, professional liability, discrimination claims, employment disputes, unfair competition, fraud, business torts, land use, fiduciary duty, investment disputes and ERISA.
• Has consulted with clients concerning managing litigation exposure and has advised and assisted in a variety of commercial and loan transactions.
• Has managed litigation for businesses and corporations with multiple legal disputes pending in various locations.

Professional Memberships and Activities:

• Ohio State Bar Association
• Cuyahoga County Bar Association
• Cleveland Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Business Mediation Panel of Cuyahoga County

Publications:

• "Standard of Proof in Proceedings To Terminate Parental Rights", 31 Clev. St. L. Rev. 679 (1982).

Education:

• Cleveland State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976) 
• Cleveland Marshall College of  Law (J.D., 1983)
• Managing Editor, Cleveland State Law Review 1982-83
•  Corpus Juris Secundum Award - greatest contribution to legal scholarship in class
• Chief Justice Samuel H. Silbert Award - greatest contribution to quality of the Cleveland State Law Review

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