From minor misdemeanors to felonies: if you have been charged with a crime or a delinquency (juveniles), you need an attorney who will listen to you, respect you, and represent you zealously within the bounds of the law.
Consumer (Protection) Law provides protection, at both the state and federal levels, for individual consumers who obtain goods and services from businesses that sell those goods and services. Specifically, consumer law provides protection to consumers from unsafe products, invasion of privacy, fraud, misrepresentation, unfair business practices, and other potentially harmful consumer/business matters.
A personal injury occurs when a victim has suffered some form of injury, either physical or psychological, as the result of an accident.
When the accident was the fault of someone else, the injured victim may be entitled to monetary compensation. Most often, an attorney will represent victims on a "contingency fee basis," in which the attorney does not charge for his or her services unless the victim recovers monetary compensation.
A contract or agreement is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do or refrain from doing an act which is enforceable in a court of law. Moreover, generally contracts can be verbal or in writing, however, the best practice is to "get it in writing." Disputes in contracts may arise, for example, when two individuals disagree over an obligation under a contract, or a business seeks to utilize the courts to collect a debt--the scenarios are endless.
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Consumer Law; Personal Injury; Criminal Law; and Juvenile Law.
Schools Attended/degrees/honors: Lake Erie College, Painesville Ohio/Magna Cum Laude, BS Degree Received in 2000; Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland Ohio, JD Degree Received in 2003.
Organizations involved with: Lake County Bar Association; Adjunct Faculty Member of Lake Erie College.
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