I have been married to my wife Gaynel for 27 years and we have 3 children.
I have worked since starting my first job at age 11 delivering newspapers. I worked throughout high school in the school cafeteria and earned my way through college pumping gas at the local Gulf station.
I am involved in numerous charitable and community programs but the two I enjoy most are coaching CYO basketball, which I have done for almost twenty years and I recently founded a social justice scholarship program that engages eighth grade students with local service organizations and projects to increase awareness about justice in our society.
Practice areas
Chris' focus has always been on helping patients injured by carelessness, lack of safety, institutional indifference, greed of Hospitals, Doctors, Nurses, Medical Laboratories, Nursing Homes, and other health care providers. Chris has never backed away from taking on big hospitals and their insurance companies to fight for the compensation needed to hold wrongdoers accountable and provide necessary treatment, therapy and adaptations for the injuries inflicted by a negligent health care provider.
38 years
38 years
38 years
38 years
Prescription drugs, dangerous medical devices, defectively designed cars and conversion vans and consumer products that harm children are all areas where Chris and his firm have provided representation for consumers. We have the resources to take on the corporations that sell dangerous products to unknowing consumers. We can hold these corporations accountable and try to stop these products from harming other people.
38 years
Languages spoken
English
The Mellino Law Firm LLC
19704 Center Ridge Road
Rocky River, OH, 44116
The Mellino Law Firm LLC
600 Superior Avenue
Suite 1300
Cleveland, OH, 44114
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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OH | Active | 1984 | 07/28/2022 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 31 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers | 2019 |
Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers | 2018 |
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2018 |
Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers | 2017 |
Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers | 2016 |
Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers | 2015 |
Best Lawyers | US News and World Report | 2014 |
Member | Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum | 2014 |
Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers | 2014 |
Member | Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum | 2013 |
Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers | 2013 |
Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers | 2012 |
Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers | 2011 |
Super Lawyer | Super Lawyers | 2010 |
Super Lawyer | SuperLawyers | 2009 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Owner | The Mellino Law Firm LLC | 2001 - Present |
Partner | Kampinski & Mellino | 1984 - 2001 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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International Society of Primerus Law Firms | Consumer Law Institute | 2012 - Present |
Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys | Director | 2010 - Present |
Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum | Member | 1995 - Present |
American Association for Justice | Member | 1987 - Present |
Ohio Association for Justice | Member | 1985 - Present |
Ohio State Bar Association | Member | 1984 - Present |
Ohio Association for Justice, Medical Malpractice Section | Chairman | 2008 - 2009 |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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Book | Was It A Mistake Your Ohio Medical Malpractice Questions Answered | 2011 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Cleveland State University - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 1984 |
Cleveland State University | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1981 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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Meeting of Ohio Patients Rights Advocacy Group | Should The City of Cleveland Pass A Law Prohibiting Hospitals from Banning Patients | 2011 |
Case name | Outcome |
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Daniels v. North Coast Anesthesia Providers | 3,050,000 verdict for Plaintiff and her two daughters |
Hyams v. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $850,000 jury verdict on behalf of the boy and his parents. |
Watkins v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Verdict Affirmed By 8th District Ct. of Appeals |
Moskovitz v. Mt. Sinai Hospital |
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Kenneth Knabe, Medical malpractice Attorney on Feb 10, 2014
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
Christopher Mellino is one of the finest medical malpractice Attorneys in Ohio. He has helped numerous victims of medical malpractice. He examines each case very carefully and consults with the finest experts in the field. He obtains great results, even on the most difficult cases. He is smart, aggessive and thorough.I would HIGHLY recommend him if you are avictim of a medical mistake.
Gerald Horning, Medical malpractice Attorney on Feb 9, 2014
Relationship: Worked together on matter
I endorse this lawyer wholeheartedly.I have worked with Chris on a number of medmal cases. His preparation, trial skills and concern for his clients are unmatched.
Christian Lassen, Unknown Attorney on Dec 15, 2012
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
Top-notch attorney. Highly respected in the legal community.