Christopher Carl Esker

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Christopher Carl Esker

also known as Christopher C. Esker

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Rating: 10.0

Licensed for 37 years

Litigation Lawyer at Akron, OH
Practice Areas: Litigation, Agriculture, Business ... +9 more

50 South Main Street, 10th Floor, Akron, OH

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About Christopher

Biography

Practice Areas

12

Practice Areas

Agriculture 9%

With nearly 15 years of service to the Summit County Farm Bureau Board of Trustees, as a Board member and office, I have gained particularized knowledge in areas related to agriculture, farming, ranching, fence line and other issues particularly important to agricultural issues.

37 years

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Appeals 9%

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Business 9%

My business law experience has included facilitating the buying and selling of businesses, as well as litigation relating to those issues that face business owners or those with interests in small businesses, including representing parties in partition actions under Ohio law, trust claims, and business and trust litigation.

37 years

9%
Government 9%

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Insurance 9%

My practice and experience includes substantial involvement with insurance issues, including the representation of insured through their insurers, direct representation of insurers in litigation, coverage issues, and insurance law in general.

37 years

9%
Life Insurance 9%

9%
Litigation 9%

Involved in thousands of cases over two decades, I've written judicial opinions in hundreds of cases as a judicial attorney, tried cases successfully to juries, judges, magistrates and arbitration panels in federal, state, and municipal courts throughout Ohio and beyond, been involved, briefed, and argued cases in most of Ohio's appellate districts, in several federal circuit courts of appeal, including the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, and appeared before the United States Supreme Court.

37 years

9%
Personal Injury 9%

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Public Finance and Tax Exempt Finance 9%

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Real Estate 9%

My real estate practice is limited to those matters that involve litigation and arbitration regardring real estate issues, including those touching on trusts and estates, and probate court litigation.

37 years

9%
Wrongful Death 9%

9%
Other 1%

1%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Hourly Rates

$ 175-275 per hour

Contingency

33%-40%


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

Awards

AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating

Licenses

Licensed in Ohio for 37 years

State: Ohio

Acquired: 1988

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Roderick Linton Belfance, LLP

50 South Main Street, 10th Floor, Akron, OH, 44308

rlbllp.com

Online Presence

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Posted by anonymous | October 20, 2010

Excellent service, excellent results.

Attorney Christopher Esker represented me in a complex business and real estate transaction involving sale of the business and the business parcel, as well as in the employment and consulting arragment that followed that sale, and even though he was preparing for a jury trial in another matter, he ma...de time, within 24 hours of my call, to start putting everything in motion, and all of the pieces together.

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Litigation lawyer | Feb 05

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Experience

Rating:  10.0 (Superb)

Honors

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2023

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2022

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2013

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2009

Presidential Service Award, Weathervane Community Playhouse

2004

Presidential Service Award, Summit County Farm Bureau

2000

Community Advisor Recognition 1996-2000, Community Advisors for the Reserve - 3M

1992

Certificate of Completion - Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School

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AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

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Leading Lawyer, Litigation, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, Inside Business Magazine, Cleveland, Ohio

Work Experience

2008 - Present

Attorney, Roderick Linton Belfance LLP www.rlbllp.com

1900 - Present

Of Counsel, Roderick Linton Belfance, LLP

1998 - 2008

Partner, Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs

1995 - 1998

Senior Civil Division Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Summit County, Ohio

1991 - 1995

Judicial Attorney, Judge Mary Spicer, Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Akron, Ohio

1989 - 1991

Judicial Attorney, Judge John Reece, Ohio Court of Appeals, Ninth Judicial District

1988 - 1989

Associate Attorney, Nukes & Perantinides, LLP

Associations

1988 - Present

Akron Bar Association

Member

1988 - Present

Ohio State Bar Association

Member

1988 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Hopkins v. Baker, et al., Summit County Court of Common Pleas

Won jury verdict, 8-0, finding no liability for client and dismissing Plaintiffs' claims against client.

Frye v. Streetsboro Auto, et al., Portage County Court of Common Pleas

Won jury defense verdict, 8-0, six day trial.

Vue v. Leary, Summit County Court of Common Pleas

Won unanimous jury defense verdict, 8-0, two day trial.

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Education

1988

University of Akron, C. Blake McDowell Law Center

JD - Juris Doctor

1983

University of Akron

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

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Civil Practice, Appellate Practice, Federal Court Practice

Multiple Ohio CLE Presentations

Publications

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West Publishing Company Responsible for more than 25 Judicial Opinions Officially Published - State of Ohio

Languages

Russian

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