Stephen Matthew Grachanin

Stephen Matthew Grachanin was born in Youngstown in 1981 and was raised in Campbell, Ohio.  He graduated Valedictorian from Campbell Memorial High School in 1999 and sought higher education at the University of Akron.

Mr. Grachanin began his legal career in February of 2000 as a Law Clerk at Perantinides & Nolan Co., L.P.A., an AV rated medical malpractice/personal injury plaintiff's firm, and spent most of his adult life with the office.  He went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from the University of Akron in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in political science and a minor in pre-law and professional writing.  Mr. Grachanin received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Akron School of Law in 2008.  He is currently licensed to practice law in Ohio.

Mr. Grachanin is married to the former Angela Mullis of Diamond, Ohio and has three children, Vincent, Joanna and Lillian Grace.

He has been involved in several trials and also served as one of the primary attorneys in negotiating many six-figure settlements for his clients.  In 2014, Mr. Grachanin was named to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States.  Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members.

On October 15, 2015, Mr. Grachanin resigned his position with Perantinides & Nolan, Co., L.P.A. and joined KIM & ASSOCIATES, LLC in order to build his own personal injury and criminal defense practice.  At KIM & ASSOCIATES, LLC, Mr. Grachanin states he is "Changing Lives - One Case at a Time."

SOCIETIES

 - American Bar Association

 - Ohio State Bar Association

 - Akron Bar Association

 - Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Life Member

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

 - Akron Municipal Drug Court Citizen Advisory Committee

 - Akron Bar Association, Lawyers' Assistance Committee

 - Akron Bar Association, Former Chair (2014) of the Health Law Section