Reynoldsburg, OH
Appeals Lawyer at Reynoldsburg, OH
Practice Areas: Appeals, Personal Injury ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Reversed
Mr. Hilton was one of the few lawyers to have successfully brought an interlocutory appeal of a venue transfer between Ohio counties. He brought a Constitutional challenge based on Equal Protection and ... ultimately prevailed for his client.
OUTCOME: Affirmed
In a complicated federal preemption case involving Congressional regulation of the insurance industry, Mr. Hilton successfully won a unanimous decision in favor of injured claimants from the Supreme Co ... urt of Nevada.
OUTCOME: Reversal
In this case, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals recognized the retroactivity of Obergefell v. Hodges.
OUTCOME: Ongoing
In this case, I was selected by a team of lawyers to defend the lower court's personal jurisdiction decision in a pharmaceutical personal injury case on an appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court.
OUTCOME: Reversal of Order Granting Defendant's Motion to Dismiss
We represented a consumer against a debt collector at the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which adopted our position that the plain language of 15 U.S.C. 1692f(8) does not support a "benign lan ... guage exception."
OUTCOME: Settlement Modified
In this case before the Seventh Circuit, we advocated that consumers in a class action should receive additional settlement payments electronically--no matter how small. The trial Court then modified t ... he class settlement so that consumers could receive payments as small as $2.50. Previously, the Court had held that the class members would not receive any amounts below $5.00. An additional round of payments (worth about half a million dollars) was made to class members.
OUTCOME: Reversal of Order Granting Defendant's Motion to Dismiss
Our client achieved a rare reversal at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Hilton Parker LLC brought a putative class action effort brought by citizens of Ohio against Shamrock Towing.
OUTCOME: Pending
In this case, the Sixth Circuit will consider the question of whether an "early out" or "pre-collection" service provider is a "debt collect" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
OUTCOME: Affirmed
In this case, I represented a prisoner pro bono with Benjamin M. Flowers (now Ohio's Solicitor General) before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. We argued that a police officer had used ... excessive force when he pointed a gun directly at the prisoner's head. The Ninth Circuit agreed, but in a 2-1 decision granted the officer qualified immunity--a decision which drew a lengthy and well-reasoned dissent from Judge Christen.
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