Shaker Heights, OH
Litigation Lawyer at Shaker Heights, OH
Practice Areas: Litigation, Constitutional ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Longtime Party Affiliate Allowed to Run as Independent, Client Elected Mayor of Canton
Ohio Supreme Court case holding that a lifelong political party member could run for office as an independent after renouncing his party affiliation and returning to his home town to run for mayor. Cli ... ent permitted to run, and was elected Mayor of Canton. One of five victories in the Ohio Supreme Court.
OUTCOME: Successful Defended Judicial Candidate, Invalidated Portion of Judicial Code Limiting Campaign Speech as Violating First Amendment
Defended judicial candidate who was both former and future County of Appeals judge from last minute disciplinary complaint filed by her electoral rival. Succeeded in invalidating, on First Amendment gr ... ounds, certain portions of Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct limiting campaign speech. One of five victories in the Ohio Supreme Court.
OUTCOME: Statute Overturned as Violating First Amendment
With Co Counsel Subodh Chandra, invalidated an Ohio campaign finance law which prohibited physicians and stockholders in a variety of corporations from contributing to candidates for State Attorney Gen ... eral
OUTCOME: State Limits on Highway Advertising Violated First Amendment
Invalidating state law restricting highway billboard advertising as unconstitutional
OUTCOME: Kansas Statute Limiting Outdoor Advertising Held Unconstitutional
Invalidating Kansas statute restricting highway billboard advertising by content
OUTCOME: County Zoning Ordinance Invalidated Under First Amendment
One of only a handful of cases nationwide to invalidate an adult-use zoning regulation based its extensive, but flawed, legislative record. Affirmed En Banc by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
OUTCOME: Pennsylvania State Liquor Law Invalidated as Unconstitutional
Invalidating Pennsylvania liquor statute as over broad in violation of the First Amendment
OUTCOME: State's Failure to Hold Special Election Deemed Unconstitutional
In only the third reported case to address the matter in U.S. History, held that Ohio Governor Bob Taft violated Art. I § 2 of the United States Constitution by failing to promptly hold a special elect ... ion to replace Congressman expelled from House of Representative for criminal conviction. One of only two federal cases in the 20th Century to consider the issue.
OUTCOME: Significant Precedent Extending First Amendment Protection to Nominally Private Spaces Surrounding Downtown Development
Landmark decision on behalf of national religious denomination and Native American activists extending First Amendment protection to the privately owned sidewalks and plazas surrounding Cleveland's Gat ... eway stadium and arena complex. One of only a handful of federal cases to recognize a Constitutional right to protest on nominally private property with strong public ties
OUTCOME: Successfully Defended Group of Prominent Citizens in Marathon Defamation Case by Celebrity Activist
Successfully defended school board members and prominent citizens in marathon defamation action by celebrity activist and former football coach.
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