Cleveland, OH
Litigation Lawyer at Cleveland, OH
Practice Areas: Litigation, Commercial, Banking
OUTCOME: Successful
Successfuly defended client before Eighth District Court of Appeals against claims of fraudulent inducement and legal malpractice in connection with an assignment and indemnity agreement.
OUTCOME: Successful
Successfully defended client against claims of public nuisance related to management and fiancing of properties.
OUTCOME: Successful
Successfully defended national bank against public nuisance action brought by the City against various financial entities that it claimed were responsible for a large portion of the subprime lending ma ... rket in the city and nationally, arguing that defendants' financing of subprime mortgages, the alleged public nuisance, led to foreclosure crisis in the city that devastated its neighborhoods and economy.
OUTCOME: Successful
Represented power companies before the Ohio Supreme Court in appeal of decisions finding utility pole owners liable to motorists who struck utility poles; successfully argued that when a vehicle collid ... es with a utility pole located off the improved portion of a roadway but within the right-of-way, a public utility is not liable as a matter of law if the utility has obtained any necessary permission to install the pole and the pole does not interfere with the ordinary course of travel.
OUTCOME: Successful
Representation of financial institutions before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, in cases involving, among other claims, RICO, Ohio Corrupt Activiti ... es Act, and conspiracy claims stemming from institutions' handling of escrow accounts used in a ponzi scheme; obtaining dismissal of RICO and Ohio Corrupt Activities Act claims
OUTCOME: Successful
Successfully represented Buyer and Seller before the Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio Board of Tax Appeals ("BTA") in case centered around a sale-leaseback transaction; arguing that the sale-leaseback sale ... price was not fair market value for real estate tax purposes.
OUTCOME: Successfule
■Representation of financial institutions in matter brought against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency seeking Suspicious Activity Reports ("SARs") and SARs-related documents (i.e., those do ... cuments which could reveal that a SAR was suspected or reported), in which the trial court ultimately determined that the plaintiff was prohibited from obtaining SARs and SARs-related documents pursuant to federal laws and regulations.
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