Civil Rights lawyers in Ohio Amy Weis to Jessica Philemond

Firm: Weis Law Group LLC

22 E. Gay Street. , Columbus , Ohio 43215

Practice Areas: Civil , Civil Rights, Corporate , Government Agencies, Government Contracts, Securities , Divorce & Separation

As a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and one of Super Lawyer’s Top Women Lawyers– honors not easily earned –Amy Weis is a highly respected Columbus divorce lawyer. She’s earned her reputation by sparing her clients the financial and emotional drain of contested family law litigation through amicable settlements whenever possible. If a case cannot be resolved through a settlement, Amy is known as a fierce litigator in the courtroom.. Her greatest professional satisfaction is knowing that she leaves her clients better than when she found them, often by empowering them with the knowledge of what to expect, what their entitlements are and by counseling them through the course of their domestic dispute – from start to conclusion. In addition to her expertise in family law and family divorce law, Amy has expanded her knowledge through the AAML to include high profile client contested divorce cases, valuing interests in private equity investments, intricacies of executive compensation and even pet custody.. A magna cum laude graduate of Capital University Law School, Weis was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1996. Currently, she serves as Immediate past-president of the Ohio chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Previously, she served as the organization’s president and vice president. In 2002, she was chair of the Domestic Relations Committee of the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association.. Recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers® from 2009 thru present, Amy has been named one of the Top 25 Columbus Women Lawyers from 2010 to present, as well as regulary being listed as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Ohio . She has also written on the law and lectured on its practice.

Firm: Avery Friedman & Associates

701 The City Club Bldg , Cleveland , Ohio 44114

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Firm: Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP

1001 Lakeside Avenue East, Suite 1700 , Cleveland , Ohio 44114

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Jeremy Tor joined Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP as an associate in 2014 after working in the litigation department of a large international law firm in Manhattan, where he represented national and multinational companies in contract, product liability, insurance, and employment disputes. Prior to his time in New York, Jeremy served for two years as a law clerk to the Honorable Dan Aaron Polster (N.D. Ohio), drafting judicial opinions on a wide variety of issues, both civil and criminal.. Jeremy received his law degree in 2011 from the University of Virginia. Upon graduation, he was awarded the Eppa Hunton IV Memorial Book Award, which is given by the faculty to one graduating student “who has demonstrated unusual aptitude in litigation courses and shown a keen awareness and understanding of the lawyer’s ethical and professional responsibility.”. Before law school, Jeremy was a Teach For America corps member in Baltimore, where he taught Spanish to high school students at a public school in west Baltimore and earned a Master’s in teaching from Johns Hopkins University.. Jeremy went to college on a full-ride at the University of Arizona, obtaining a dual Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Spanish, graduating with Honors, summa cum laude, and receiving the Outstanding Senior Award as the top Political Science graduate. Jeremy was President and Captain of his college mock trial team, participating in numerous tournaments across the country and earning nearly a dozen Outstanding Attorney awards.

Firm: Law Offices Jeffrey M. Yelsky

23103 Miles Rd Ste C , Cleveland , Ohio 44128

Practice Areas: Debt Settlement, Foreclosure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Class Action, Wrongful Termination

Firm: Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., LPA

34305 Solon Road , Cleveland , Ohio 44139

Practice Areas: Insurance , Civil Rights, Civil Rights

DEFENSE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THEIR INSUREDS. Jeff Kay has extensive experience, in both state courts and federal district courts, across multiple areas of practice with the primary area of expertise being civil litigation defense.  He has provided representation to numerous insurance companies/risk pools, including, among others, Nationwide and its wholly owned subsidiaries (Scottsdale Insurance Company, Scottsdale Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Scottsdale Indemnity Company and Western Heritage Insurance Company), Freedom Specialty Insurance (subsidiary of Scottsdale Insurance Company), Lloyd’s of London, Selective Insurance Company of North America, Fireman’s Fund, Trident, Colony Insurance Company, Nautilus Insurance Company, CORSA and PERSO, and their insureds with respect to both first and third party claims which includes the following areas: employment discrimination, professional liability (including doctors, lawyers, accountants, home inspectors, counselors and nursing homes), municipal liability, automobile negligence claims, general commercial matters, bad faith claims, uninsured/underinsured claims, products liability, wrongful death claims, commercial premises liability claims, and property and casualty claims.. He also has significant experience in providing advice and representation in insurance coverage matters, including the securing of declaratory judgments on policy interpretations.. DEFENSE OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PRIVATE EMPLOYERS. Jeff has provided counsel and representation to public entities, public officials and private employers in cases involving issues such as hiring, terms of employment, defamation, harassment based on gender, race, age and disability, wrongful discharge, claimed violations of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, excessive force, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and wrongful death.. Jeff has successfully handled cases before state and federal administrative agencies, with a focus on representing clients before the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.  From 1996 to 1997 Jeff was employed by the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and, among other duties, was primarily responsible for drafting the Cleveland Regional Office’s Recommendation – for submission to the Commission – which set forth the Cleveland Regional Office’s legal basis for its determination as to whether an employer had or had not unlawfully engaged in discrimination.  His time and experience with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission has provided Jeff with unique insight into the handling of employment matters before such agencies.. BUSINESS AND TRANSACTIONAL EXPERIENCE. In addition, Jeff demonstrates a rare and unique combination of excellence and success as both a trial lawyer and a transactional attorney.  This difficult to find combination of skills provides his business clients with a significant advantage.  Jeff’s proven courtroom abilities, combined with his transactional experience, gives him a unique ability to analyze and solve a wide variety of legal issues and problems faced by his clients.  While Jeff is extremely effective in settling disputes, when necessary he will fiercely protect his clients’ legal interests in the courtroom.. Jeff understands the needs of business owners and entrepreneurs as he is an entrepreneur and investor himself.  Jeff founded Jacobs III Capital Holdings, LLC, a creative and cutting-edge investment company, in 2003 and since then it has invested in several successful business ventures including residential real estate development.  Jacobs III has experienced success in recent years as an investor in a joint venture specializing in investments in the risky and complex world of futures and options markets.. OHIO APPELLATE EXPERIENCE. Jeff has likewise achieved success on behalf of his clients before state and federal appellate courts, having successfully argued cases before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth District Court of Appeals, Sixth District Court of Appeals, Seventh District Court of Appeals, Eighth District Court of Appeals, Ninth District Court of Appeals, Tenth District Court of Appeals and the Eleventh District Court of Appeals.

Firm: Cohen, Rosenthal & Kramer LLP

3208 Clinton Avenue , Cleveland , Ohio 44113

Practice Areas: Civil , Civil Rights, Class Actions, Pension and Profit Sharing Plans, Securities , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Firm: Hanna, Campbell & Powell, LLP

3737 Embassy Pkwy , Akron , Ohio 44333

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

111 E Shoreline Dr , Sandusky , Ohio 44870

Practice Areas: Trucking Accident, Brain Injury, Civil Rights, Litigation, Education

Firm: The Law Office of Eric J. Allen, Ltd.

4200 Regent, Suite 200 , Columbus , Ohio 43219

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Constitutional , Criminal Defense

My office represents individuals charged with crimes, from misdemeanor to felony.  I represent people at the trial stage, appeallate stage, and in post conviction.   I have been a lawyer for fifteen years and in that time done only  criminal defense.

1 West Fourth Street   900 , Cincinnati , Ohio 45202

Practice Areas: Civil ,Civil Rights,Corporate ,Insurance ,Products Liability,Professional Malpractice

Firm: Margolius, Margolius & Associates

55 Public Square , Cleveland , Ohio 44113

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Employment & Labor , Personal Injury, Sexual Harassment, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Andrew Margolius is an attorney practicing employment law, disability and fair housing law in Northeast Ohio, and is the principal in the firm Margolius, Margolius and Associates, an employee rights and housing oriented law firm.  He has been an attorney since 1983 and practices both in federal and state courts.. Mr. Margolius has  successfully litigated cases in both federal and state court.  Noteworthy among his achievements are advanced in disability discrimination law, long term disability precedent, substantial jury verdicts, and vigorous enforcement of civil rights laws, extending to his insistence upon affirmative relief in family status cases such as requiring a landlord to build a playground to remedy past family status discrimination (“affirmative action for kids”).  He was the attorney in McGill v. Bellissimo, a landmark fair housing sexual discrimination verdict which incorporated sexual harassment and hostile environment theories in the fair housing field, and remains as one of the highest sexual harassment awards for a single plaintiff.  In Silvey v. Washington Square Chiropractic Clinic, 2013-Ohio-438, employment law advances occurred. He was also one of the attorneys who tried a month long sexual harassment case resulting in a $497, jury verdict.  He has tried a case largely of first impression based off of religious discrimination and the application of the religious exemption under the Fair Housing Act.  The case resulted in findings of religious discrimination and retaliation in favor of a homeowner, his intended renter and a fair housing organization.  In 2009, he again had a jury trial in a Dayton Ohio sexual harassment housing discrimination case, resulting in a $248,000 verdict.   He frequently lectures on trial tactics and fair housing, disability and employment law.  Disability work includes Michael Stiso v. International Steel Group, No. 13-3503 (6th Cir. 2015)(long term disability, breach of fiducairy duty) and Houston v. UNUM Life Ins Co, No. 06-3644 (6th Cir. 2007).

Firm: Marshall and Forman LLC

250 Civic Center Dr Ste 480 , Columbus , Ohio 43215

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

I litigate civil rights cases because I believe in them.  I believe in the right to free speech, the right of citizens' to be secure in their own homes, and the right to be free from false prosecutions and excessive force at the hands of the police.  This is why I went to law school, and why I have spent the last 13 years fighting for my clients as hard as I possible can. If we do not protect our rights, no one will protect them for us.

Broad Street , Columbus , Ohio 43215

Practice Areas: Civil ,Civil Rights,Government Agencies,Insurance ,Labor ,Occupational Safety & Health

Firm: Disability Rights Ohio

200 Civic Center Drive, Suite 300 , Columbus , Ohio 43215

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

I passionately advocate for the rights of individuals with employment and discrimination cases. I am devoted to securing justice for clients by offering individualized and sophisticated legal counsel.. When I am not vigorously representing my clients, I spend my time with my wife and our basset hound, going to Lake Erie, volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters, and spending time outdoors.

Firm: Law Office of David C. Shook, Esq.

Westgate Building   3450 West Central Avenue Ohi , Toledo , Ohio 43606

Practice Areas: Administrative ,Animal Bites,Asbestos ,Assault & Battery,Business & Commercial,Child Custody & Visitation,Child Support,Civil Rights,Contracts,Divorce,Employment & Labor ,Estate Planning,Family ,Insurance ,Landlord & Tenant,Legal Malpractice,Medical Malpractice,Motor Vehicle Accidents,Premises Liability,Products Liability,Professional Malpractice,Real Estate ,Toxic Substances,Traffic Violations,Wills,Wrongful Death

Firm: Littler Mendelson

41 S High St Ste 3250 , Columbus , Ohio 43215

Practice Areas: Labor , Civil Rights

Firm: The Bernard Law Firm

5005 Rockside Rd Ste 600 , Cleveland , Ohio 44131

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Civil Rights, Communications & Media , Constitutional , Construction , Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Discrimination, Employment & Labor , Entertainment & Sports , Health Care & Hospitalization, Insurance , Intellectual Property , Labor , Legal Malpractice, Lemon , Motor Vehicle Accidents, Nursing Home Negligence, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate , Securities , Sexual Harassment, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Firm: Charles S. Butler

809   35 Severance Circle 51 , Cleveland , Ohio 44118

Practice Areas: Animal Bites,Asbestos ,Assault & Battery,Civil Rights,Constitutional ,Criminal Defense ,Discrimination,Drugs & Medical Devices,Elder ,Family ,Government Agencies,Insurance ,Labor ,Legal Malpractice,Motor Vehicle Accidents,Motor Vehicle Defects,Nursing Home Negligence,Premises Liability,Probate ,Sexual Harassment,Social Security Benefits & Disability,Toxic Substances,Traffic Violations,Trusts,Wills,Workers Compensation,Wrongful Death

1265 West Sixth Street , Cleveland , Ohio 44113

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

As a journalist, Brian D. Bardwell was trained to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”. Now an attorney, he brings the same sensibility to the practice of law, where he focuses on First Amendment rights, whistleblower protection, and access to government records. Clients benefit from a unique set of skills and training that Brian uses to uncover the truth, defend his clients’ rights, and make life miserable for those who abuse their power.. Before he was a lawyer, Bardwell was an award-winning reporter and editor, covering criminal-justice and education issues for newspapers around Northeast Ohio and writing about tax law for State Tax Notes. The National Press Club, the Washington D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Associated Press Society of Ohio recognized his outstanding writing and investigative skills, which have uncovered a college dropout with a fake degree trying to take over a local school district, sex offenders taking jobs as elementary-school teachers, and even a plot by the Mexican government to hijack the script of the latest James Bond film.. Apart from his journalistic work, Bardwell also spent several years running a small nonprofit focused on promoting the public’s right to access government records. Well before he was an attorney, he was successfully suing local governments that refused to disclose who they were holding in their jails, how they had disciplined public officials, and what property they had seized from their citizens. Based on that work, he was invited to lecture on public-records law by the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Cleveland Employment Inn of Court, and the biennial conference of the ACLU of Ohio, which called him “one of Ohio’s greatest champions of transparency.”. Brian graduated cum laude from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where his aggressive trial-advocacy skills earned him an invitation to the Order of the Barristers. He earned a bachelor’s degree with high distinction from the University of Virginia. His academic research has been published in the University of Virginia’s Oculus and in the Case Western Reserve Law Review.

Firm: Scott, Scriven & Wahoff LLP

250 East Broad Street. , Columbus , Ohio 43215

Practice Areas: Civil , Civil Rights, Corporate , Education