Position: Member

TEL: 216-781-2600

FAX: 216-781-2610

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Website:  www.lewm.com

Admitted: 1972, Ohio; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Law School: Cleveland State University, J.D., cum laude, 1972

College: University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1967

Birth Date and Place: Cleveland, Ohio, July 15, 1945

Practice Areas: Products Liability Law; Personal Injury Law; Civil Trials; Civil Litigation

Additional Information: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar; Ohio State (Chairman Products Liability Committee, 1985—) and American Bar Associations; Ohio Association for Justice (Chairman, Products Liability Section, 1985-1990); Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys (President, 1991-1992; Director, 1987-1992); The American Association for Justice (Chair, Products Liability Section, 1991-1992); American Board of Trial Advocates (Secretary, 2008).

Member: Master Bencher; American Inns of Court. Named, Ohio Super Lawyer "Top 10 in Ohio and Top 50 in Cleveland," 2004-2008; American Trial Lawyers Association "Top 100 Trial Lawyers 2007." Listed: Who's Who in America Law; Who's Who in America, 2005—; Best Lawyers in America, 1993-2002. Editor, Cleveland State Law Review, 1971-1972. Author: "Products Liability Litigation Pretrial Practice," Callaghan & Co., 1988. Editor: "Products Liability Litigation," Series, Callaghan & Co., 1988; "Product Liability in Ohio After Tort Reform," Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1988. Editor, "Products Liability Case and Comment," Callaghan & Co., 1986-1987. General Editor, Ohio Jur Pleading and Practice Forms, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1994. Instructor: Brief Writing and Oral Advocacy, Remedies, Cleveland State University School of Law, 1974-1976; The Lawyering Process, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1981-1986. Lecturer, Products Liability College, ATLA, 1988, 1990. Member, Basic Trial College, 1985 and Advanced College, 1987-1988, Faculty National College of Advocacy. President-Elect, 2008 and Director, Attorneys Information Exchange Group. Fellow: Roscoe Pound Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers. (Certified as Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)