MEMBERS OF FIRM
William E. Clements (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, December 17, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Miami University (B.A., cum laude, 1976); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Moot Court. Lecturer: Cincinnati Bar Association Practical Law Institute, 1982-1983; Cincinnati Bar Association Workers Compensation Seminar, 1989, National Business Institute, Inc., Workers Compensation, 1988-1993; Lorman Education Services, 1993. Member: Cincinnati (Member, Workers Compensation Committee; Negligence Law Committee; Grievance Committee), Ohio State (Member, Workers Compensation Committee) and American Bar Associations; Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Reported Cases: Blankenship v Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals, Inc., 69 Ohio St.2d 608 (1982); State ex rel. Noll v. I.C., 57 Ohio St.3d 203 (1991); Howell v. Dayton Power & Light Co., 102 Ohio App. 3d 6 (1995); Jones v. Multi-Color Corp., 108 Ohio App. 3d 388 (1995); State ex rel. Caudill v. Indus. Comm., 2002 Ohio App. LEXIS 3103 (2002); State ex rel. Gobich v. Indus. Comm., 103 Ohio St. 3d 585 (2004); State ex rel. Feick v. Wesley Cmty Serv., 2005 Ohio App. LEXIS 3639. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Negligence Law; Torts; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Wrongful Death; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Truck Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents.Email: William E. Clements
John E. Mahin (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, May 19, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Marquette University (B.A., 1974); University of Dayton (J.D., 1977). Member, University of Dayton Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: Cincinnati (Member, Lawyer Referral Board Advisory Committee; Negligence Law Committee; Workers Compensation Committee; Chairman, Lawyer Referral Service, 1984-1987), Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Wrongful Death; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Truck Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice.Email: John E. Mahin
Edward Cohen (Member) born Hamilton, Ohio, December 20, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1982); Indiana University (M.A., 1982). Moot Court Board (Director, 1981-1982); Order of Barristers. Winner, Midwest Regional, Giles Sutherland Rich Patent Law Competition. Recipient: Research and Teaching Scholarship; Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship; College of Law Scholarship; Rawson Collins School Scholarship. Visiting Instructor, Legal Research and Writing and Appellate Advocacy, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1982-1983. Lecturer: Cincinnati Bar Association; National Business Institute, Inc. Member, American Society for Composers, Artists and Producers, 1975. Member, American Speech and Hearing Association, 1976-1978. Member: Cincinnati (Member, Workers Compensation Committee, Chairman, 1992-1993; Tort/Insurance Law Committee), Ohio State (Member: Workers Compensation Committee; Negligence Law Committee) and American Bar Associations; Cincinnati Academy of Medicine (Member, Joint Committee). Reported Cases: State ex rel Adams v. Aluchan, of al (2003) 101 Ohio St. 3d 1452; Walters v. Commercial Union Ins. Co. (1999 - 1st Dist. Ct. Appeals); Flora v. Cincinnati Milacrom 88 Ohio App 3d 306 (1993); State Farm Mutual Ins Co. v. Mahin, 92 Ohio App 3d 291 (1993); State ex rel Adams v. Aluchom et al, 78 Ohio App 3d 261 (1992); Lanhart v. Southern Ohio Fabricators 61 Ohio App 31 432 (1991); Johnson v. University of Cincinnati 68 Ohio App 3d M1 (1991); State ex rel Amenniti Dunn Service v. Industrial Commission (1989); Steely v. Boweil et al, 65 Ohio App 3d 161 (1989). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Negligence Law; Torts; Litigation; Social Security; Wrongful Death; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Truck Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Appellate Practice.Email: Edward Cohen
Catharin R. Taylor (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, March 10, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992). Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Cincinnati Bar and Ohio State Bar Associations; Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. (Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Reported Cases: Cole v. Complete Auto Transit. Practice Areas: Worker's Compensation; Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Truck Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Social Security Disability.Email: Catharin R. Taylor
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Whitney E. Sheff (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D.); University of Oklahoma. Phi Beta Kappa; Golden Key Honors Society. Human Rights Quarterly Editorial Staff, Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, 2005-2008. Recipient: Student Service Award, 2007; Nora J. Lauerman Family Law Award; Chickasaw Indian Nation Higher Education Scholarship. College of Law Dean's Honor Roll, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008. University of Oklahoma Dean's and President's Honor Roll 1999-2003. Member: UC College of Law Domestic Violence Clinic in conjunction with Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati; The Ohio Innocence Project Fellowship; University of Oklahoma Honors at Oxford, England. Co-Chair, Law Women. Member: Cincinnati Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association; Student Bar Association (Vice President, 2008). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation(70%); Personal Injury(20%); Probate(10%).
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