PARTNERS
James P. Triona (Partner) born Mount Clemens, Michigan, February 3, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio; 1991, Kentucky. Education: Georgetown College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975); The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1978). Former Member, Triona & Lockemeyer, Ltd.; Jacobson, Maynard & Tuschman, LPA; Spenger Nathanson PLL. Member: Toledo, Ohio State, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense(95%); Legal Malpractice Defense(5%).
David C. Calderhead (Partner) born Mansfield, Ohio, July 30, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1995, Kentucky. Education: Taylor University (B.A., 1983); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Member: Cincinnati, Clermont County, Kentucky and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Professional Liability; Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Health Care; Consumer Law Defense.
David S. Lockemeyer (Partner) born Clifton Springs, New York, December 24, 1955; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1998, Kentucky; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Heidelberg College (B.M., 1978); Central Michigan University (M.S.A., 1988); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1992). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2007 and 2008; Ohio Super Lawyer, 2007; Best Defense Attorney for Ohio, American Physician's Corporation, 2006. Managing Editor, Cleveland State Law Review. Author: "At What Cost Will the Court Impose a Duty to Save the Life of a Child," Cleveland State Law Review. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Family Law; Reminger & Reminger Award, Meritorious Writing in the Field of Law and Medicine. Former Member: Triona & Lockemeyer, Ltd.; Roetzel & Andress; Jacobson, Maynard & Tuschman. Department Director, Assistant Director, Miami Valley Hospital, 1983-1987. Zone Manager, Henco Co., 1982. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and Kentucky Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. (Resident). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; General Litigation Defense.
ASSOCIATES
Joel L. Peschke (Associate) born West Allis, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Memphis (B.A., cum laude, 1995); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 2000). Named, "Ohio Super Lawyers - Rising Star," Law & Politics Media, Inc., 2009 and 2010, an honor bestowed on only 2.5% of the best, up and coming attorneys in Ohio who are either 40 years of age or younger or have been practicing 10 or fewer years, Joel L. Peschke has been defending physicians and medical care providers against allegations of professional negligence since 2000. Mr. Peschke is a 1995 Cum Laude graduate from the University of Memphis, where he attended as a full scholarship member of the varsity football team. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2000, he joined the litigation department of Lindhorst and Dreidame, L.P.A., concentrating his practice on the defense of medical malpractice claims. In 2004, Mr. Peschke continued his practice of representing physicians and medical health professionals by joining Calderhead Law Office, LLC and ultimately Triona, Calderhead and Lockemeyer, Ltd. as an associate attorney. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Negligence Defense.
Stephanie P. Franckewitz (Associate) born Wheeling, West Virginia, November 28, 1965; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., B.A., 1989); University of Pittsburgh (M.B.A., 1991); Northern Kentucky University (J.D., 2000). Member: Ohio State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Professional Liability; Privacy Law; Health Care Compliance.
Joshua F. DeBra (Associate) born 1972; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio and Kentucky. Education: Miami University (B.S., Education and minor in History, cum laude, 1995); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: Ohio State, Kentucky, and Cincinnati Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Civil Litigation.