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| | Address | | 1513 Fourth and Vine Tower, Fourth and Vine Streets | | Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 | | (Hamilton Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 513-621-0267 | | Fax: 513-381-2375; 621-0262 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.wsbclaw.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Aviation, Antitrust Litigation, Class Action, Commercial Litigation, Complex Litigation, Corporate Law, Federal Employees Liability, General Civil Trials and Appeals in all Courts, Insurance, Labor, Consolidated and Multi-district Litigation, Products Litigation, Securities Litigation and Wrongful Death. | | Year Established: 1860 | Firm Profile:
Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A. one of the oldest law firms in Cincinnati, Ohio, was founded in 1860 as the law firm of Bowler & Cleveland. From its inception until the early 1960's, the law firm maintained primarily a defense practice, representing a multitude of railroads, manufacturing entities and insurance companies. Thereafter, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley established a plaintiffs' civil practice and today the law firm offers a wide range of legal services with concentration in the areas of complex, class action, consolidated and multidistrict, tort, commercial, antitrust and securities litigation. Continuing professional legal education is a requirement of all attorneys and members of the firm are actively involved in professional associations and civic affairs. | | Firm Size: 17 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Saturday: 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
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Other Office Locations of Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A.
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
| | Stanley M. Chesley (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, March 26, 1936; admitted to bar, 1960, Ohio; 1978, Kentucky. Education: Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1958); University of Cincinnati Law School (LL.B., 1960). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Lead Counsel Committee, Beverly Hills Fire Litigation, 1978. Member, Lead Counsel Committee, MGM Grand Hotel Fire Litigation, 1980. Co-Chairman, Plaintiffs' Legal Committee, MGM Grand Hotel Fire Litigation, 1981. Member, Lead Counsel Committee, "Bendectin" Litigation, 1982. Member, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Pan Am Air Disaster, 1982. Lead Counsel, Zimmer Nuclear Power Plant, Cincinnati Gas & Electric, 1982. Member, Agent Orange Plaintiff Committee, 1982. Co-Chairman, Executive Committee, Union Carbide Gas Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1985. Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee, Arrow Air Aircrash, 1986. Lead Counsel, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Northwest Air Crash Litigation, 1987. Co-Lead Counsel, ChoiceCare Insurance Litigation, 1987. Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee, Chubb Insurance Co., 1988. Member Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee Fernald Nuclear Power Plant. Member Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee Miamisburg Train Derailment Litigation. Member Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel Committee Pan Am Flight #103, Lockerbie Scotland. Worldwide Class Counsel Bjork Shiley "C/C" Heart Valve Litigation. Co-Chair Plaintiffs' Steering Committee In Re: Breast Implant Litigation, Fen Phen Litigation. Listed in Best Lawyers in America and the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Kentucky, West Virginia, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of Nevada; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Ohio State Committeeman, 1969-1972; Sustaining Member, 1970—; Ohio Chairman, Environmental Law Section, 1970—; Chairman, Tort Section, 1973-1974; National Program Chairman, 1973-1974); Maritime Law Association of the United States; Melvin M. Belli Society; Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Ohio Supreme Court. Practice Areas: General Civil Practice; Aviation; Antitrust Litigation; Class Action; Complex Litigation; Consolidated and Multi-District Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation. | | —————————— | | James R. Cummins (Associate) born Findlay, Ohio, May 13, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Ohio; 1970, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1999, Kentucky; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1964); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1967); New York University (LL.M. in Foreign and Comparative Law, 1968). Case Note Editor, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1966-1967. Editor, New York International Law Review, 1967-1968. Lecturer: "Attorney Responses to Accountant Opinion Request Letters," Cincinnati Bar Association, 1987; "Civil RICO," Ohio Northern University, 1988; "The Year 2000 Time Bomb: Legal & Corporate Governance Implications for Board of Directors, Trustees and Officers," Cincinnati and Columbus Bar Associations, 1999; "Corporate Ethics: Can Trust Be Rebuilt - Pro-Active Steps Toward Effective Corporate Governance," Cincinnati Bar Association, 2002. Featured Speaker, "Multi-District Litigation Class Actions," Southern District of Ohio Federal Bench Bar Conference, 2007. Invited Presenter, "Protecting Shareholders' Rights from Corporate Wrongdoing," Government Investigations and Shareholder Litigation, University of Dayton School of Law Symposium, 2007. Keynote Speaker, "Just Say 'No': Accountants' Liability in Civil Securities Cases," American Accounting Association, Regional Meeting, 2008. Listed in, International Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyer, 2004. Member, Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of Supreme Court of Ohio, 1989-1994. Member, Advisory Committee on Local Rules, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Member: Cincinnati (Member, Long Range Planning Subcommittee, 1989), Ohio State, Kentucky and American (Member, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, 1981—; Member, Subcommittee on Investment Companies and Investment Advisers, 1981—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Health Care; Antitrust. Email: James R. Cummins | | Fay E. Stilz (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio. Education: Miami University; Xavier University (B.S., 1974); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1978). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Ohio Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: General Civil Practice; Class Action; Complex Litigation; Consolidated and Multi-District Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation. | | Robert A. Steinberg (Associate) born Baltimore, Maryland, December 25, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Ohio; 1968, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1966). Master of the Bench, Potter Stewart Inn of Court. Teaching Positions: University of Dayton School of Law, 1977-1995, Trial Practice' Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Criminal Law; University of Cincinnati Law School, 1984-1990, Trial Practice; Salmon P. Chase Law School, 1969-1972, Criminal Constitutional Law. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1968-1977; U.S. Magistrate Judge, 1978-1996. Member: Kentucky, Ohio State and Federal (National Vice President; President, Cincinnati Chapter, 1966; President, Dayton Chapter) Bar Associations; Bars of the Supreme Court of the United States; Magistrate Judge Advisory Group to Administrative Office of U.S. Courts (Member); Federal Judicial Center (Instructor); United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member); United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Steering Committee for Gender/Race Fairness Task Force (Member); Southern District of Ohio Rules Committee (Member); Southern District of Ohio Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee (Member, 1993-1996); United States Attorney General's Advocacy Institute (Advisor). Practice Areas: Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Major Tort Litigation; Antitrust Litigation; Shareholders Litigation; Employment Discrimination; Private Mediation Services; Executive Compensation. Email: Robert A. Steinberg | | Louise M. Roselle (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 30, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., 1969; J.D., cum laude, 1971); University of Cincinnati (M.B.A., 1977). Author: Article 19 - "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970," published in the 1974 issue of the Boston College Commercial Business and Law Review. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Environmental; Toxic Torts; Class Actions. Email: Louise M. Roselle | | Thomas F. Rehme (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, April 1, 1929; admitted to bar, 1954, Ohio. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.S., 1951); Yale University (LL.B., 1954). Phi Alpha Delta. House Counsel, Diamond Shamrock Chemical Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, 1964-1969. Assistant City Solicitor, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1969-1993. Member: Cincinnati and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Contractual Law; Real Estate; Probate; Taxation. | | D. Arthur Rabourn (Associate) born Ashland, Kentucky, January 22, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky. Education: Morehead State University (A.B., 1975); Salmon P. Chase College of Law of Northern Kentucky University (J.D., 1978). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Trial Practice; General Tort; Employer Intentional Torts; Product Liability; FELA Litigation. | | W. B. Markovits (Associate) born Middletown, New York, February 4, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, District of Columbia; 1984, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washington University (A.B., 1978); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Hamilton County Trial Lawyers Association; The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Inns of Court (Potter Stewart Inn of Court). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Antitrust Litigation; RICO Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: W. B. Markovits | | Paul M. De Marco (Associate) born Youngstown, Ohio, August 13, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, California; 1989, Ohio; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: College of Wooster (B.A., 1981); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., with distinction, 1983); University of Cambridge (1985). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure. Traynor Moot Court Competition Team. Traynor Honor Society. Research Attorney to Presiding Justice Robert K. Puglia, California Court of Appeals, Third Appellate District, 1984-1985; to Associate Justice Frances N. Carr, California Court of Appeals, Third Appellate District, 1986. Secretary: Collaborative Law Center; Grievance Committee of The Cincinnati Bar Association, 1994-2007; Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court of Ohio, 2008 —; Ohio Justice and Policy Center; Cincinnati Citizens Police Review Panel, 1999-2002. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Procter & Gamble Co. v. Amway Corp., 242 F.3d 539 (5th Cir. 2001); Chesher v. Neyer, 477 F.3d 784 (6th Cir. 2007); Baker v. LaBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, 105 F.3d 1102 (6th Cir. 1997); In re NLO, Inc., 5 F.3d 154 (6th Cir. 1993); In re Allied-Signal, Inc., 891 F.2d 974 (1st Cir. 1989); In re Allied Signal, Inc., 891 F.2d 967 (1st Cir. 1989); City of Cincinnati v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp., 768 N.E.2d 1136 (Ohio 2002); Norgard v. Brush Wellman, Inc., 766 N.E.2d 977 (Ohio 2002); Wallace v. Ohio Dep't of Commerce, 773 N.E.2d 1018 (Ohio 2002); Chamberlain v. AK Steel Corp., 696 N.E.2d (Ohio 1998); State of Ohio ex rel. A & D Ltd. P'ship v. Keefe, 671 N.E.2d 13 (Ohio 1996); Tulloh v. Goodyear Atomic Corp., 584 N.E.2d 729 (Ohio 1992); Begala v. PNC Bank, Ohio, N.A., 756 N.E.2d 215 (Ohio App. 2001). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Multi-District Litigation. | | Terrence L. Goodman (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, March 30, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Albion College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts, 1984. Author: "Minimum Contacts and Contracts, The Breached Relationship," 40 Washington & Lee University Review. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Multi-District Litigation; Class Action Litigation; ERISA Class Actions. Email: Terrence L. Goodman | | Robert Heuck II (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, December 5, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, Oregon; 1987, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1988, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California and U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Reed College (B.A., 1981); University of Oregon (J.D., 1985). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1985-1987. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert Heuck II | | Jean M. Geoppinger (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, June 1, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Miami University European Center (1986); Miami University (B.A., cum laude, University Honors, 1987); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1990). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Advocacy. University of Cincinnati Law Review, Member, 1988-1989, Business Manager, 1989-1990. Counselor/Executive Director, Member, Potter Stewart American Inn of Court. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex Litigation; Class Action; Securities. Email: Jean M. Geoppinger | | Melanie S. Corwin (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, July 9, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1999, Kentucky. Education: Eastern Kentucky University (B.A., 1984); Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University (J.D., 1990). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Corporate Law; Corporate Governance Law; Business Law; Securities Law; Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation. Email: Melanie S. Corwin | | Renée A. Infante (Associate) born Youngstown, Ohio, March 9, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, Kentucky; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1987); Oxford University, Oxford, England; Ohio State University (J.D., 1990). Member: Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Kentucky, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; American Association For Justice; Ohio Association for Justice (Member, Board of Trustees); Kentucky Justice Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Class Action Litigation. Email: Renée A. Infante | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Columbus, Ohio Office: 107 South High Street, 43215. Telephone: 614-223-0000. Fax: 614-341-2354.
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