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Address
1300 East Ninth Street, Twentieth Floor
Cleveland, Ohio 44114 (Cuyahoga Co.)
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(Main Office) For more than a century, Cavitch Familo & Durkin has been a premier business and litigation law firm in Northeast Ohio and throughout the state. We combine legal excellence with creative thinking and practical advice to provide the highest quality services. Our attorneys have extensive experience with the transactions and disputes that most businesses face in today's challenging environment. We represent clients ranging from individuals to closely held organizations to multinational corporations. In addition, the firm serves as an editor for the Matthew Bender publications, Rabkin & Johnson Current Legal Forms, and the Ohio Transaction Guide. Statement of PracticeBusiness Law, Taxation, Estate Planning, Probate, Pension and Profit Sharing, Real Estate, Trial and Appellate Practice. Year Established: 1886
Firm Size: 31
Address1300 East Ninth Street, Twentieth Floor
Cleveland, OH 44114, (Cuyahoga Co.)
PhonePhone: 216-621-7860
Fax: 216-621-3415
Website
http://www.cavitch.com
Thomas G. Belden (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, June 15, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1966); University of Michigan (M.B.A., 1967); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1971). Order of the Coif. Member, National Moot Court Team. Note Editor, Case Western Reserve Law Review, 1970-1971. Member, Adjunct Faculty, Real Estate Planning, Case Western Reserve Law School, 1985-1986. Practice Areas: Business Law; Taxation; Real Estate.Email: Thomas G. Belden
Robert M. Nelson (Member) born Youngstown, Ohio, November 21, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio. Education: John Carroll University (B.S., 1968); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1971); University of Notre Dame. Order of the Coif. Note Editor, Case Western Reserve Law Review, 1970-1971. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Law; Probate.Email: Robert M. Nelson
James G. Dickinson (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, January 18, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio; 1991, Florida. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1970); University of Virginia (J.D., 1973). Phi Beta Kappa. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Corporate Law.Email: James G. Dickinson
James S. Aussem (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio. Education: Baldwin-Wallace College (B.A., 1971); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1975). Recipient, Distinguished Alumni Award, Baldwin-Wallace College, 2004. Vice President, Cleveland Society of Financial Service Professionals, 2008. Member: Association for Corporate Growth; Estate Planning Council of Cleveland; Planned Giving Committee, Cleveland Museum of Art; Planned Giving Committee, American Cancer Society; Planned Giving Committee, Baldwin-Wallace College. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan (Member, Sections on: Probate and Trust Law; Tax), Ohio State and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business; Corporate; Successions; Estate Planning; Estate Administration.Email: James S. Aussem
Michael C. Cohan (Managing Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, November 7, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio. Education: Boston College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1974); Loyola University (J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Sigma Nu. Case and Index Editor, Loyola Law Review, 1976-1977. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Title Insurance.Email: Michael C. Cohan
Stephen E. Pigott (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, December 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1985, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1977); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1980). Practice Areas: Business Law; Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies; Taxation; Nonprofit Corporations.Email: Stephen E. Pigott
Douglas A. DiPalma (Member) born Euclid, Ohio, May 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1985, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Order of the Coif. Member, Adjunct Faculty, Contracts and Principles and Practices of Federal Litigation, Paralegal Program, Kent State University, 2002. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Douglas A. DiPalma
Thomas M. Cawley (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, June 23, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio; 1983, Florida. Education: Grove City College (B.A., 1978); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1982). Order of the Coif. Member: Order of the Barristers; National Moot Court Team, 1981-1982. Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Taxation; ERISA; Employee Benefits.Email: Thomas M. Cawley
Mohammed J. Bidar (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.S., cum laude, 1981; J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Business Law; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Exempt Organizations.Email: Mohammed J. Bidar
Harold O. Maxfield, Jr. (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, July 7, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Ohio. Education: Baldwin-Wallace College (B.A., 1983); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Listed in Super Lawyers, Ohio, 2004-2006. Member, Cleveland Marshall College Law Review, 1984-1985. Member: Cleveland Bar Association (Co-Chairperson, Real Estate Law Institute, 1999-2001; Chairman, Real Estate Section, 2003-2004). Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate.Email: Harold O. Maxfield, Jr.
Ronald D. Holman, II (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Ohio. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1982); Columbia University (J.D., 1986). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Commercial Litigation; Class Actions.Email: Ronald D. Holman, II
Mark A. Trubiano (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, July 31, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.S., 1985; J.D., cum laude, 1988). Beta Alpha Psi. Practice Areas: Business Law; Estate Planning; Probate; Successions; Elder Law.Email: Mark A. Trubiano
Alexander E. Goetsch (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, February 28, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 1996, Florida. Education: Heidelberg College (B.A., 1991); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1995). Editor, Cleveland State Law Review, 1993-1995. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Business Litigation; Employment Litigation.Email: Alexander E. Goetsch
Robert C. Heintel (Member) born Lakewood, Ohio, August 17, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: John Carroll University (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1993); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Managing Editor, Case Western Reserve University Law Review, 1995-1996. Practice Areas: Business Law; Employee Benefits; International Trade.Email: Robert C. Heintel
David D. Black (Member) born 1968; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; 2002, Pennsylvania; 2007, Ohio. Education: University of Washington (B.A., Economics, 1994); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 2000). Member, Northwest Pennsylvania Inns of Court. Past Member, Real Estate Assessment Best Practices Advisory Board, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Member, Turnaround Management Association. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. [U.S. Marine Corps, 1988-1995].Email: David D. Black
Timothy G. Warner (Member) born Kane, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio; 1994, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B.A., with honors, 1986); Syracuse University (J.D., with honors, 1993). Editor, Syracuse University Law Review, 1992-1993. Law Clerk to the Hon. Alice M. Batchelder, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.Email: Timothy G. Warner
Gregory E. O'Brien (Member) admitted to bar, 1986, Ohio. Education: Walsh College (B.A., 1983); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1986). Recipient, Distinguished Service Award as Editor, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys Quarterly Journal, 1997-2001. Member, International Association of Defense Counsel, Trial Academy, Boulder, Colorado, 1995. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (Past Chair, Appellate Courts Committee, Litigation Section); Ohio State Bar Association (Chair, Specialty Board on Appellate Practice, 2005); Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (President, 2008); American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Bad Faith Litigation; Appellate Practice; Real Estate Law.Email: Gregory E. O'Brien
L. William Erb (Member) admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio. Education: Kenyon College (B.A., 1982); Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management (M.B.A., 1985); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar Associations; Turnaround Management Association. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Commercial Lending Transactions; Creditors Rights; Finance and Commerce; Commercial Loans; Loan Restructuring.Email: L. William Erb
Timothy D. Johnson (Member) admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio. Education: Loyola University-Rome (1968); Xavier University (B.S.B.A., 1970); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1974). Life Member, The Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (President, 1999-2000; Trustee, 1993-1996; Common Pleas and Court of Appeals Committee, Chairman, 1988-1989; Judicial Selection Committee, 1986-1991, Chairman, 1990; Litigation Section, Executive Council, 1989-1995; Chairman, 1994-1995); Ohio State Bar Association; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (President, 1993-1994); Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (President, 1986-1987); Defense Research Institute (State Representative, 1998); International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Complex Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Real Estate; Products Liability.Email: Timothy D. Johnson
OF COUNSELHoward P. Kasdan (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, February 7, 1945; admitted to bar, 1969, Ohio; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ohio University (A.B., 1966); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1969). Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Family Law; Business Planning.Email: Howard P. Kasdan
Charles J. O'Toole (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 2, 1932; admitted to bar, 1964, Ohio. Education: John Carroll University (B.S., 1954); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1964). Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations.Email: Charles J. O'Toole
——————————Shannon M. Hoch (Associate) born Columbus, Ohio, May 22, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Ohio. Education: John Carroll University (B.A., 1994); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children.Email: Shannon M. Hoch
Matthew E. Senra (Associate) born Rocky River, Ohio, February 21, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio; 2001, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Rochester (B.Mus., 1993); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Order of the Barristers. Member, National Moot Court Team. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Probate.Email: Matthew E. Senra
Jeffrey W. Gallup (Associate) born Bradford, Pennsylvania, September, 1972; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Boston University (B.S., 1994; M.S., 1995); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: Jeffrey W. Gallup
Lori Ross Tark (Associate) born Wheeling, West Virginia, October, 1969; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Cleveland State University (B.S., cum laude, 1994); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Securities Litigation.Email: Lori Ross Tark
Max E. Dehn (Associate) born Berea, Ohio, July 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1985); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Contracts; Class Action Defense.Email: Max E. Dehn
Jessica L. Doinidis (Associate) born Farmington, Michigan, November, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with honors, 2001); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Estate; Business Law.Email: Jessica L. Doinidis
Brendan M. Conway (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: John Carroll University (B.S.B.A., 2004); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Certified Public Accountant. Special Agencies: Ohio Society of CPAs.Email: Brendan M. Conway
Sarah E. Blackburn (Associate) born Fairview Park, Ohio, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2005); The Ohio State University (J.D., 2008).Email: Sarah E. Blackburn
Eric J. Weiss (Associate) born Sandusky, Ohio, April 30, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.A., 1996); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member: Ohio State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Eric J. Weiss
Daniel C. Wolters (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1997); University of Michigan (M.S.W., 1998); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2003).Email: Daniel C. Wolters
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