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Cooper & Walinski, A Legal Professional Association



Cooper & Walinski,
A Legal Professional Association

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Law Firm in Cleveland, Ohio
 
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2330 One Cleveland Center, 1375 East 9th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(Cuyahoga Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 216-624-4050  
Fax: 216-685-1635
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http://www.cooperwalinski.com
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Cooper & Walinski,
A Legal Professional Association practices in the following areas of law:

Business Planning, Civil Rights, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Criminal, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Health Care, Insurance Coverage, Labor and Employment, Public Law, Probate Litigation, Product Liability, Professional Negligence, Real Estate, School Law.
Year Established: 1969
Firm Profile:
Cooper & Walinski LPA represents clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to individuals nationwide. The firm's core practice areas are Business Litigation, Labor & Employment, Insurance Recovery, Product Liability and Professional Malpractice Defense and Litigation Management. The firm is a certified WBE.
Firm Size: 40
Representative Clients:
Ability Center of Greater Toledo; Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.; Allied Waste Ind.; Bay Park Hospital; Bostwick-Braun Company; Cooper Tire & Rubber Company; Dana Corporation; Defiance Hospital; Eaton Corporation; Flower Hospital; Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.; HCR-Manor Care; Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc.; Kimble Glass, Inc.; Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc.; Libbey, Inc.; Lourdes College; Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council; National Fair Housing Alliance, Inc.; Norplas Industries; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Paramount Health Care; Penta County Vocational School District; Preferred Properties, Inc.; ProMedica Health Systems, Inc.; ProQuest Information and Learning Company; The Toledo Hospital; Toledo Fair Housing Center.

Other Office Locations of Cooper & Walinski,
A Legal Professional Association

Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. (Main Office)
MEMBERS
Amanda Martinsek (Shareholder) born Carbondale, Illinois, May 10, 1962; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., cum laude, 1985); New York University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Order of the Coif. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Recovery; Litigation. Email: Amanda Martinsek
Diane E. Citrino (Shareholder) born Newark, New Jersey, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1994, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1979); University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: Nirmal K. Sinha Commissioners Award, Ohio Civil Rights Commission, July, 2006. United Way of Cleveland "Spotlight Volunteer," March 2006; Rosa Parks Congressional Medal, July, 2005; Fair Housing Achievement Award, The Housing Advocates, Inc., September 2003; Individual Achievement Award, Northern Ohio Fair Housing Alliance, April 2003; Year 2000 OCRC Leadership Award, Ohio Civil Rights Commission, February, 2000; 1998 Fair Housing Award, Fair Housing Contact Service, October 1998. Selected: one of 10 "Lawyers of the Year," Ohio Lawyers Weekly, December 1999; one of 10 "Outstanding Women in the Law," The Cleveland Bar Association, May 1999. Author: "Causes of Action for Handicapped Discrimination in Housing in Violation of the Federal Fair Housing Act [42 U.S.C.A. 3601 et seq.". Co-Author with David Oakley and Edward Kramer: "Related Federal Statutes," 22 Causes of Action 2d, West Publishing Co., June 2003. Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1994-2002. Appointed to the Ohio Advisory Committee to the United States Civil Rights Commission, 2003—. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (Trustee, June 2006—). Practice Areas: General Practice; Civil Rights; Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Diane E. Citrino
Suzanne Bretz Blum (Shareholder) born Wooster, Ohio, May 20, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1987); Georgetown University (J.D., 1990). Recipient, Democratic Primary for Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, 2006; Woman of Professional Excellence, YWCA, 1997; Humanitarian Award, Georgetown University Law Center. Author: "Non-compete agreements find growing role," Crain's Cleveland Business, July 8, 1996; "Why Mandatory Pro Bono Is a Bad Idea," Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 1990. Co-Author: "Ohio Tortious Interference Law and The Role of Privilege and Competition," 18 U. Dayton Law Review #3, Spring 1993. Member, NITA Advocates Association, 1995. Chair, Cleveland Bar Association Com. on the Homeless, 1994. Member: Cleveland, Ohio and American Bar Associations. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Business Competition Law; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Suzanne Bretz Blum
ASSOCIATE
Jodi D. Spencer (Associate) born Ashtabula, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio; 2002, Michigan. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.A., 1997); University of Toledo (J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Jodi D. Spencer
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Toledo, Ohio Office: 900 Adams Street, 43604. Telephone: 419-241-1200.

All Attorneys are Members of the Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations.

Maintains an office in more than one location.


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