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.

Statement of Practice

Business Planning, Civil Rights, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Criminal, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Health Care, Insurance Recovery, Labor and Employment, Public Law, Probate Litigation, Product Liability, Professional Negligence, Real Estate, School Law.

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
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
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.

Address

2330 One Cleveland Center
1375 East 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114, (Cuyahoga Co.)

Phone

Phone: 216-624-4050
Fax: 216-685-1635

Website

http://www.cooperwalinski.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

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

Jodi D. Spencer (Shareholder) born Ashtabula, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio; 2002, Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Sixth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.A., 1997); University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association (Member, Insurance Law Committee); State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee; Co-Chair, Programming Subcommittee). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Recovery.Email: Jodi D. Spencer

ASSOCIATES

Brian D. Heskamp (Associate) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2003; M.P.A., 2005); Ave Maria School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Editorial Board, Executive Notes Editor, Ave Maria Law Review, 2004-2005. Author: The Prisoner's Ombudsman: Protecting Constitutional Rights and Fostering Justice in American Corrections 6 Ave Maria L. Rev. 527 (2008). Co-Author: Enhancing Public Service through Experiential Learning: Building Management Capacity and Enriching the Educational Experience, in Mark Holzer et al. eds., Frontiers of Public Administration: Proceedings of the Second Sino - U.S. International Conference for Public Administration, United Nations Public Administration Network, 2006. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Insurance Recovery; Labor and Employment; Fair Housing.Email: Brian D. Heskamp

Marquettes D. Robinson (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 1998; J.D., 2001). Member: Federal Bar Association; Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association; City Club of Cleveland, New Leaders. Practice Areas: Civil Liability; Civil Rights; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Intentional Torts; Tort Defense; Tort Liability.Email: Marquettes D. Robinson

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