Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, LLP

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Law Firm in Cleveland, Ohio
 
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Suite 500, 1301 East Ninth Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(Cuyahoga Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 216-781-5515  
Facsimile: 216-781-1030
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Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice, Civil Litigation in all Courts. Complex Litigation, Trial Practice, Asbestos Litigation, Insurance Defense, Products Liability, Environmental, Employment and Trade Practice Litigation, Personal Injury Law, Domestic Relations, Corporate and Business Law, Securities Law, Fidelity and Surety Law, Franchise Law, Family and Business Immigration.
Firm Profile:
Hermann, Cahn & Schneider is a law firm specializing in legal representation which requires aggressive advocacy skills and creative approaches to legal problem solving. The firm's litigation clients include Fortune 500 companies, insurance companies, and individuals who have suffered personal injuries or economic loss. In the area of business transactions and representation, the firm's clientele consists of a variety of privately owned enterprises, professional practices and service businesses. In the family law area, the firms clients include individuals with complex financial structures and substantial wealth.
Firm Size: 18
Representative Clients:
The Ohio Plan; Alloy Bellows Inc.; Knotice Inc.; Alamo/Vanguard; DeMag Plastics Group; Dent Wizard International; Monaco Coach Corporation; Arrow Trucking Inc.; Gainey Transportation Sesrvices; Cleveland Museum of Natural History; ABM, Inc.; Greyhound Lines, Inc.; Old Dominion Freight Lines; FedEx; Ingersoll-Rand Corporation.

INSURANCE CLIENTS: Motorists Mutual Insurance Company; National Interwtate Insurance; Civic Property & Casualty Co.; Gibson & Associates Inc.; Hastings Mutual Insurance Co.; Farmers Insurance Companies; Commercial Union Insurance Co.; Acuity; Crawford & Co.; Gallagher Bassett Services Inc.; Zurich N.A.
Office Hours:
Monday: By Appointment Only: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: By Appointment Only: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: By Appointment Only: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: By Appointment Only: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: By Appointment Only: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
MEMBERS OF FIRM
Gary D. Hermann (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 20, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio; 2005, Montana. Education: Hiram College (B.A., 1968); Northwestern University (J.D., 1971). Associate Editor, Northwestern University Journal of Criminal Law, 1970-1971. Author: "The Consumer Expectation Test: Application of a Difficult Standard for Determining Defects," Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Quarterly, Winter, 1991; "Use of Consent Judgment in Insurance Coverage Disputes," Defense Research Institute's For the Defense, 1982. Member: Greater Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Vice Chairman, Products Liability Section); Defense Research Institute (Member, Industrywide Litigation Committee). Practice Areas: Products Liability Law; Toxic Torts; Insurance Defense; Environmental Litigation. Email: Gary D. Hermann
James S. Cahn (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, April 16, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1968); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1973). Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Ohio Chapter President, 1997-1998; Qualified Divorce Arbitrator through Matrimonial Arbitration Training Program); Center for Principled Family Advocacy (Co-Founder; President, 2001). Member: Greater Cleveland, Cuyahoga (Chairman, Family Law Section, 1990-1991), Ohio State and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations Law; Family Law; Custody Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Civil Litigation. Email: James S. Cahn
Kent B. Schneider (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 12, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 1978, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1973); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 1976). Member: Celebrezze Inn of Court (Barrister); Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys (Director). Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Trial Practice; Personal Injury Law; Complex Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Kent B. Schneider
Anthony J. Hartman (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, January 6, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., 1965); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1968). Order of the Coif. Member: Greater Cleveland (Member, Securities Law Committee) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Securities Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Anthony J. Hartman
Robert Warren, Jr. (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, August 22, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio; 1975, District of Columbia. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., cum laude, 1971; J.D., 1974). Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Alpha Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma. Attorney, Division of Market Regulation, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 1974-1978. Member: Greater Cleveland (Member, Securities Law Institute Committee, 1992-1993) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law; Real Estate-Commercial Law. Email: Robert Warren, Jr.
Kerry S. Volsky (Member) born Tucson, Arizona, January 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio and District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Kent State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1980). Member: Cleveland (Past Co-Chairman, Medical Legal Committee), Greater Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Medical Malpractice. Email: Kerry S. Volsky
Peter J. Krembs (Member) born Madison, Wisconsin, December 12, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1968); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1973). Member: Greater Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate; Business Transactions; Public Entity; General Consultation. Email: Peter J. Krembs
Jay H. Salamon (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, May 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District Ohio; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Kent State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1980). Pi Sigma Alpha. Author: "The Broker's Duty to Monitor Accounts and Recommend Protective Measures", PIABA Bar Journal, June 2002; "Brief Spotlight - Resisting a Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony in Arbitration," PIABA Bar Journal, September 2002. Member: Greater Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations; Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA). Practice Areas: Legal Research; Securities Litigation; Arbitration; Business Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Civil Litigation. Email: Jay H. Salamon
Hunter S. Havens (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, December 6, 1954; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., cum laude, 1980); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Transportation; Products Liability; Construction; Employment Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Appellate Practice. Email: Hunter S. Havens
Hugh D. Berkson (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 10, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1989); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1994). Member, Order of the Barristers. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, National Mock Trial, 1993; Jonathan M. Ault Mock Trial Prize, 1993-1994. Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Mock Trial, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1995-2005. Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Litigation; Products Liability; Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Business Law; Insurance Defense. Email: Hugh D. Berkson
James L. Lane (Member) born Akron, Ohio, April 9, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio. Education: Ohio University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1995); University of Akron (J.D., 1998). Member: Cuyahoga, Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Family Law; Child Custody. Email: James L. Lane
Jeffrey S. Moeller (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, August 22, 1965; admitted to bar, 1989, Alaska; 2002, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., with honors, 1989). Member, Order of the Coif. Appellate Law Clerk, Alaska Supreme Court, Anchorage, Alaska, 1989-1990. Author: "Transnational Movement of People in a Post 9/11 World," World Trade Center (Cleveland) Quarterly Newsletter, Cleveland, OH (2002). Panel Member: "Habeas Corpus and Other Remedies in Federal Court," American Immigration Lawyers' Association National Conference, Chicago, IL (2000); "Update on Removal Defense and Federal Litigation," Northeast Ohio Federal Bar Association Immigration Conference, Cleveland, OH (2001). Speaker: "Alternative Routes to Employment-Based Permanent Residency; Are the Service Centers Adjudicating Petitions According to the Same Philosophy?" Northeast Ohio Federal Bar Association Immigration Conference, Cleveland, OH (2001); "2001-02 Changes to Immigration Policies and their Effect of the Flow of International Trade," Ohio Foreign Commerce Association, Cleveland, OH (2002). Book Review: H. Zheng, Legal Structure of the International Textile Trade 14 N.C. J.Int'l L. & Com. Reg. 519 (Fall 1989). Member: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Ohio State and Cleveland Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Immigration Law. Email: Jeffrey S. Moeller
Jonetta J. Kapusta-Dorogi (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, April 1, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., 1985); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1989). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Family Law; Child Custody; Collaborative Law; Mediation. Email: Jonetta J. Kapusta-Dorogi
ASSOCIATES
Michael D. Brennan (Associate) born Erie, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.A., 1993); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1996). Pi Sigma Alpha. Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Cleveland-Marshall Law Review. Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Insurance; Medical Malpractice. Email: Michael D. Brennan
Amy J. Casner (Associate) born Canton, Ohio, September 29, 1964; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: Kent State University (B.A., 1986); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2003). Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Public Entity Law. Email: Amy J. Casner
Robert M. Weber, Jr. (Associate) born Akron, Ohio, October 5, 1972; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1995); University of Louisville (M.B.A., 1999); Ohio State University (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Plaintiffs Medical; Plaintiffs Insurance Claims; Plaintiffs Insurance Coverage. Email: Robert M. Weber, Jr.
OF COUNSEL
Charles Kampinski (Of Counsel) born Neustadt-Holstein, Germany, April 2, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1974). Member, Ohio State Law Journal, 1973-1974. Member: Cuyahoga County and Ohio State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member); Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Reported Cases: Moskovitz v. Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 69 Ohio St. 3d 638 (1994). Practice Areas: Negligence; Insurance; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Business Law.
Henry V. Kerr (Of Counsel) born New York, New York, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, New York (inactive); 1973, Ohio. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.A.); St. John's University (LL.B.). Held Series 4, 24 and 63 series licenses with the NASD; General Counsel for McDonald and Company, 1973-2000. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Law; Admiralty Law; Negligence; Products Liability.


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