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
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.