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Address
55 Public Square, Suite 2150
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1994 (Cuyahoga Co.)
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 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) The firm, established in 1954, consists of 20 attorneys plus general support personnel and concentrates in the areas of civil litigation including corporate, employment, insurance, real estate, product and hospital liability, and environmental litigation. Our practice is spread throughout the state of Ohio as well as the United States. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice. Corporate, Insurance, Real Estate, Labor, Employment, Wrongful Discharge, Discrimination, Municipal, Probate and Condemnation Law, Litigation, Product and Hospital Liability, Environmental Litigation, General Business Litigation. Year Established: 1954
Firm Size: 20
Representative Clients:BP America
Hartford Insurance Co.
Hilti Inc.
Invacare Corp.
Linderme Tube
McDonald's Systems, Inc.
Michigan Mutual Liability Insurance Co.
Pfizer Inc.
Swagelok Co.
Zurich Insurance Co.
True North Energy
Lockhead Martin Corp.
L'Oreal
Pepsi Americas
Marathon Oil Co.
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Super America LLC
Walgreens
Howard Hanna
Giant Eagle.
Rate InformationFixed Hourly Rates
Free Initial Consultation
Address55 Public Square, Suite 2150
Cleveland, OH 44113-1994, (Cuyahoga Co.)
PhonePhone: 216-523-1500
Telecopier: 216-523-1705
Website
http://www.mggmLPA.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Ernest P. Mansour (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, January 16, 1931; admitted to bar, 1955, Ohio. Education: St. Francis College (B.A., 1952); Western Reserve University (LL.B., 1955). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Cleveland Defense Attorneys' Group. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Litigation.
Thomas M. Turner (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, October 19, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio; 1978, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Purdue University (B.S., 1970); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1973). Certified Public Accountant (inactive), Ohio, 1976. Former Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP and Thompson Hine LLP. Former Councilman, City of Rocky River, Ohio. Member: Cleveland (Board of Trustees, 1999-2002; Treasurer, 2002-2005; Chair, Fiscal Policy Committee; Member, Long Range Planning Committee, 2002-2003; Distinguished Service Award, 2005) and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Closely-held Business Law; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Probate; Real Estate; Taxation; Trust Law.Email: Thomas M. Turner
Dale E. Markworth (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, February 18, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1970); Washington University (J.D., 1973). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Cleveland Defense Attorneys' Group; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Business Law; Insurance Defense; Creditor's Rights.Email: Dale E. Markworth
Jeffrey M. Embleton (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, August 23, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio. Education: Ohio University (B.A., 1972); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1975). Civic Activities: American Heart Association, Trustee; St. Anselm Finance Council, Chairman; Frequent Speaker on Employment Topics. Member: Greater Cleveland, Ohio State and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; Cleveland Defense Attorneys' Group; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Business Litigation; Complex Litigation.Email: Jeffrey M. Embleton
Anthony J. Coyne (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, October 2, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio. Education: John Carroll University (B.A., 1982); Cleveland State University College of Urban Affairs (M.S., 1984); The Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1987). PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Chair, Cleveland Planning Commission; Former Trustee, Ohio Planning Conference, the Ohio Chapter of the American Planning Association; Former Chair of Board of Trustees, Near West Housing Development Corporation; Former Member of Government Relations Committee, Catholic Charities Corporation; Cleveland State University, Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service Advisory Committee; Blue Coats; Citizens League of Greater Cleveland; Lawyers Guild of Catholic Diocese of Cleveland; Board of Directors, Community Service Alliance; Urban Land Institute. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS: Graduate Assistantship to the Honorary Levin Chair; assisted in planning the Anglo-American Colloquiums on Urban Innovations in Birmingham, England; 1984 AAG International Conference (American Association of Geographers); delivered paper entitled "Urban Waterfront Development: A Comparative Study on Implementation Structures in Toronto and Cleveland"; received award for the best graduate research paper for 1984-1985 at the College of Urban Affairs; Distinguished Alumni Award, Cleveland State University (June 2007); Dean's Distinguished Alumni Award, Cleveland State University, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs (January 1994); Certificate of Recognition as Member of Government Relations Committee, Catholic Charities Services Corporation (1989-1994); Award by President's Council of John Carroll University (2003-2004); named a Super Lawyer by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine from 2005-2007. An expert on urban affairs, Anthony Coyne has authored several papers and was called upon to serve as Executive Assistant to the Director of Transition for Mayor Michael R. White's transition into his first term as Mayor of the City of Cleveland. He was Judicial Extern in 1987 for Judge Alice M. Batchelder of the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio. PRESENTATIONS: Frequent Guest Lecturer at Cleveland State University. Speaker before organizations such as National Business Institute, Lorman Education Series, Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations, Ohio Planning Conference, CLE International Seminar on Eminent Domain, Urban Land Institute and International Council on Shopping Centers on such topics as "Taking of Property by Eminent Domain," "Zoning Board of Adjustment," "Advising a Client Prior to Condemnation," "Administrative Zoning and BZA," "Understanding Just Compensation," "Valuation and Damages Issues: Appraisers, Other Experts, Jury Issues and Trial Strategy in Eminent Domain," "Trends in Eminent Domain," "Advising the Client: From Developing the Plan to its Presentation to the Planning Commission and/or BZA," "Use of Eminent Domain for Blighted Areas - Inner Ring Suburbs," "Evolution of Eminent Domain as a Tool of Local Government," "Ethics of Planning Commission and BZA Hearings," "Representing Municipalities," "Advising the Taking Authority," "Does Blight Make Right?," "Eminent Domain and Blighted Areas, Inner Ring Suburbs, Developable Land, Abuse of Discretion," "Eminent Domain as a Tool for Economic Development: Blight and First Ring Suburbs" and "Eminent Domain and Norwood.". Member: Cleveland Metropolitan, Ohio State (Local Government Law Committee) and American (Member, Urban, State and Local Government Law and Eminent Domain Law Sections) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Board of Trustees v. City of Painesville (6th Cir. 1999), 200 F.3d 396; Court St. Dev. v. Stow City Council (9th Dist. 1998), 129 Ohio App.3d 359; Danis Clarkco Landfill Co. v. Trustees of German Twp., No. C-3-96-481, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21037 (S.D. Ohio December 15, 1997); Kishmarton v. William Bailey Constr., Inc. (2001), 93 Ohio St.3d 226; Loreto Dev. Co. v. Village of Chardon (1998), 81 Ohio St.3d 1239; Loreto Dev. Co. v. Village of Chardon, Nos. 97-3502/97-3656, 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 12183 (6th Cir. June 4, 1998); Loreto Dev. Co. v. Village of Chardon (11th Dist. 1996), 119 Ohio App.3d 524; City of Mentor v. Osborne, Nos. 98-L-226, 98-L-228, 98-L-229, 98-L-230, 201 Ohio App. LEXIS 2355 (11th Dist. May 25, 2001); Murray Energy Corp. v. City of Pepper Pike (8th Dist.), 2008-Ohio-2818; City of North Olmsted v. North Olmsted Land Holdings (8th Dist. 2000), 137 Ohio App.3d 1; Osborne v. City of Mentor (8th Dist. 1999), 133 Ohio App.3d 22; State ex rel. Michael Shemo v. City of Mayfield Heights (2002), 96 Ohio St.3d 379; Visconsi-Royalton, Ltd. v. City of Strongsville (8th Dist.), 2004-Ohio-4908. Practice Areas: Commercial; Municipal Law; Zoning and Planning; Eminent Domain; Real Property; Litigation.Email: Anthony J. Coyne
Samuel R. Martillotta (Member) born Albion, New York, October 22, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., 1973); The Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1980). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan, Ohio State (Member, Environmental Law Section) and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation; Environmental.Email: Samuel R. Martillotta
John F. Burke, III (Member) born South Bend, Indiana, August 2, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2008, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Supreme Court; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1988); The Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude 1992). Recipient, Charles Auerbach Award for Excellence in Evidence. Three times recipients, American Jurisprudence Award. Member, Cleveland Marshall Moot Court Board of Governors. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Association; Cleveland Employment Law in of Court; Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Insurance Defense; General Litigation; Employment Law; Business Litigation.Email: John F. Burke, III
Bruce G. Rinker (Member) born Washington, D. C., April 26, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1973); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1976). Executive Editor, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 1975-1976. Author: "The Future of Arbitration in Latin America; A Study of Its Regional Development," Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 1976. Law Clerk to the Hon. August Pryatel, Eighth District Court of Appeals of Ohio, 1978-1981. Adjunct Instructor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1980-1985. Assistant County Prosecutor, Criminal Trial Division, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, 1981-1984. Mayfield Village Council, 1987-1993; Council President, 1991-1993; Mayor, 1993. CLE Lecturer. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Eminent Domain; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.Email: Bruce G. Rinker
——————————Edward O. Patton (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Xavier University (B.A., 1986); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1989). Has worked with numerous U.S. Agencies on issues related to international trade and export compliance. Has performed formal disclosure before the Bureau of Industry and Security, obtained customs ruling from the U.S. Customs Office. Has participated in bid protests and practiced before the Governmental Accounting Office and various state agencies on issues related to governmental contracts. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Mitchell v. Parkridge Apts., Ltd. (8th Dist.), 2002-Ohio-5357, Appeal denied by Mitchell v. Parkridge Apts., 98 Ohio St.3d 1479, 2003 Ohio 974, 784 N.E.2d 712, 2003 Ohio LEXIS 580 (2003); State v. Edwards, No. 71009, 119 Ohio App.3d 237 (8th Dist. April 10, 1997); State v. Crimi, No. 67002, 106 Ohio App.3d 13 (8th Dist. August 10, 1995); Swagelok Co. v. Dansk Ventil & Fittings ApS., Case No. 1:05CV2322, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9357 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 9, 2006). Practice Areas: International Trade; Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Insurance Defense; Criminal Defense.
Brendon P. Friesen (Associate) born Pasadena, California; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio; 2007, Illinois. Education: Occidental College (B.A., 1999); The Ohio State University (J.D., 2003). Member: American Bar Association; International Trademark Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial and business litigation; Intellectual property transactions and litigation; Mechanics liens and creditors' rights.Email: Brendon P. Friesen
Amy L. Kullik (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Kent State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1998). Research Editor, Cleveland State Law Review, 1997-1998. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan, Lorain County and Ohio State Bar Associations; Society for Human Resource Management; DRI; OACTA. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Workers Compensation; Litigation.Email: Amy L. Kullik
Michael Patrick Quinlan (Associate) born Willoughby, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Dayton (B.S., 1993); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1996). Assistant County Prosecutor, Geauga County, Ohio, 1996-2002. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan Cuyahoga County, Geauga County and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Insurance Defense; Litigation; Products Liability.Email: Michael Patrick Quinlan
Michael R. Tucci (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Capital University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Board Member, Legal Studies Program, Ursuline College. Member: Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Intellectual Property; Securities.Email: Michael R. Tucci
Tracey S. McGurk (Associate) born Fort Knox, Kentucky, July 5, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Ohio. Education: John Carroll University (B.A., 1993); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Lopresti & Sons, Inc. v. Castaldi (8th Dist.), 2008-Ohio-1267; Loya v. Howard Hanna Smyth, Cramer Co. (9th Dist.), 2009-Ohio-448; DPLJR, Ltd. v. Hanna (8th Dist.), 2008-Ohio-5872. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Workers Compensation.Email: Tracey S. McGurk
James A. Budzik (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, January 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Dayton (B.A., 1982); Capital University Law School (J.D., 1985). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Public Sector Labor Law; Employment Litigation; General Litigation.Email: James A. Budzik
Thomas Yates (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, August 10, 1968; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 2007, Ohio. Education: Kent State University (B.A., Accounting, 1993); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 2005); Cleveland State University (M.B.A.). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Probate; General Corporate.Email: Thomas Yates
Jennifer E. Gross (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, June 16, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio. Education: American University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Trademark; Real Estate.Email: Jennifer E. Gross
John W. Monroe (Associate) admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., 1990); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1993). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Transactions; Real Estate Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law.
Timothy F. Geisse (Associate) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, with distinction in major, 1974); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1984). Case Western Reserve University Law Review and Journal of International Law, 1981-1984. Member: Ohio State Bar Association; Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Closely-held Business Law; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Probate; Real Estate.Email: Timothy F. Geisse
OF COUNSELDavid B. Cathcart (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, May 23, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1972); Case Western University (J.D., 1975). Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Instructor, Research and Writing, Case Western Reserve Law School, 1974-1975. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Cleveland Defense Attorneys' Group; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Corporate Law.
Michael T. Gavin (Of Counsel) born Garfield Heights, Ohio, February 22, 1928; admitted to bar, 1955, Ohio. Education: John Carroll University (B.S.S., 1952); Western Reserve University (LL.B., 1955). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan, Cuyahoga County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Cleveland Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1964). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Civil Litigation.
Julius R. Gerlack (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 21, 1936; admitted to bar, 1962, Ohio. Education: Ohio University (B.S.C., 1959); Western Reserve University (LL.B., 1962). Member: Greater Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and Ohio State Bar Associations; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; Cleveland Defense Attorneys' Group; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Probate Law; Litigation.
Eli Manos (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, January 12, 1931; admitted to bar, 1958, Ohio. Education: Harvard College (B.A., 1953); Harvard University (LL.B., 1958). Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and Cuyahoga County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Litigation; Appellate Law.
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