MEMBERS OF FIRM
Christopher P. Thorman (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio, October 24, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Kenyon College (A.B., with high honors and distinction, 1986); Columbia University (M.A., 1986); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Executive Notes Editor, 1990-1991 and Member, 1989-1990, Case Western Reserve Law Review. Law Clerk to Judge Ann Aldrich, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1994-1996. Assistant Regional Attorney, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 1993-1994. Member: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and Ohio State Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Ohio Association for Justice; National and Ohio Employment Lawyer's Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Discrimination; Civil Rights; Harassment; Employment Termination; Litigation.Email: Christopher P. Thorman
Peter S. Hardin-Levine (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, January 15, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., magna cum laude and with departmental honors, 1981); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1984). Mr. Hardin-Levine earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1984, and his bachelor's degree, Magna Cum Laude and with Departmental Honors, from Northwestern University in 1984. Associate, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, 1984-1985. Trial Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1985-1988. Law Professor, Case Western Reserve University, 1988-1990. Counsel, Senior Counsel, VP and Assistant General Counsel, TRW Inc., 1990-2001. Partner, Baker & Hostetler, 2002-2004. Member: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business; Employment Law; Civil Rights.Email: Peter S. Hardin-Levine
ASSOCIATE
Daniel P. Petrov (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, U.S. District Court, Southern District Court of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Columbia College, Columbia University (B.A., English, 1998); Case Western Reserve University School of Law, (J.D., 2001). Executives Articles Editor, CWRU Journal of International Law, 2000-2001. Author: "Prisoners No More: State Investment Relocation Incentives and the Prisoners' Dilemma," 31 CASE W. RES. J. INT'L L.71, 2001. Speaker, "Mistakes Employers Make from the Perspective of a Plaintiff's Lawyer," Cleveland Bar Continuing Legal Education Conference, 2008. Member: Columbia University Alumni Representation Committee, 1999-2007; Case Western Reserve University Law Alumni Board, 2004-2007; Board of Directors, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, 2009. Fundraising Chair, Cleveland Playhouse Square Partners, 2006-2009. Member: Cleveland Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Rights; Litigation.Email: Daniel P. Petrov
OF COUNSEL
Mark D. Griffin (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 1, 1963; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1986); Harvard University Kennedy School of Government (M.P.P., 1991); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1994). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Award for Character & Academics, Society of Benchers; Hergengroeder Award for Best Male Student in Trial Advocacy; Halter Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Graduated first in law school class. Notes Editor, Law Review. Vice-President, Student Bar Association. Of Counsel, Thorman & Hardin-Levine, LPA, 2009. Partner, The Griffin Law Firm, 2004-2009. Associate, 1994-2003 and Partner, 2004, Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP. Deputy Director and Regional Counsel on Election Law, Ohio Democratic Party/Obama for America, 2008. Election Protection Coordinator, Strickland-Fisher Campaign, 2006. Election Law Counsel, Kerry-Edwards Campaign, 2004. Policy Consultant, Public Works, LLP, 2004-2008. Member: Cleveland Metropolitan, Ohio and Federal Bar Associations. Special Agencies: U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Cameroon, West Africa, 1987-1989. Languages: French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Rights; Election, Campaign and Political Law; Labor and Employment; Utility Law.Email: Mark D. Griffin