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| | Address | | 500 Courthouse Plaza, S.W., 10 North Ludlow Street | | Dayton, Ohio 45402 | | (Montgomery Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 937-227-3700 | | Fax: 937-227-3717 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.ficlaw.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L. practices in the following areas of law:
Civil and Criminal Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. Business and Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Environmental Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense, Governmental Investigations, Data Security and Regulatory Compliance. | | Year Established: 1989 | Firm Profile:
Started in August 1989 after a team of nine business litigators left a much larger firm, Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L., is a dynamic firm of 35 trial lawyers, most of whom are former members of their law reviews, former judicial clerks, or both. Its trial practice is comprised of general, commercial and business litigation including antitrust, intellectual property litigation, false advertising, securities, class action, RICO, data security and regulatory compliance, products liability defense, environmental, ERISA, white collar criminal matters and administrative agency litigation. The firm's partners and associates participate in continuing legal education seminars, professional association activities, pro bono publico work and civic affairs. | | Firm Size: 35 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
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Fixed Hourly Rates
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Charles J. Faruki (Member) born Bay Shore, Long Island, N.Y., 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); The Ohio State University (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Associate Editor, Ohio State Law Journal, 1973. Author: "Cross Examination That Hurts the Witness, Not You," 33 Litig. 38 No. 3, American Bar Association (2007); "Litigation Involving Trademarks: Preparing the Trademark Case for Trial," 16 U. Dayton L. Rev. 85 (1990); "Clear Openings in the Business Case," 10 Litig. 29, No. 4, American Bar Association (1984); "The Defense of Terminated Dealer Litigation: A Survey of Legal and Strategic Considerations," 46 Ohio State L.J. 925 (1985); "The Practical Use of Motions to Structure a Complex Civil Case," 41 Ohio State L.J. 107 (1980). Adjunct Professor, University of Dayton School of Law. Member: Dayton (Vice President, 1993-1995; President, 1995-1996), Ohio State (Vice Chair, Antitrust Law Section; Chair, Federal Courts and Practice Committee), Federal Circuit, Federal (Dayton Chapter Secretary, 1989-1990; Vice President, 1990-1991; President, 1991-1992) and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust; Business; Litigation; Construction; Public Utilities; Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Complex Litigation Committee, 1996-1999; State Chair, 2004-2005); American Board of Trial Advocates; American Bar Foundation; Ohio State Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Antitrust; Intellectual Property. Email: Charles J. Faruki | | D. Jeffrey Ireland (Member) born Dayton, Ohio, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1976); University of Dayton (J.D., 1980). Projects Editor, University of Dayton Law Review, 1979-1980. Member, Oakwood City Council, 1984-1996. Mayor, Oakwood City, 1986-1996. Member: Ohio State (Member, Board of Governors, Antitrust Law Section), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust; Litigation; Business; Environmental; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Ohio Municipal League (Member, Environmental Committee). Fellow: International Society of Barristers; Ohio State Bar Assoiciation Foundation. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Antitrust; False Advertising; Class Actions; Employment Law. Email: D. Jeffrey Ireland | | Jeffrey T. Cox (Member) born Richmond, Indiana, May 30, 1960; admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1982); University of Dayton (J.D., 1991). Editor-in-Chief, University of Dayton Law Review, 1990-1991. Author, Essay: "A Call to Lead-Educating Ethical, Moral Legal Professionals," 25 U. Dayton L. Rev. XV (2000). Author, Comment: "Industrial Property Transactions and Hazardous Waste Cleanup in America: An Analysis of State Innovations," 15 U. Dayton L. Rev. 471 (1990). Member, Oakwood City Council, 1996-1999. President, Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court, 2001-2003. Member: Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Class Actions; Litigation; Intellectual Property) Bar Associations. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Ohio State Bar Foundation; Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Business Litigation; Intellectual Property; Privacy Law; Class Actions. Email: Jeffrey T. Cox | | Thomas R. Kraemer (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, June 20, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania; 1992, Ohio. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1983); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Order of the Coif. Order of the Barristers. Member, University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Walter H. Rice, Southern District of Ohio, 1990-1992. Adjunct Professor, University of Dayton School of Law, 2000—. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Thomas R. Kraemer | | Laura A. Sanom (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio; 1993, New Jersey; 1998, Michigan. Education: Kalamazoo College (B.A., 1984); George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., 1987). Adjunct Professor, University of Dayton School of Law, Negotiation, 1991-1992. Member, National Board of Directors, Federal Bar Association Younger Lawyers Division, 1991-1995. President Elect, Board of Directors, YWCA, 1991-1992. Member: State Bar of Michigan; New Jersey State, American (Member, Litigation and Antitrust Sections) and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Antitrust. Email: Laura A. Sanom | | Ronald I. Raether, Jr. (Member) born Whittier, California, June 15, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Minnesota and Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., cum laude, 1992); University of Dayton (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Associate Editor, University of Dayton Law Review, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to: Judge Adele M. Riley, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Dayton, Ohio, 1995-1996; Judge John Meagher, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Dayton, Ohio, 1995-1996. Author: "Security Before and After a Data Breach," Business Law Today (November/December 2006); "E-Mail Maelstorm: Electronic Documents Must be Managed," Business Law Today (September/October 2003); "Preparing for the Rule 26(f) Scheduling Conference and Other Practical Advice in the Wake of the Recent Amendments to the Rules Governing E-Discovery," The Federal Lawyer (August 2007); "Data Security Breaches: Defining Measures Appropriate Under the Circumstances," ACC Docket (December 2007). Adjunct Professor, Trademark Trial Practice, University of Dayton School of Law, 2001—. Co-Chair, University of Dayton School of Law Annual Seminar, Significant Developments in Computer and Cyberspace Law, 2005—. Trustee: Kettering Center, Wright State University, 2003-2005; Camp Kern, YMCA, 2004—. Member: Advisory Board, Wright State University College of Engineering and Computer Science, 2007—. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Technology and Science; Antitrust; Privacy Law; E-Commerce. Email: Ronald I. Raether, Jr. | | Jeffrey S. Sharkey (Member) born Dayton, Ohio, June 5, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio. Education: University of Dayton (B.S., 1992); The Ohio State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1996). Order of the Coif. Ohio State Law Journal, 1994-1996. Law Clerk to the Hon. Thomas J. Meskill, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1996-1997. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation. Email: Jeffrey S. Sharkey | | Martin A. Foos (Member) born Tiffin, Ohio, January 16, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 1996, Indiana. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992; J.D., 1995). Named as Ohio SuperLawyers Rising Star, 2006-2007. Lead Articles Editor, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, 1994-1995. Law Clerk to Judge Theresa L. Springmann, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1995-1997. Law Clerk to Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 2001-2002. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Class Action Defense. Email: Martin A. Foos | | COUNSEL | | Robert P. Bartlett, Jr. (Counsel) born Marietta, Ohio, February 27, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, Ohio. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1960); University of Virginia; The Ohio State University (J.D., 1963). Phi Delta Phi. Lecturer, Libel and Privacy Law, National Business Institute and Ohio State Bar Association Media Law Seminars. Bar Examiner, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1978—. Life Member Delegate, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. Chair, Merit Selection Panel for Selection of Magistrate Judge for U.S. District Court, Southern Division, Ohio, 2002. Trial Counsel: Dayton Newspapers, Inc.; WHIO-TV. Member: International Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Business Litigation, Product Liability and Reinsurance Committees); Defense Research Institute; Ohio Trial Lawyers Association; Ohio State Bar Association (Member, Media Law Committee; Chair, 2004— and Negligence Law Committee); National Freedom of Information Coalition. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Winner, Ohio Society of Journalists 2000 Award for Best Defense of the First Amendment. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Insurance; Libel. Email: Robert P. Bartlett, Jr. | | —————————— | | Marc Amos (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, December 27, 1973; admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio and West Virginia. Education: United States Naval Academy (B.S., 1996); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). [U.S. Marine Corps]. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Complex Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Marc Amos | | Tiffany C. Austin (Associate) born Washington, D.C., February 11, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: Spelman College (B.A., 2004); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 2007). Member: Dayton Bar Association (Member: Young Lawyers Division; Diversity Committee). Email: Tiffany C. Austin | | Donald E. Burton (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio, October 21, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., 1985); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1988). Order of the Coif. Participant, Moot Court National Competition, 1988. Member, Ohio State Law Journal, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to Judge Peggy Bryant, Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth District, 1988-1990. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Donald E. Burton | | Melinda K. Burton (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana, September 22, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990); University of Miami (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Phi Beta Kappa. University of Miami Law Review, 1993-1994. Email: Melinda K. Burton | | John A. Fischer (Associate) born Dayton, Ohio, July 13, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio. Education: Wright State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1993); The Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 1997). Law Clerk, Judge Clair Dickinson, 1997-1999 and Judge Beth Whitmore, 1999, Ohio Court of Appeals, Ninth District, Akron, Ohio. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: John A. Fischer | | R. Holtzman Hedrick (Associate) born Owensboro, Kentucky, February 27, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio. Education: Indiana University (B.A., highest distinction, 2001); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, Ford P. Hall Award for Most Outstanding Student in the Department of Political Science. Executive Competition Coordinator, Moot Court Board. Quarterfinalist, Moot Court. Member, Generation Dayton. Social Coordinator, Dayton Chapter, Indiana University Alumni Association. Member: Dayton (Subcommittee Chair, Bar Admission and Qualifications Committee), Ohio State (Member, Sections on: Media Law; Litigation) and American (Member, Young Lawyers Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Class Action Defense. Email: R. Holtzman Hedrick | | Robert W. Kiefaber (Associate) born Portland, Maine, August 26, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Wisconsin and Ohio. Education: Kenyon College (B.S., 1999); Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Executive Editor, Marquette University Law School Sports Law Review, 2000-2002. Email: Robert W. Kiefaber | | Rebecca M. Owen (Associate) born Painesville, Ohio, July 18, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: Wright State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2002); The Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 2005). Delta Theta Phi (Academic Chair, 2003-2004). Author, "In re Uncertainty: A Uniform and Confidential Treatment of Evidentiary and Advocatory Materials Used in Mediation," 20 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. 911 (2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Rebecca M. Owen | | Lindsay M. Potrafke (Associate) born Milford, Ohio, May 1, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Wisconsin and Ohio. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Editor in Chief, Marquette Sports Law Review, 2006-2007. Articles Editor, Marquette Law Review, 2006-2007. Member: Dayton Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Division); State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Lindsay M. Potrafke | | Andrew J. Reitz (Associate) born Portland, Indiana, January 12, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: Wabash College (A.B., magna cum laude, 2000) Phi Beta Kappa; Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., 2003). Order of Barristers. Executive Editor, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 2002-2003. Top Oralist, Sherman Minton Moot Court, 2001. Winner: Rising Star Award, Ohio Super Lawyer, 2007; 40 Under 40 Award, Dayton Business Journal, 2007. Member, Trial Team, 2000-2003. Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 2003—. Author: "Andrew J. Reitz on the Use of a Trademark in Metagags in a Descriptive Manner: Gregerson V. Vilana Fin., Inc.," LexisNexis Expert Commentary - Research Solutions, January 2008; "From Civil to Criminal - Overnight," Ohio Lawyer, March/April, 2006. Co-Author: with John A. Fishcer, "Preventing Privacy Pitfalls: Avoiding FTC Inquires Into Privacy Policy Compliance Procedures," Mealey's Privacy Report, December 2006. Member: Dayton Bar Association (Vice Chair: Public Service and Perception of Lawyers Committee, 2005-2006; Congeniality Within the Profession Committee, 2006); Federal Bar Association; American Association for Justice (2006—); Generation Dayton (Chair, 2008; Ambassador, 2007); American Red Cross (Associate, Board of Directors, 2006-2008). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Andrew J. Reitz | | Erin E. Rhinehart (Associate) born Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, November 5, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., Political Science, 2001); University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., 2004). Recipient, Presidential Scholarship, University of Dayton School of Law. Published Staff Writer, University of Dayton Law Review. Email: Erin E. Rhinehart | | Adam V. Sadlowski (Associate) born Parma, Ohio, January 18, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: University of the South (B.A., 2001); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Complex Litigation. Email: Adam V. Sadlowski | | Mark Sedor (Associate) born June 21, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.S., 2003); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Business Litigation. | | Angela M. Sinkovits (Associate) born Naperville, Illinois, July 21, 1968; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: University of Central Florida (B.A., 2000); University of Virginia (J.D., 2003). [Army, 1986-1989, E-4]. Languages: German. Email: Angela M. Sinkovits | | Nicholas M. Smith (Associate) born Charleston, West Virginia, April 27, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: Ohio University (B.S., Journalism, 2000); The Ohio State University (J.D., 2003). Delta Theta Phi. Managing Editor, Ohio State Law Journal, 2002-2003. Email: Nicholas M. Smith | | Cori Stirling (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, March 12, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 2003); University of Dayton (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Business Litigation. | | Bruke H. Sullivan (Associate) born Charlotte, North Carolina, October 1, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2004); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Dayton Bar Association (Member: Young Lawyers Division; Diversity Issues Committee); Thurgood Marshall Law Society. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Bruke H. Sullivan | | Eric P. Voigt (Associate) born Plainfield, New Jersey, January 29, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., Economics, with honors, 2000) Phi Beta Kappa; Indiana University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Order of the Coif. Notes and Comments Editor, Indiana Law Journal. Author: "Driving Through the Dense Fog: Analysis of and Proposed Changes to Ohio Tortious Interference Law," 55 Cleve. St. L. Rev. 339 (2007); Note, "Reconsidering the Mythical Advantages of Cohabitation: Why Marriage Is More Efficient Than Cohabitation," 78 Indiana Law Journal 1069 (2003). Email: Eric P. Voigt | | Katrina L. Wahl (Associate) born Troy, Ohio, April 8, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1998); University of Notre Dame (M.A., 2002; J.D., cum laude, 2003). Executive Articles Editor, Journal of College and University Law. Member: Federal Bar Association. Email: Katrina L. Wahl | | Brian D. Wright (Associate) born Syracuse, New York, January 20, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio. Education: Baldwin-Wallace College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2002). Email: Brian D. Wright | (All Attorneys are Members of the Dayton, Ohio State and American Bar Associations.) |
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