Jim is an Emeritus member of the Management Committee of Reminger Co., L.P.A. and past Vice-Chair of the Medical Liability Practice Group. Since joining the firm in 1973 he has served as first chair counsel for over 100 medical malpractice jury trials in the courts of northeast Ohio. Representative hospital clients have included Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, The Meridia Health System, The MetroHealth System as well as individual physicians too numerous to list. He has been an invited lecturer, both regionally and internationally on subjects of medical liability and tort reform. In 2002 he served as Lead Counsel in the trial of a matter which was hailed by the National Law Journal as the most significant defense verdict of the year.
HONORS & DISTINCTIONS
- Invited member of the American Board of Trial Advocates
- Invited member of the International Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- The Ohio State Bar Association
- Director of Northeast Ohio Community Health Plan (1995)
- Former Trustee of Hillcrest and Huron Hospitals
- Former Faculty Case Western Reserve School of Dentistry
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