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Michelle concentrates her legal practice on litigation including insurance coverage matters, appellate advocacy, government liability and premises liability. In addition to handling civil jury trials in state and federal court, she is certified as an 'Appellate Law Specialist' by the Ohio State Bar Association and routinely argues cases before the state and federal appellate benches. She is AV Preeminent Rated, the highest possible rating from Martindale Hubbell.
Administratively, Michelle is a chairperson of the firm's judicial liaison and marketing/public relations groups. She is also a frequent lecturer for professional associations and continuing legal education seminars dealing with appellate, insurance coverage and risk management issues. In support of the firm's community and charitable commitments, Michelle has served as President of the Ohio Women's Bar Association, and the Visiting Committee to the Dean of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She is currently a Board of Trustee for Eco Watch and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Alumni Association, a Life Member of the Eighth District Judicial Conference and serves on the Rocky River Civil Service Commission.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Appellate Court Committee
WIL: Former Executive Council Member
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Visiting Committee to the Dean
- Emeritus Member
Alumni Association Board of Trustees
- EcoWatch Board of Trustees
- Ohio Women's Bar Association-Past President
- Rocky River Civil Service Commission Member
- St. Christopher Church Lector
HONORS & DISTINCTIONS
- 2011 ATHENA Award Finalist
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PRACTICE AREAS
- Retail and Hospitality
- Appellate
- Employment Practices Liability
- Environmental Litigation
- Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith
- General Casualty/Excess and Surplus Lines
- Governmental/Public Entity Liability
EDUCATION
- B.A., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1990
- J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1993
Articles Editor, Cleveland State Law Review
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of Ohio, 1993
- State of Florida, 1994
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2000
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2008
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