Michele L. Noble

Practices

• Business Litigation
• Product Liability Litigation

Professional Experience

Michele is a partner in the firm's Business Litigation and Product Liability Litigation practice groups. She focuses her practice on general civil and commercial litigation, including disputes involving securities, fiduciary malfeasance, municipal liability, commercial contracts, employment disputes, insurance coverage, land use and zoning, employer torts, civil rights, restrictive covenants, commercial real estate, product and premises liability, and electric utility liability issues. Michele has represented clients at trial and on appeal, in administrative proceedings, in arbitration and in mediation. Michele serves on the firm's Hiring and Pro Bono Committees.

Michele is admitted to practice in Ohio, before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education

• Capital University Law School, J.D., 2000, summa cum laude, Valedictorian, Executive Articles Editor, 1999-2000; Law Review Staff Member, 1998-1999
• The Ohio State University, B.A., 1997, magna cum laude

• Representation of automotive manufacturers in defense of numerous actions alleging product defect.
• Defended national fast-food restaurant chain in customer-initiated litigation, including automobile accident, slip-and-fall, and other premises and vicarious liability claims.
• Defended employers on charges of discrimination, FMLA violations, and retaliation claims litigation in federal and state courts, as well as administrative agencies.
• Successfully defended several insurers in Ohio trial and appellate courts against uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage claims.
• Representation of Ohio rural electric cooperatives in tort litigation involving personal injury or death.
• Successfully prosecuted 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and common law fraud claims against government agency.
• Representation of landlords in various commercial leasing disputes and eviction actions; representation of commercial tenants in commercial leasing disputes.
• Representation of various corporations in complex contractual disputes.
• Successfully prosecuted and defended numerous actions for injunctive relief relating to restrictive covenants and non-competition agreements.
• Regularly represent local governments in complex zoning, annexation, and intra-governmental disputes.
• Representation of criminal defendant in appeal from conviction for insider trading and conspiracy, and in settlement of related SEC civil action.
• Regularly advise international company on responding to subpoenas.
• Appellate experience at the state court of appeals, state supreme court, and federal court of appeals levels.

• "Retention Policies, Changes to e-Discovery Rules Should Prompt Review," · Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly, Spring 2007

• Panelist, "Zoning and Land Use in Ohio," June 13, 2005
• Panelist, "Landlord Tenant Law-Landlord Liability for Problems With the Premises," August 11, 2009

• Recipient Forty Under 40, Class of 2010, Business First
• Recipient of the 2006 Capital University Law School Young Alumnus of the Year Award.
• Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Stars by Law & Politics, magazine, August 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011.
• Columbus Bar Association's 2002 Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Services By a Law Firm, and Columbus Bar Association's Lifesaver Volunteer of the Month in 2002 and 2005.