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Gabriel D.Kaufman

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Cleveland

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Gabriel D.Kaufman

Associate

Focus Areas

Examples of Gabe’s experience include:

Complex Commercial Litigation

  • Counseling Fortune 500 companies and national nonprofits on compliance with supply-chain agreement obligations, local zoning regulations, fiduciary duties, and antitrust obligations
  • Defending clients against allegations of pre- and post-judgment contempt of court
  • Defending lenders against RESPA, FDCPA, breach of contract, and fiduciary duty claims
  • Defending motions to transfer venue and compel arbitration
  • Assisting senior attorneys in evaluating injunctions in aid of transnational arbitration, equitable tracing, specialized admiralty remedies, quashing subpoenas, and cross-border receivership obligations and MDL strategy

Community Service

  • Directing a $7 million+ biennial allocation to an international nonprofit’s administrative units
  • Advising higher-education boards of trustees on campus welfare, infrastructure, and community conduct policies
  • Revising governance documents for local nonprofits
  • Delegate, 2026 Judicial Conference of Ohio’s Eighth Judicial District
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law: 2023 Law Student of the Year Award; 2023 Student Organization Leadership Award
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award for highest achievement in Conflict of Laws

Professional Associations

  • Federal Bar Association, Professional Development Committee (2024 – )
  • American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Judicial Division, Antitrust Section (2024 – 2025)
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (2021 – )

Professional Activities

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law Alumni Association Board, Nominating Committee (2024 – )
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Young Lawyer Executive Council (2025 – )

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 2023,
    cum laude
    ,

    Symposium Editor, Journal of International Law

  • Cornell University, B.S.,

    Industrial & Labor Relations

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Languages

  • Attic Greek