Most cases, especially those involving business disputes, end up settling prior to trial, and the vast majority of these settlements are confidential. As a result, while most of these settlements involve excellent outcomes for clients, the details of these matters or settlements cannot be disclosed, preventing them from being included in detail below.

General Commercial Litigation

• Obtained successful resolution in favor of Fortune 500 drug development company in dispute involving hundreds of millions of dollars relating to breaches of commercial contract and business torts.
• Obtained successful resolution the day before an arbitration hearing in favor of Fortune 500 drug development company in a 9-figure dispute that was on an expedited four-month arbitration track.
• Represented oil broker at trial and obtained sizable judgement against oil refinery in Ohio state court as well as substantial attorney fees.
• Successfully defended an international company by obtaining summary judgment in its favor on an $8 million fraud claim in Texas federal court.
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of financial institution in Ohio federal court that was being sued for more than $ 1 million for breach of contract, negligence, and fraud.
• Represented Fortune 500 drug development company asserting claims exceeding 9-figures in Delaware federal court and subsequently served as lead litigation counsel in a related bankruptcy involving the same claims obtaining sizable resolution as part of the bankruptcy proceedings.
• Defended pharmaceutical manufacturer against breach of contract and fraud claims asserted by a drug broker in Ohio federal court that settled after one week of trial.
• Obtained settlement in case litigated in Ohio federal court for clinical research organization asserting breach of contract and fraud claims and seeking more than $7 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
• Defended Ohio company in Ohio federal court against a former supplier’s claims for breach of contract and eventually resolving those claims at mediation.
• Represented public company in the Cincinnati area relating to numerous litigation matters and arbitrations arising across the country.
• Obtained settlement for company involved in parallel cases in Ohio and Texas relating to breaches of representation in an asset purchase agreement.
• Advised and represented software company in litigation in Connecticut federal court involving shareholder dispute with former founder.

Construction Litigation

• Obtained favorable resolution as lead counsel representing a Fortune 500 company in the largest litigation matter in its history relating to claims filed in the International Centre of Dispute Resolution asserted against an international general contractor that was engaged to automate a large manufacturing facility.
• Obtained jury verdict after two-week trial in Indiana state court in favor of an engineering firm subject to claims of professional negligence, fraud, and breach of contract seeking more than $2 million in compensatory damages as well as punitive damages.
• Defended engineering firm in Ohio state court with respect to negligence claims arising from the construction of a school.
• Defended construction services company in South Carolina state court with respect to claims arising from a construction accident resulting in injuries to multiple construction workers.
• Obtained settlement in lawsuit filed in Ohio state court in favor of a residential homeowner with respect to drainage and other issues resulting from a construction project that was built on an adjacent piece of property.
• Represented Indiana commercial landlord with respect to dispute regarding improvements that the tenant made to the property and mechanic’s liens filed against property by a tenant’s contractors.

Landlord-Tenant Litigation

• Handled hundreds of commercial landlord-tenant disputes, including representing all lease enforcement matters over the last decade for one of the largest and most successful commercial malls in the Greater Cincinnati area.
• Served as senior counsel assisting with overseeing a large of team of Thompson Hine lawyers handling approximately 80 urgent and high-profile eviction cases in three states over the course of five months after the defendant, a well-known restaurant chain in the Cincinnati area, failed to pay any rent for the better part of a year under a master lease involving over 100 restaurant locations.
• Obtained $1.2 million judgment in favor of commercial landlord on breach of lease claims against a former tenant in Ohio state court.
• Represented and advised large commercial landlords in lease enforcement actions in Ohio, Indiana and other states across the country.
• Represented commercial and residential landlords in countless eviction and breach of lease proceedings.

Shareholder Litigation

• Served as lead counsel and obtained a favorable resolution for minority shareholders and members of various related limited liability companies and corporations in complex case in which the minority shareholders and members asserted derivative and direct claims in Ohio state court against the companies and their majority shareholder and the majority members.
• Obtained favorable resolution for founder and minority shareholder relating to a lawsuit in Ohio state court involving a dispute over a buy-sell provision in the company’s operating agreement.
• Obtained favorable resolution for an Ohio venture fund in a high-profile case involving multiple lawsuits in California state and federal court involving claims against a majority shareholder for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, conversion, and breaches of contract and claims against the board for civil conspiracy and breaches of fiduciary duty.
• Obtained sizable judgment on behalf of a company against a shareholder for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, and embezzlement.

Professional Malpractice/Professional Negligence

• Obtained award in favor of investment manager after a week-long arbitration in which an ERISA plan sought millions in damages on claims alleging that the manager breached fiduciary duties and committed professional malpractice.
• Defended investment manager of an ERISA plan in arbitration alleging that the investment manager mismanaged the plan’s funds.

Labor & Employment Litigation

• Successful defense of public company in sizable case in Ohio state court lasting multiple years involving claims for fraud and conversion asserted against the company and one of its employees.
• Represented clients in numerous cases involving non-competition and non-solicitation agreements and violations of trade secret laws.
• Successful defense of large public company and multiple employees in Ohio federal court against claims alleging breaches of non-competition agreement and violations of trade secret laws.
• Obtained favorable settlement for Indiana employer who hired an employee subject to a non-competition agreement.
• Represented employers in various actions and disputes involving current and former employees embezzling the employer’s funds.

Appellate Practice

• Obtained decision from Sixth Circuit affirming judgment in favor of financial institution that was sued for more than $1 million on claims for breach of contract, negligence, and fraud.
• Obtained decision from Indiana Court of Appeals affirming jury defense verdict in favor of engineering firm on claims for professional negligence, fraud, and breach of contract.
• Successfully defended against multiple interlocutory appeals of trial court’s summary judgement rulings in Ohio’s Third District.
• Obtained reversal from Ohio’s Twelfth District Court of Appeals on numerous claims after the trial court improperly granted summary judgment.