With nearly 25 years’ experience in litigation and appeals, Chad has significant first-chair jury and bench trial experience in the areas of business torts, commercial litigation, financial services litigation, real estate litigation, trust and fiduciary litigation, and intellectual property litigation. He also has substantial experience handling class action litigation. Over the course of his career, Chad has represented a variety of manufacturers, banks and financial services companies, real estate firms, small businesses, trustees and fiduciaries, insurance companies, medical providers, local governments, and service companies.
Successfully handling many disputes through arbitration, mediation, and interest-based negotiation, Chad also encourages the use of non-litigated dispute resolution when it may be effective. He has a substantial record in appellate courts, and once extensively mediated a case while it was still pending in the Court of Appeals, ultimately securing the practical result desired by the client.
- Wheaton College (B.A., 1992)
- University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1996)
- Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- American Bar Association
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- William K. Thomas Inn of Court
- St. Hubert’s Episcopal Church, Kirtland Hills (Vestry Member)
- Notre Dame Club of Cleveland
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation (2025; 2026)