David M. Paris - Cleveland, OH

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 1978
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1974
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Medical Malpractice Trends, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Medical Legal Summit, 2015 - Present
  
• Instructor, Trial Advocacy Institute, Cleveland Marshall College, 1990 - Present
  
• Preparing and Trying the Auto Case, Professional Systems, Inc., 1994 - Present
  
• Preparing and Trying The Auto Case, Professional Systems, Inc., 1989 - Present
  
• The Supplemental Action, Ohio Association for Justice, 1990 - Present
  
• Insurance Litigation in Ohio, National Business Institute, 1993 - Present
  
• The Constitutionality Of Ohio Workers' Compensation Subrogator Statute, CATA, 2001 - Present
  
• The Digital Trial Lawyer, Akron Bar Association, 2002 - Present
  
• Trial Advocacy Program, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005 - Present
  
• Preparation of the PLaintiff Maximizing Damages: Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Lorain County Bar Association, 2007 - Present
  
• The Negligent Hiring/Retention Case, CATA, 2009 - Present
  
• Hiring and Retention of Drivers: Regulatory Overview of Safe Drivers, Trucking Negligence Seminar, Lorain County Bar Association, 2011 - Present
  
• Speaking Objections at Depositions, CATA, 2013 - Present
  
• ADA - Another Layer of Defense in the Sudden Emergency & Highway Retention Cases, Ohio Association for Justice, 2014 - Present

Representative Cases

• Lunar v. City of Cleveland
  • Citation: 29 Ohio St.3d 673, 635 NE2d 357
  • Year: 1994
  • Serial Number: 1994140926
• Zelko v. Parsons
  • Citation: 29 Ohio App.3d 302, 505 NE2d 271
  • Year: 1985
  • Serial Number: 1987040714
• Motorists Mutual Ins. Co. v. Handlovic
  • Citation: 23 Ohio St.3d 179, 492 NE2d 417
  • Court: 1986
  • Serial Number: 1986122538
• Baughman v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.
  • Citation: 88 Ohio St.3d 481
  • Year: 2000
  • Serial Number: 2000298436
• Holeton v. Crouse Cartage Co.
  • Citation: 92 Ohio St.3d 115
  • Year: 2001
  • Serial Number: 2001457165
• Chapman v. Milford Towing
  • Citation: U.S. App. Lexis 18897
  • Year: 2012

Published Works

Articles

• Preparing and Trying the Automobile Accident Case, PESI, 1989, 1994
  
• The Supplemental Action, OATL, 1990
  
• Insurance Litigation in Ohio, NBI, 1993
  
• The Constitutionality of Ohio's Workers Compensation Subrogation Statute, CATA, 2001
  
• The Digital Trial Lawyer: Technology & Trial Practice, Akron Bar Association, 2002
  

Bar Admissions

• California, 1978
• Ohio, 1978
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1978
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2001
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1978
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1998

Other Affiliations

• California Bar Association, 1978 - Present (Member)
• The American Association for Justice, 1982 - Present (Member)
• Ohio State Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• Ohio Association of Justice, Member
• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Alumni Association, 1984 - Present (Life Member)
• Crane and Electrical Injury Litigation Group, 1991 - 1998
• Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2001 - 2002 (President)
• Baycol Litigation Group, 2001 - 2003
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 2002 - Present
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2006 - Present (State Chair)
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 2009 - 2012 (Judicial Task Force)
• Cleveland-Marshall Law School, 2010 - Present (Board of Visitors)
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 2011 - Present (Judicial Selection Committee)
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation, 2013 - 2017 (Board of Trustees)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Ohio Chapter Trustee, 2014 - Present
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation , 2014 - Present (Executive Committee)
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation , 2013 - 2017 (Chair of New Fellows)
• Martindale-Hubbell®
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member
• National Board of Trial Advocacy Certified Civil Trail Specialist
• Ohio Eighth Appellate Judicial Conference (Life Member)