James A. Byrne

Background

• Jim’s practice focuses on civil litigation
• He has more than 15 years of litigation experience

Areas of Experience and Focus

• Significant toxic tort defense experience, particularly in asbestos litigation
• Premises, Intentional Tort and Personal Injury Litigation
• Product Liability Litigation for a wide array of products including grinding machines, power and punch presses, portable ramps, food preparation appliances, bottled products, escalators and elevators
• Toxic substances including benzene and molds
• Arbitrated and tried numerous general litigation claims

Achievements/Honors

• Recipient of the Spangenberg Trial Practice Prize, the American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Advocacy and the Order of Barristers National Honor Society for Advocacy
• Moot Court Board of Governors, 1990- Cleveland Marshall College of Law
• Semi-Finalist at the National Moot Court Competition in Biomedical Ethics, Georgetown University, 1990

Professional Involvement

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association

Education

• Suffolk University, BS Sociology/Criminology, 1984
• Cleveland Marshall College of Law, JD, 1990

Bar Admissions/Licenses

• State of Ohio
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Northern District of Ohio
• Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals