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
  • 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