Professional Experience

Jonathan is one of Walter & Haverfield’s most experienced trial attorneys. While he is most comfortable in the courtroom, he represents a broad range of business, municipal and private clients in all phases of the litigation process. He has been honored by Law & Politics magazine as an Ohio Super Lawyer in Employment & Labor Law, Litigation Services, and most recently in Business Litigation.

 

 

Jonathan is one of Walter & Haverfield’s most experienced trial attorneys. While he is most comfortable in the courtroom, he represents a broad range of business, municipal and private clients in all phases of the litigation process.

Business / Employment Litigation

Jon represents companies in breach of contract matters, corporate disputes, and employment-related litigation. He has successfully represented companies in multi-million dollar construction disputes, supply and requirement contract matters, as well as shareholder and closely-held corporate disputes. Jon has also successfully defended employers in race and gender discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination and other employment-related trials. He received defense verdicts in trials raising ADA, FMLA and other employment issues and an employer’s right to hire independent employees from an asset-only purchase out of bankruptcy.

Recent Presentations

  • "2010 Walter & Haverfield LLP Labor and Employment Law Seminar," "Checklist for Depositions," Outline, Holiday Inn in Independence, September 30, 2010.
  • "State v. Hoover, a Codified Dilemma: Consent to a Warrentless Search or Face the Possibility of Criminal Penalty - The Professional and Ethical Ramifications of State v. Hoover," for local seminar in Cleveland, Ohio, December 11, 2009.
  • "The Art of Representing a White Collar Client in a Criminal Case," Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Program entitled, "Back to Basics - Criminal Law," November 12, 2009.

Professional & Community Associations

  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Northeast Ohio Municipal Prosecutors Association - founding President
  • Cuyahoga County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association - past Officer
  • Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association
  • Cuyahoga County Law Directors Association

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 1983
Macalester College, B.A., 1980

Licensed to Practice

  • Ohio
  • Federal district and appellate courts

Awards & Recognition

AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell

2006-2007; 2009-2012 - Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers magazine. Areas of practice: Business Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar; Employment Litigation: Defense.

2002 - Founding President of the Northeast Ohio Municipal Prosecutors Association

September 2010 - "Checklist for Depositions"

May/June 2010 - Cities & Villages. "When Public Officials Go Rogue: The Importance of Hiring Outside Counsel to Perform Investigations into Allegations of Employee or Officer Wrongdoing"

Spring 2009 - Your Teen magazine. "Consequences for Parents as Social Hosts"
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