Professional Experience
Michael McMenamin was head of the firm's First Amendment and Media Defense Group, and was the firm's Managing Partner
for twelve years. Mr. McMenamin concentrates a major portion of his practice in First Amendment
and media defense, employment and labor law, and antitrust and unfair competition.
Michael was selected from 2004 through 2009, and again in 2011 as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers by Law & Politics magazine and Cincinnati magazine. He is also an award-winning writer and a contributing editor of
Reason magazine and Finest Hour, the quarterly journal of The Churchill Centre in Washington,
D.C. He writes frequently on free speech, media, labor, antitrust and other public policy issues.
His book Becoming Winston Churchill -- The Untold Story of How Churchill's Political Thought
and Oratory Were Shaped by His Irish-American Mentor Bourke Cockran will be published in
2007 by Harcourt in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Areas Of Emphasis
Antitrust and Unfair Trade Practices
In his antitrust and unfair competition practice, he has handled multi-district litigation, class action price-fixing cases, criminal antitrust grand jury investigations, distributorship terminations, price discrimination cases, exclusive dealing cases, and monopolization cases for a variety of manufacturing, service and retail companies. He also has extensive experience in counseling clients and trying cases involving covenants not to compete, trade secrets, Lanham Act and other related issues.
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B., 1968
Case Western Reserve University, B.A. (with honors), 1965
Licensed to Practice
- All Ohio courts
- U.S. District court (Northern District of Ohio)
- U.S. Court of Appeals (Third Circuit) (Fourth Circuit) (Fifth Circuit) (Sixth Circuit) (D.C. Circuit)
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Pro Hac Vice admissions in state and federal courts in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
Awards & RecognitionsAV rated by Martindale-Hubbell2004-2009; 2011 - Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers magazine. Areas of practice: Employment & Labor; First Amendment / Media / Advertising; Employment Litigation: Defense. Marquis Who's Who in American Law, 4th Edition Marquis Who's Who in the World, 10th Edition Chair, Lexwork International, 2006-2007 |
Articles by Michael McMenaminApril 2007 – Crain’s Cleveland Business: "Local Locale, Global Growth," published in the April 16-22, 2007 issue.July 2005 – Reason Magazine; "Who Will Be The Next Nominee For The Supreme Court?" Fall 2001 – PERSPECTIVE: On Employment Law: Cooperation Between Workers and Management? November 2000 – Labor Lost October 1999 – Truth, Terror and David Trimble June 1998 – Clients From Helll February 1997 – Judge Gags Rudy and Rupert April 1996 – All the President's Fault February 1996 – Tobacco Row May 1995 – The Bush-League Strategy of Baseball's Player Rep February 1995 – Labor Gains - Reforming Employment Law September 1994 – Defending the President |
