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.

Business Litigation/Employment

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. He also successfully resolved a bitter shareholder dispute arising out of the dissolution of a closely-held corporation.

Municipal Representation

Jon is the Law Director and Prosecutor for the Village of Cuyahoga Heights, and he is the prosecutor for the cities of Pepper Pike and Richmond Heights. He was the founding President of the Northeast Ohio Municipal Prosecutors’ Association. He has served as special counsel to numerous municipalities for special prosecution and police matters, investigation of alleged Sunshine Law improprieties, and many employment-related issues.

Criminal Justice

Jon represents the interests of people accused of making mistakes, as well as victims of criminal activity. Jon’s defense work focuses on white collar defendants, as opposed to white collar offenses. Jon represents the individual. Realizing that defendants’ reputations may be their most valuable asset, Jon is acutely sensitive to the toll the criminal process takes on an individual defendant. He represents victims in high value matters to help them quickly and efficiently receive restitution.

As a former part-time firefighter, and as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Trial Practice at his alma mater, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Jon is involved in the community. He is rated in Martindale-Hubbell by his peers as AV, that is very high to preeminent in legal ability and very high in general ethical standards.

Professional & Community Associations

• Ohio State Bar Association
  
  
• Cleveland Bar Association
  
  
• Cuyahoga County Municipal Prosecutors Association – founding President
  
  
• Cuyahoga County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – past Officer

Awards & Recognition

• AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  
  
• 2006-2007: Law & Politics Magazine Ohio Super Lawyer: Labor & Employment Law; Business Litigation
  
  
• 2002 - Founding President of the Northeast Ohio Municipal Prosecutors Association