Jonathan D. Greenberg

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.

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 began his career as an Assistant Public Defender for Cuyahoga County. Jon represents the interests of people accused of making mistakes, as well as victims of criminal activity. Jon’s current defense work focuses on white collar defendants. 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 also 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 has received an AV Rating in Martindale-Hubbell, that is very high to preeminent in legal ability and very high in general ethical standards, the highest available ratings.

Recent Presentations

• "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

Areas of Practice