Distinguished – Experienced – Trusted

Attorney Niki Zola Schwartz

Niki Zola Schwartz

PRINCIPAL

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Practice Areas:

  • ADA Disability
  • Appellate
  • Bankruptcy/Creditors
  • Class Actions
  • Commercial/Business
  • Contract Disputes
  • Discrimination
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Insurance
  • Labor/Unions
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Libel & Slander
  • Local Govt./Municipalities
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Liability
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Professional Negligence
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Torts
  • Unfair Competition
  • Wrongful Death

Bar Admission

  • U.S. Federal Courts, 1966
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1970

Representative Cases

  • Ward v. Village of Monroeville, Ohio, 93 S.Ct. 80, 1972, U.S.Ohio, 1972137546
  • Palmer v. City of Euclid, Ohio, 91 S.Ct. 1563, 1971, U.S.Ohio, 1971127067
  • City of Bowling Green v. Lodico, 228 N.E.2d 325, 1967, Ohio, 1967120471
  • Village of Monroeville v. Ward, 409 U.S. 57, 1972, Ohio, 1971115451
  • Taylor v. Perini, 431 F.Supp. 566, 1977, N.D.Ohio, 1977106599
  • State v. Audrey Iacona, 93 Ohio St.3d 83 , 2001
  • Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight Inc., 424 U.S. 554, 1976
  • Routman v. Automatic Data Processing Inc., 873 F. 2nd 970 , 1989, 6th Cir.

Fraternities or Sororities

  • Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Associations

  • University of Toledo, Assistant Professor of Law
  • Berkman, Gordon, Kancelbaum & Schwartz, Associate, Partner
  • American Inns of Court (William K. Thomas Chapter), Master Bencher Emeritus
  • Mediator, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio Federal Court Panel of Alternative Dispute Resolution (1992-2003)
  • Ohio Department of Education (Impartial Hearing Officer in Education of the Handicapped Cases)
  • Referee in Teacher Termination Cases
  • Ohio Eighth District Judicial Conference, Life Member
  • Ohio Supreme Court, Rules Advisory Committee (1993-1998), Vice Chair (1998)
  • Shaker Heights Municipal Court, Acting Judge, 1978 to 1979
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Greater Cleveland Bar Association
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Education

  • Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio
    • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 00/1964
    • Honors: summa cum laude
  • Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
    • B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1960
    • Honors: cum laude
    • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    • Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha