Distinguished – Experienced – Trusted
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