Mentor Lawyers

Marilena DiSilvio joined Elk & Elk Co., Ltd., as a partner in 2014. As a former nurse, she focuses her practice on birth injury cases, medical malpractice and personal injury litigation in our Mayfield Heights offices. Marilena is listed in Best Lawyers in America and elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Arthur Elk is a managing member and co-founder of Elk & Elk Co., Ltd. He has represented medical malpractice and wrongful death victims for almost five decades. Art finds great satisfaction in helping injury victims with quality legal services in all major areas of law throughout the state of Ohio.

David Elk is a founding member of Elk & Elk in Ohio. He is a top-rated personal injury lawyer and has helped thousands of medical malpractice and wrongful death victims throughout the state for 50 years.

Jay is a managing partner and personal injury lawyer at Elk & Elk in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. He focuses in state and federal courts on matters of medical malpractice, wrongful death, birth injuries and pharmaceutical product liability cases.

James Michael Kelley III has been included in The Best Lawyers in America, since 2016, for Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation.

Todd Petersen has a lifetime of involvement in Northeast Ohio. His experiences as a resident, business owner and, for 20 years, attorney at law, provide him the firsthand knowledge and the perspective necessary to counsel individuals and small businesses throughout the region.

I am a USPTO admitted patent attorney and, in addition, I am a practicing attorney and a registered pharmacist. I am currently seeking a full time position as a patent attorney.

Accomplished attorney with 10 years of experience as Chief Administrative Officer for a national industrial company and 14 years of experience focusing on general counsel representation and corporate transactions, including but not limited to: business contracts drafting/review/negotiations; business advice and strategic planning; real estate and leasing transactions; regulatory compliance matters; environmental transactions; acquisitions and dispositions; and litigation management/dispute resolution.

Highly experienced in civil litigation including, but not limited to, Employment Discrimination, Personal Injury and Probate.

With pride. I am a triple barred attorney in three states. Ohio, NY. and Florida for 52 years, still active in Ohio and Florida. I have had a number of famous cases and was honored to be chosen to close our WW II embassy in Bonn, Germany. I help people. Highly rated on Google and AVVO. I enjoy providing personal service to people. I am a Supreme Court Mentor and teach lawyers for several years. Lecturing around the country in my areas of practice to lawyers and on behalf of publications and at universities was a pleasure. Thank...

Brittany is a native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and a die-hard Browns and Guardians fan. She is a proud magna cum laude graduate of the Cleveland State University College of Law. She has a bachelor’s degree in business management. Brittany has a background in real estate litigation, bankruptcy, social security disability, and securities arbitration/litigation. Before going to law school, Brittany was a member of the United States International Figure Skating Team, competing internationally on the Junior Grand Prix Ice Dance Circuit in Ukraine and Czech Republic. She has a teenage son and two cats and...

Robert Gross has worked with Elk & Elk since 1992. He is one of the first attorneys in Ohio to be certified as a specialist in the field of workers' compensation. He is currently Of Counsel to Elk & Elk representing injured workers before the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and the Industrial Commission of Ohio.

Managing the careers of professional athletes and coaches.