Rio Grande Lawyers

Matt Besser is a discrimination lawyer in Cleveland, representing employees in employment discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, and wrongful termination cases. In addition to his work at Bolek Besser Glesius LLC, Matt is the General Counsel of the ACLU of Ohio. Matt holds the prestigious “AV Preeminent”® rating from attorney rating service Martindale-Hubbell. U.S. News' Best Lawyers Magazine has repeatedly named him one of the “Best Lawyers” in Cleveland for employment law, and named him the 2022 Cleveland Employment "Lawyer of the Year" for his work representing employees in discrimination cases. For its part, Super Lawyers Magazine has named him to its Cleveland...

I am a civil litigation attorney focusing in the defense of contractors, architects, engineers and other business professionals, as well as insurance carriers in coverage disputes and individual defendants in automobile accident cases. I also represent plaintiffs in personal injury cases, provided there is no conflict, and do some transactional and legal drafting work. Prior to my current position, I was a judicial staff attorney for Judge Michael Jackson in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Before that position, for over nine years, I owned and managed a solo practice. At that time, I focused my practice in...

Simon W. Johnson operates a full service, general practice law firm where he continually strives to provide premier service to satisfied clients at affordable rates.

My focus is on problem solving and I've been doing it for 25 years now. By this, I mean getting results by doing whatever it takes, whether by negotiation, settlement, jury trial, or appeal all the way up to the Supreme Court.

Neal E. Shapero is the managing shareholder of the law firm of Shapero | Roloff Co., L.P.A. and has over 30 years of experience representing injured persons and their families throughout Ohio and across the country. Neal is an experienced litigator and has conducted numerous trials with a high rate of success. His reputation and experience have led to frequent requests by colleagues, throughout the country, to serve as co-counsel in complex and sophisticated matters such as medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, railroad injury cases, products liability, wrongful death, civil rights violations and commercial litigation. ...

Subodh (rhymes with “abode”) Chandra (rhymes with “tundra”) is the founding and managing partner of The Chandra Law Firm LLC. Chandra’s practice focuses on high-profile civil-rights appellate litigation; and on internal investigations and white-collar-criminal law, in both federal and state courts. The litigation that Chandra handles often has a crisis-communications, public-policy dimension. He's admitted to practice law in California, Ohio, and New Mexico (inactive), and federal courts across America. Before founding the firm, Chandra served as Director of Law of the City of Cleveland, a billion-dollar corporation. Chandra led the work of an 82-lawyer department with both criminal and civil divisions....

Griffin Levy is a Tax attorney serving clients in the Greater Cleveland Area. He assists his clients with IRS civil and criminal investigations, including but not limited to audits, representation before IRS Civil Field Agents (Revenue Officers), collection due process appeals under IRC section 6330, preparation of delinquent returns, representation before the Department of Justice, and Tax Court petitions.

Tameem Ansari is an immigration attorney at the Herman Legal Group. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a minor in Biology from Cleveland State University and went on to receive his Juris Doctor from the Cleveland State University College of Law. Inspired by his immigration journey and driven by a passion for advocating on behalf of underserved communities, Mr. Ansari began his legal career as a prosecutor with the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office in Illinois, where he handled a range of criminal cases. He later transitioned to immigration law, joining a respected firm in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where...

Ruijie Zhang serves as Of Counsel to the Herman Legal Group, bringing over a decade of experience in immigration law. She has a deep understanding of business immigration processes, including H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN, E-3, PERM, and EB-1 cases. Jessica helped various businesses, ranging from small and med-sized enterprises to Fortune 500 companies, navigating immigration matters across industries, such a technology, finance, accounting, legal, architecture and education, among others. She also assisted individuals in reuniting with family and obtaining U.S. green cards. As a first-generation immigrant herself, Jessica deeply understands the challenges her clients face and is committed to guiding them through...

Icove Legal Group Ltd. Is a public interest law firm which handles cases primarily in the areas of social security disability law, consumer law, civil rights law, ADA and housing discrimination law. We do not charge for consultation and many cases can be handled on a contingency fee basis.

"The practice of law gives me an opportunity to get to know and help all types of people. The work never becomes dull because different challenges await me with each case." Attorney David P. Miraldi chose the legal profession based on the example of his father, Ray L. Miraldi, a well-known and respected trial attorney in Lorain County for many years. David graduated from The College of Wooster where he graduated with honors and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. In 1978, he graduated summa cum laude from the Ohio State University College of Law where he published several...

Welcome to the Law Offices of Owen Dunn Jr., Bankruptcy Attorney. We are a full-service bankruptcy law firm providing legal assistance to individuals and families in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, including Toledo, Bowling Green, Findlay, Monroe, Detroit and the surrounding communities. As a distinguished member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, I along with my staff, have the legal knowledge, resources and experience to help you. We have helped thousands of clients get a fresh start. If you are in need of an experienced, professional and compassionate Ohio or Michigan bankruptcy attorney, please contact...

Rick is an attorney in Middleburg Heights, Ohio who works mainly in Family Law (Divorce, Support, Custody, etc.). In additional to representing litigants in divorce, custody, and support matters, he also acts as a Guardian ad Litem and represents the rights of children. His practice also includes work in Probate (Wills, Trusts, Estates, etc.), Criminal, and Appellate Advocacy, and provides services throughout Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Medina counties. He graduated from Ohio Northern University with his Bachelors of Science Degree in 2003 and went on to receive his law degree from Ohio Northern University in 2006. ...

An immigrant helping Immigrants. Jorge is from Bogota, Colombia, where he became a lawyer in 1988. Moved to the United States in 2001 and since 2009 opened his practice where he serves the immigrant community. Now with two other bi-lingual attorneys in his firm he serves the immigrant community in immigration and criminal matters. We take pride in the quality of our services.

Jesse Knowlden has a general practice with an emphasis in criminal defense and civil litigation. He has successfully represented and defended clients facing a range of charges from minor misdemeanors to murder. In the civil context, Jesse has achieved favorable outcomes for his clients in a wide variety of litigation and business matters. Jesse was a law clerk with Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford for two years before becoming an attorney. In law school, he served as a member of the University of Cincinnati Law Review and had two articles published. Prior to joining the firm, Jesse served as a fellow...

Mr. Hilgeman concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence and product liability. He is recognized by Martindale-Hubbell as an AV Preeminent attorney (highest peer rating standard which signifies that peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence for legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards) and a Super Lawyers Rising Star (less than 2.5% of all attorneys in Ohio under the age of 40). Mr. Hilgeman is also rated as a Top Attorney by AVVO (10.0/10.0) and has received the AVVO Client’s Choice Award and Martindale-Hubbell’s Client Distinction Award for...

Justin Sanders focuses his practice on civil litigation with an emphasis on wrongful death and catastrophic injury in car and truck wreck cases. Justin has a long record of success helping families who suffered injury through no fault of their own and extensive courtroom and first chair jury trial experience. Justin attended the University of Chicago, then transferred to the University of Kentucky, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Justin played on the varsity baseball teams at both schools and earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll each year while at UK. In 2004, Justin graduated Cum Laude from...

Mr. Larson is an attorney and managing member at Larson, Lyons & Al-Hamdani LLC in Dayton, Ohio. The firm limits itself, almost totally, to immigration law. He served in the US Peace Corps in Turkey from 1967 to 1969. He has worked on a wide variety of legal matters during his thirty five years of practice. He spends almost all of his professional time on immigration law issues and has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for over thirty years, having joined on July 27, 1987. He is married to Roberta Longfellow, a retired housing planner....

I assist clients with assessing their personal goals with regard to the management of their assets during life and the transfer of assets upon death. This assistance includes the preparation of Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, and related documents. Of particular importance is planning for the transfer/distribution of retirement accounts and IRA accounts to children and/or grandchildren while minimizing the income tax burden association with such accounts.

In addition to estate planning, I assist clients with Medicaid & VA planning including the establishment of Medicaid qualifying trusts and trusts that qualify for...

Jessica primarily practices in the areas of Estate Planning, Business Law, Litigation, Tax Law, Estate Planning and Liquor Law. More specifically, she also assists in the practices areas of Wills, Contracts, Business and Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Real Estate. Jessica earned her B.A. in Justice in Public Policy from Concordia University Wisconsin in 2009, and also obtained her J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan in 2012. Prior to working at Hurley Law, Jessica was an Associate Attorney at Paskel, Tashman, and Walker until 2013, and was an intern at Legal Aid for three years. She...

My personal practice is focused on business law, business litigation, and commercial real estate matters. I manage of team of excellent lawyers that practice in nearly all practice areas.

Elizabeth S. Tuck (formerly Loring) is the founder of The Tuck Firm, LLC ( formerly the Loring Law Office). Lisa has over 16 years' experience advising organizations and individuals on all aspects of employment law in the public and private sector. Lisa has litigated over 80 employment matters in state and federal court and has successfully resolved over 220 employment–related disputes outside of litigation.

The firm’s mission is to provide focused legal guidance to resolve employment disputes and challenges with minimized risk and maximized results. The firms focuses on all aspects of employment law in the private and public...

Dan Haughey is a Warren County lawyer who proudly represent clients throughout southwest Ohio in matters of criminal defense, personal injury, and business law. Partner at Haughey & Niehaus, Dan brings exceptional insights to every case he handles. As a former prosecutor, he is backed by the insider knowledge to craft a proactive defense for his clients, even in tough felony cases. As he has been elected to the office of part-time judge, his extensive legal experience has proven invaluable in his personal injury and business law practice. Contact his Warren County law firm 24/7 to find trusted legal answers.

I represent clients in civil and appellate litigation at Phillips Law Firm, Inc., located in Montgomery, Ohio, just outside Cincinnati. My primary practice areas are contract and real estate disputes. I work hard to resolve every case efficiently and effectively, whether through negotiation, litigation, or appeal. Before joining Phillips Law Firm, I served for two years as a judicial law clerk with the Ohio First District Court of Appeals. That role gave me deep insight into how appellate decisions are made and sharpened my skills in legal research, analysis, and persuasive writing. I worked on a wide range of cases, including...

Mr. Stadnicar graduated with his law degree (1990) and MBA (1989) from the Ohio State University and began his legal career in 1990 as prosecutor for the cities of Beavercreek and Fairborn, Ohio. He also practiced in the private sector with the law firm of Gerald E. Schlafman & Associates. In 1995, Mr. Stadnicar opened his own law firm in Beavercreek as he continued to prosecute for the City of Beavercreek. In 1996, Mr. Stadnicar associated his practice with the law firm of Hammond and Stier. After several years his firm merged with Hammond and Stier,...

Maxwell Newsome is a sharp, young attorney who represents clients in probate, trust, security clearance, appellate advocacy (Civil and Criminal), and general civil litigation matters. Maxwell has the eagerness and expertise you are looking for in an attorney. Maxwell is a graduate of Cornerstone University, which he attended on a bowling and academic scholarship. He then graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law and its and Leadership Honors Program. While at Dayton, Maxwell competed in the Attorney General Mock Trial Competition, where he won a Best Attorney award. He was also the Outside Articles Editor on the...

Engel began his career as a prosecutor in 2001 by serving as an Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. In 2002, he moved to Ohio and took a position as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney working for Judge Rachel Hutzel in Warren County, Ohio. In Warren County, he handled some of the office’s most challenging and high-profile cases, including death penalty cases and cases featured on national news programs like 48 Hours. Engel rose to lead the office’s appellate division, where he not only handled appeals for the office, but was also called upon by state and national law enforcement...

Barbara Strady devotes her law practice to helping injury victims. Barb is willing and eager to take difficult cases that other lawyers refuse because she wants to help people. She has a history of winning difficult cases for her clients. Barb puts herself in her clients’ shoes and takes a personal approach to each case she accepts. Most of Barb’s clients have her cell phone and consider Barb to be, not only their lawyer, but also a friend. Through this approach, Barb has made long lasting friendships with her former clients and frequently receives referrals...

Before launching his own practice, Brian served as an Assistant Public Defender in Portage County, Ohio. While there, Brian made a name for himself by putting his own freedom at risk in order to defend his client's rights. When ordered by a rogue judge to proceed to trial after a mere two hours assigned to the case, Brian declined to begin the trial because he did not want to sacrifice the client's right to effective assistance of counsel and a fair trial. Brian was immediately arrested for refusing the judge's illegal orders. The case garnered national attention. The National Association...

Described by his clients as a natural-born problem-solver, Attorney Matthew A. Mishak is the best choice for helping you through your legal issues in Lorain County.

After graduating summa cum laude, in the top ten percent of his class from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 2006, Attorney Mishak served as an assistant Lorain County Prosecutor (LCPO) (Dennis P. Will) for six years before becoming the Chief Prosecutor for the City of Elyria.

Former Prosecutor
As an Assistant County Prosecutor, Attorney Mishak represented various County entities, including the Lorain County Commissioners, Lorain County Job and Family Services (LCJFS), the Lorain County Health Department,...

Business owners need an attorney who understands their passions and can guide them through the complicated and sometimes bumpy road of owning a business. Business owners need an attorney to help them at the starting block, along the course and at the finish line – guiding them as they build their dreams. This is where we come in. My firm is a boutique business and transactional law firm, focusing on entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses across the United States and even overseas. Building on my experiences as a business owner and managing a business, I started my law...

Mr. Atkins practices in the areas of Domestic Relations (Divorce), Criminal Defense, Personal Injury (Wrongful Death), Evictions (Civil), and Probate and Estates. 90% of his practice is devoted to Litigation. He also is often an acting prosecutor and acting judge. Chris represents his clients with the intentions of helping them even after the case settles. His goal is to not only win the case, but to help his client’s take the correct next steps after the case. As a tenured lawyer, Chris is dedicated to helping his clients in their time of need.

David Harman focuses his practice on personal injury, mass tort, and class action litigation. David has considerable experience representing individuals in complex products liability cases against some of the largest pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in the world. For example, David was significantly involved in the Yaz/Yasmin (Drospirenone) Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2100), representing women who suffered injuries as a result of their use of Bayer’s oral contraceptives. David also helped represent hundreds of children that suffered birth defects caused by the drug Depakote. David has also worked on the Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2545), Fosamax...

I am a civil litigation attorney from Northeast Ohio practicing all over the state and into other states. I practice in all facets of civil litigation, with a heavy emphasis in construction law.

I also act as a private mediator and am adept at solving all types of civil disputes.

I have maintained an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell since 2019 indicating the highest level of legal ability and ethical standards.

For nearly 20 years, Eric Steiden has been working arduously for business owners and other professionals who have found themselves overwhelmed with the accumulation of debt and/or other financial pressures. He has filed thousands of cases to help individuals and business owners explore bankruptcy options that will benefit their needs most and help ease the associated monetary burdens into manageably controlled assets, once again. Bankruptcy may seem intimidating, but it's becoming increasingly more common for both businesses and families to seek out the help of an experienced bankruptcy attorney when struggling with the difficult decision of whether to file for...

Dallas Hartman of Dallas W. Hartman P.C., Attorneys at Law serves clients from six office locations throughout Northwestern Pennsylvania and Ohio in injury matters. He has been named one of the Top Lawyers in Pennsylvania by Super Lawyers for the five years in a row.

Attorney at Law Chris Davis, holds a Master's Degree in Psychology. Current remote areas of practice of law includes immigration law and family law. Currently, traveling throughout six S/E Asian countries, China, and Japan.

Growing up in Youngstown and being the son of a steelworker, I knew early on in law school that I wanted to practice in an area of law that affected people in their daily lives. What we do at Heller, Maas, Moro and Magill is help people with the difficulties that on the job injuries and physical and mental impairments bring to working families. I have had the privilege of working with thousands of working people and have seen the hardships legal issues can create for them. Having worked both in steel mills and at GM-Lordstown, I believe I bring...