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Business Litigation

Acting as counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants in court proceedings and arbitration.
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Sometimes disputes become unavoidable.​

The firm represents clients in trial, and before the courts of appeals throughout the state of Ohio. We represent real estate developers and owners, commercial landlords and shopping center developers, commercial tenants, commercial lenders, banks and borrowers and many other business clients in connection with their commercial litigation needs, including lease interpretation and enforcement, contract litigation, construction disputes, foreclosures, commercial evictions, contract claims and other business disputes.

When litigation becomes necessary, our commercial litigation attorneys aggressively work to achieve their clients’ goals. Through litigation, the firm strives to resolve its clients’ disputes as expeditiously and effectively as possible, including enforcement of contract terms, breaches of contract, commercial lending disagreements, foreclosures, enforcements of homeowner and condominium associations declarations and bylaws.

Representative Cases

Strip Delaware, L.L.C. v. Landry’s Restaurants, Inc.

011 -Ohio- 4075, Ohio App. 5 Dist., August 15, 2011 (NO. 2010 CA 00316)

Strip Delaware, L.L.C. v. Landry’s Restaurants, Inc.

191 Ohio App.3d 822, Ohio App. 5 Dist., December 27, 2010 (NO. 2010CA00092, 2010CA00121, 2010CA00146)

Strip Delaware L.L.C. v. Landry’s Restaurants, Inc.

2011 WL 3587455, 2011-Ohio-4075, Ohio App. 5 Dist., August 15, 2011 (NO. 2010 CA 00316)

State ex rel. Curtin v. Indus. Comm.

86 Ohio St.3d 581 (1999)

Stark Commons Ltd. v. Stein Mart, Inc.

2004 WL 2939385 (Ohio App. 5 Dist.), 2004-Ohio-6 (Ohio App. 5 Dist. 2004)

Riser Foods Company v. Shoregate Properties, LLC

2011 WL 3921850 (N.D. Ohio)

Niederst v. Niederst

2014 WL 2566083 (Ohio App. 8th Dist.), 2014-Ohio-2406

Leight v. Osteosymbionics, LLC

2016 WL 19350111 (Ohio 8th Dist. 2016)

Kilroy v. B.H. Lakeshore Co.

111 Ohio App.3d 357 (1996)

Individual Franchised Restaurant Entities

Counsel to the holder of a multiple location quick service restaurant franchise, including the formation of a franchise management entity and individual franchised restaurant entities, and the negotiation of leases for individual restaurants.

In re GMS Mgt. Co., Inc. v. Unpaid Court Costs, Fees & Delinquencies

187 Ohio App.3d 426, Ohio App. 7 Dist., May 14, 2010 (NO. 09 MA 169)

Apex Radiology, Inc. v. F&S Apex, LLC

NO. 1:08CV1406, 2008 WL 5110812 (N.D. Ohio)

Attorneys

Grant W. Marshall

Associate

Christopher O’Connell

Co-President and Principal

Michael R. Stavnicky

Principal

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