David W. Neel

Chairperson of the Firm's Employment Law Practice and specializing in plaintiffs-side employment litigation, Mr. Neel received a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Kenyon College, his law degree with honors from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and a Masters Degree in Law from Columbia University Law School. Mr. Neel also served as an Editor of the Cleveland State Law Review. After serving as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Ann Aldrich, United States District Court Judge in Cleveland, Mr. Neel represented Fortune 500 companies in complex commercial and employment litigation. Having extensive experience in defense-side litigation, particularly employment litigation, Mr. Neel brings a unique background to the Firm that enables him to fight toe-to-toe with his former colleagues in the defense bar. Mr. Neel has wide-ranging experience in the trial and appellate divisions in both federal and state courts.

Mr. Neel is an Adjunct Professor of Evidence at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He has lectured on various employment law-related topics and has written articles addressing such topics, most recently on the subject of Employer Vicarious Liability, published in the April 2004 issue of the Cleveland Bar Association Journal. His peers have honored him with a nomination to an officer's position for 2004-2005 in the Litigation Section of the Cleveland Bar Association.

Mr. Neel has devoted significant amounts of his time as a volunteer with the Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland Legal Services Program. He is a member of the Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations and is a member of those associations' employment and litigation sections. He is outside General Counsel and a member of the Advisory Boards of New House Communications, Inc. and Knowbase Networks, both software development and "e-learning" companies.