Nominated by our clients, Gallagher Sharp was selected by American Lawyer Media's Corporate Counsel magazine as one of the 2010 "Go-To Law Firms®" for the Top 500 Companies for Labor and Employment and Litigation Services. This is the third year in a row that Gallagher Sharp has been selected as a Go-To Law Firm®.

George Carr authored "Copyright Misuse: An Overview" for the American Bar Association's Intellectual Property Litigation, a Newsletter published by the Intellectual Property Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 16-17, Summer 2010.

Al Stephens published "Keys to Successfully Defending Professional Liability Claims", for the Inside the Minds, Professional Liability Law series published by Thomson Reuters/Aspatore, 2010.

Monica Sansalone authored "The Legal Malpractice Trifecta by the Supreme Court of Ohio" for the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys' Spring Quarterly, Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 3-6, Spring 2010.

• The Legal Malpractice Trifecta by the Supreme Court of Ohio
• Copyright Misuse: An Overview

Julie Juergens and Catey Peters spoke at the 10th Annual Northern Ohio Labor and Employment Conference sponsored by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association on June 24, 2010. Julie presented "The Impact of Gross v. FBL Fin. Servs. on State and Federal
Employment Litigation," and Catey presented a one hour CLE presentation on Professionalism.

Monica Sansalone served on the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's June 9, 2010 panel entitled, "Professionalism: Now & In The Future."

Tim Fitzgerald spoke at the Ohio State Bar Association's Appellate Practice seminar on April 18, 2010. Tim's topic was "Appeals in Federal Court" which outlined how appellate practice differs in state and federal court.

John Travis spoke at the Annual Presidents Day Municipal Law Seminar sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Law Director's Association and the Government Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association on February 11, 2010. John's topic was "Defending Section 1983 Actions".

Joe Pappalardo spoke at the Transportation Lawyers Association Regional Meeting in Chicago on January 22, 2010. Joe spoke on "Emerging Evidentiary Issues in Trucking Litigation: Preventability Analysis, SafeState and CSA2010".

Gallagher Sharp's Twenty-Sixth Annual Spring Legal Seminar was held on Friday, June 11, 2010, at the Embassy Suites in Independence. Over 200 attendees heard presentations on Social Networking, Judicial Ethics, Subrogation, Bankruptcy, and an update of recent Appellate decisions. We were honored to have as our guest speaker the Hon. Melody Stewart of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Appellate District, who gave an interesting and informative presentation on the appellate process.

• Social Media and the Adversary Process
• Judicial Conflicts of Interest
• Implications of Bankruptcy on Litigation
• Ohio Subrogation Law
• Update of Significant Federal and State Appellate Decisions

Our newest attorney Mark Thompson. Welcome to the Ohio Bar.

Joe Pappalardo on his appointment as General Counsel of the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA).

Alan Petrov who has been appointed to the Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists, Supreme Court of Ohio.

Marie Haessly who has successfully completed the Ohio State Bar Association Paralegal Certification Process and is now an OSBA Certified Paralegal.

Tim Fitzgerald who has been appointed to serve on the 12-member Ohio State Bar Association Appellate Law Specialty Board.

Deborah Yue who was elected to serve as a Trustee of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.

Gallagher Sharp is pleased to announce new partner Teri Richthammer. Teri joined Gallagher Sharp as an Associate in 2003 and is active in the firm's Professional Liability Practice Group. She defends professional negligence claims, primarily focusing on attorney and physician malpractice, and errors and omissions by real estate agents. Prior to joining Gallagher Sharp she served as a Staff Attorney to the Honorable Janet R. Burnside, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. She is a 1997, magna cum laude, graduate of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and a 1994 graduate of Michigan State University. She currently serves on the Litigation Section Council of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.

Gallagher Sharp's Sheila McKeon has been selected to be a Fellow of the Litigation Council of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society established to reflect the new face of the American bar. Membership is limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. The composition of the LCA is aggressively diverse, with recognition of excellence among American litigation and trial counsel across all segments of the bar.

Recognized by their peers as being outstanding in the legal profession, our 2010 Ohio Super Lawyers include: Tom Dover, Tim Fitzgerald, Joe Pappalardo, Paul Schumacher, Al Stephens and John Travis, and our 2010 Rising Stars include Catey Peters, Mike Pike, and Rich Rezie.

We are also proud to announce that selected as a Super Lawyer for the July 2010 Corporate Counsel edition is John Travis for insurance coverage, and for the September 2010 Corporate Counsel edition, Tom Dover and Paul Schumacher for Litigation.

Tom Dover has been selected for the Best Lawyers in America 2010 edition. Featured in national publications and based on peer review surveys, Best Lawyers is regarded as "the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States".

For the Ninth year in a row in it's December 2009 issue, Inside Business Magazine has again named Paul Schumacher as one of five leading commercial lawyers in Northeast Ohio. This searchable database of the area's best is made up of the lawyers chosen by their peers as the top in their profession.