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    Civil Litigation

    Brett K. Bacon

    Frantz Ward LLP

    Cleveland, OH

    About

    Brett represents insurers, lenders, transporters, manufacturers, and other business entities in all aspects of litigation in the federal and state courts, and before various arbitration venues. He has tried to verdict, before juries and courts, class actions, insurance, product liability, lender liability cases, commercial, trucking, real estate, and other business disputes. He has defended insurers in all aspects of commercial, life, health and disability coverage. He has tried or negotiated lender disputes involving letters of credit, repurchase agreements, revolving credit agreements, mortgage priority issues, usury and point disputes, and participation agreements. He has defended lenders in nearly all aspects of consumer claims, including class actions. Brett is a frequent speaker at lender, trucking, insurance, and other litigation seminars. He appears before the Supreme Court of Ohio and various federal circuit courts. He is also an experienced American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitrator, having been involved in numerous commercial and insurance arbitrations, with formal training both by the AAA and the Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) Institute for Dispute Resolution.

    Overview

    Practice focus

    Civil Litigation

    Firm

    Frantz Ward LLP

    Office details

    Location

    200 Public Square, Suite 3000
    Cleveland, OH 44114

    Services

    Practice areas

    Civil LitigationPersonal Injury

    Languages

    English

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    Credentials

    Bar admissions

    • Ohio, State of Ohio

    Education

    • Northwestern University, J.D., graduated 1972
    • University of Dubuque, B.A., graduated 1969

    Affiliations

    • American Bar Association - Member (1972-Present)
    • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association - Member (1973-Present)
    • Defense Research Institute - Member (1973-Present)
    • The Federation of Defense Corporate Counsel - Member
    • ALFA International Global Legal Network - Board of Directors, Executive Committee & Treasurer (2014-Present)
    • Insurance Roundtable Program—Chair, New York City (2017)
    • The British-American Chamber of Commerce - Member (2013)
    • Cleveland Play House - Past Trustee and Past President of Men's Committee
    • Red Oak Camp - Past Trustee
    • Church of the Western Reserve - Past Elder
    • Pepper Pike Civic League - Past Trustee
    • Frantz Ward LLP - Founding Partner