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Carl E. Cormany 
Cleveland, Ohio
Partner
phone (440) 248-7906 (Ext. 129)
fax (440) 248-8861
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Carl has been an attorney with Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A. since 2001, establishing his practice in the Cleveland office. Before his work at MR&R, Carl practiced with Goldfarb & Reznick and independently in Cleveland, and he held three judicial clerkships. He worked for the Honorable Lesley Wells of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the Honorable David D. Dowd, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the judges in the Canton office of the Ohio Fifth District Court of Appeals.

In his areas of emphasis, Carl has gained a broad perspective of employment law through the representation of employers, and occasionally employees, in actions involving ADA, ADEA, Title VII, OSHA, wrongful discharge, and intentional tort by employer. He also represents political subdivisions and their employees in civil rights cases and other litigation against them, and he practice in the employment field. He has litigated cases involving matters such as contracts, commercial transactions, deceptive trade practices, product liability, ERISA, and land use, at all levels of state and federal courts. Carl has also represented management in Labor Board proceedings, collective bargaining negotiations, and arbitrations, and has counseled local, regional, and international clients on a wide variety of labor issues.

Areas of Practice:
Employment Law - Title VII, ADEA, ADA, ERISA
Commercial Transactions
Contracts
Deceptive Trade Practices
Product Liability
Land Use
Civil Rights
Bar Admissions:
Ohio, 1980
U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1983
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1986
Education:
The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980
J.D.


Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1977
A.B.
Honors: Cum Laude


Representative Cases:
Appleton v. First National Bank of Ohio, 62 F.3d 79 (6th Cir. 1995)
Yellow Cab of Cleveland, Inc. v. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, 72 Ohio App.3d 558 (Cuyahoga County 1991)
Robinson v. Central Brass Mfg. Co., 818 F.Supp. 207 (N.D. Ohio 1991)
Northern Ohio Sign Contractors Assn. v. Lakewood, 32 Ohio St.3d 316 (  1987)
Welsh v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 36 Ohio App.3d (Cuyahoga County 1987)
Past Employment Positions:
Hon. Lesley Wells of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Judicial Clerkship


Hon. David D. Dowd, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Judicial Clerkship


Judges, Canton office of the Ohio Fifth District Court of Appeals, Judicial Clerkship


Contact the attorneys at MAZANEC, RASKIN, RYDER & KELLER Co. L.P.A. regarding any municipal law, insurance defense, or business related matter. The attorneys at our Cleveland office can be reached at (440) 248-7906 and the lawyers at our Columbus office can be reached at (614) 228-5931. Our firm can also be contacted by e-mail or by filling out the intake form on our Contact Us page.


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