Joe Nicholas Named 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for Transportation Law by Best Lawyers
Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., LPA (MRR) is proud to announce that attorney Joseph F. Nicholas, Jr. has been chosen Cleveland’s 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” in Transportation Law by Best Lawyers. Only one lawyer in each practice area from each of the major metropolitan areas in Ohio is honored as “Lawyer of the Year.” Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting thousands of confidential peer-review surveys. Lawyers honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings by earning the respect of their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.
Joe is President and Managing Partner of MRR, which has offices in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, and Lexington, Kentucky. He has a diverse legal practice with an emphasis on handling commercial trucking (long haul and short haul) and commercial coach carrier matters. His practice also includes the defense of professionals including lawyers, accountants, doctors, dentists, architects and insurance agents and brokers throughout his career.
In addition, he has significant experience litigating bad faith claims as well as defending various third-party matters, including general liability, product liability and construction defects. Joe has an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and was also selected as a Best Lawyer in America for Transportation Law in 2018.
Prior to being named President and Managing Partner in 2012, Joe served as the firm’s Administrative Partner of its Cleveland office from 2000-2012.
Active in a number of professional organizations, he is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association; the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association; the Professional Liability Defense Federation (Past Chair of Insurance Agents & Brokers Committee); Claims and Litigation Management Alliance; the Trucking Industry and Defense Association; and Your House Counsel, in which he currently serves as the Group Chair.
