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Thomas R. Theado
Born Columbus, Ohio, December 27, 1950, admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio.

Education and Experience
Oberlin College (B.A., with honors, 1974); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., with honors, 1979). Order of the Coif. Order of Barristers. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Business Organization, Phi Delta Phi Award for his graduating class. For his participation in continuing legal education "at a rate twice that required for licensure," Tom has been awarded membership in the college of his state bar association annually since 1984. The national publication "Lawyers Weekly" included Tom Theado in its 1995 series of articles featuring the country's top trial lawyers.

Member

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• American College of Legal Medicine
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Cleveland Academy of Trial Lawyers
• American, Ohio, and Lorain County Bar Associations

Publications

• "Common Fund Awards in Statutory Fee Cases", 18 Class Action Reports 83 (1995)
• "The Stigma Damages Rulings in DeSario v. Industrial Excess Landfill" (1996)
• "Class Certification in Professional Negligence Cases" (1996)
• "Drug and Medical Device Class Actions" (1998)
• "The Class Action Lawsuit in Ohio" (1999 and 2000)
• "Trial Advocacy in Ohio; A Plaintiff's Perspective" (2000)
• "Civil Practice in Ohio" (2001)
• "Powerful Evidence in Ohio Civil Litigation" (2002)
• "Advanced Trial Advocacy in Ohio" (2004)
• "Admissibility of Evidence and Expert Testimony in Ohio" (2004)
• "Introduction to The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005" (2005)
• "Jurisdictional Questions and Answers After the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005" (2005)
• "An Overview of The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005" (2005)
• "Getting Scientific and Expert Testimony into Evidence" (2005 & 2006)

Presentations and Seminars

• "Stigma Related Damages," Mealey's New Exposures Toxic and Mass Tort Conference (Philadelphia, PA - 1996)
• "Class Action Opportunities in Professional Negligence Cases," American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys' Annual Seminar (San Francisco, CA - 1996)
• "Plaintiff Class Actions: Their Purposes, Requisites and Pathology," Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH - 1997 and 1998)
• "Don't Overlook Class Actions," Texas Trial Lawyers Association Conference (Houston, TX - 1998),
• "Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in Ohio," National Business Institute (Cleveland, OH - 1999)
• "Economic Proofs of Liability and Damages in Class Action Suits," Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH - 1999)
• "How to Recognize Your Class Action Clients Before You See Them to the Door," Erie County (Pennsylvania) Bar Association (Erie, PA - 1999)
• "Trial Advocacy in Ohio," National Business Institute (Cleveland, OH - 2000)
• "Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in Ohio," Lorain County (Ohio) Bar Association (Elyria, OH - 2000)
• "Preparing Your Complaint o et Your Claims to the Jury," Lorain County (Ohio) Bar Association (Elyria OH - 2001)
• "Defeating the Complaint, and Not Having to Answer," Lorain County (Ohio) Bar Association (Elyria, OH - 2001)
• "Summary Judgments: What They Are," Lorain County (Ohio) Bar Association (Elyria, OH - 2001)
• "Summary Judgments: When, Why, and Why Not." Lorain County (Ohio) Bar Association (Elyria, OH - 2001)
• "Powerful Evidence in Ohio Civil Litigation," National Business Institute (Cleveland, OH - 2002)
• "The Economic Principles Underlying Class Litigation," Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH - 2002)
• "Getting Things In, and Keeping Stuff Out: Almost Everything You Need To Know About Evidence," Lorain County (Ohio) Bar Association (Elyria, OH - 2002)
• "In Vitro Fertilization and Probate Issues," Lorain County (Ohio) Bar Association (Oberlin, OH - 2002)
• "Advanced Trial Advocacy in Ohio," National Business Institute (Cleveland, OH - 2004)
• "Admissibility of Evidence and Expert Testimony in Ohio," National Business Institute (Cleveland, OH - 2004)
• "A Critical Update on The Class Action Fairness Act in Ohio," National Business Institute (Cleveland, OH - 2005)
• "Practicing Under The Class Action Fairness Act Of 2005," HalfMoon Seminars (Cleveland, OH - 2005)
• "How to Get Your Expert Testimony Admitted into Evidence in Ohio" (Cleveland, OH - 2005)
• "How to Get Evidence and Expert Testimony Admitted into Court" (Cleveland, OH - 2006)

Practice Areas

• Complex Civil Litigation
• Class Actions
• Wrongful Death
• Medical Malpractice
• Consumer Rights