David A. Kutik
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Cleveland, OH
Litigation, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Construction, Business Law
North Point, 901 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
About David A. Kutik
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Class Actions
- Commercial Law
- Construction
- Business Law
Education
- Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1980J.D.
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Colgate University, 1977A.B.
- Honors: With Honors
Representative Cases
- Centerior Energy obtains injunctive relief and $12 million judgment against investment advisor
- CenterPoint obtains dismissal of consumer class action filed against several gas utilities challenging the Low Income Customer Reconnection Policy (2009)
- Cleveland Bar Association obtains injunction against marketing "living trusts" to senior citizens and receives award of largest civil penalty in the country for unauthorized practice of law (2009)
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation successfully prosecutes appeal of largest medical malpractice verdict in Ohio (2009)
- Crocker Park obtains summary judgment dismissing action seeking to enjoin financing and construction of project (2009)
- Dominion East Ohio obtains $40 million increase in base rates, and applies for over $100 million in infrastructure improvements and meter technology (2009)
- Dominion East Ohio seeks regulatory approval to exit the natural gas merchant function
- Dominion East Ohio successfully defends against class action alleging Fair Credit Reporting Act violations (2009)
- East Ohio Gas obtains dismissal of mandamus action seeking to require natural gas utility to purchase mineral rights
- Entergy wins dismissal of action claiming breach of a purported power sales arising from a "bookout"
- FirstEnergy defeats complaint brought by a municipal electric utility that sought to challenge fees (2009)
- FirstEnergy defeats complaint seeking to enjoin FirstEnergy's unregulated HVAC and electric contracting affiliates from engaging in business (2009)
- FirstEnergy obtains preliminary and permanent injunction and money judgment against competitor based on Lanham Act and other violations (2009)
- FirstEnergy obtains writ of prohibition preventing Court of Common Pleas from asserting jurisdiction over counterclaims challenging the company's compliance with PUCO regulations (2009)
- FirstEnergy obtains writ of prohibition preventing Court of Common Pleas from asserting jurisdiction over state antitrust claim
- FirstEnergy successfully challenges municipality's attempt to charge right-of-way fees to public utilities
- FirstEnergy successfully resolves series of cases arising from 2003 blackout (2009)
- FirstEnergy wins approval of electric security plan (2009)
- Lamson & Sessions prosecutes action against insider shareholders and directors of YSD Inc. for breach of contract and other claims (2009)
- LTV Steel asserts engineering malpractice claim against Baker over failed landfill
- Medina Supply defends against series of allegations of defective concrete (2009)
- OG&E obtains writ of prohibition enjoining purported class action challenging electric utility billing practices (2009)
- OG&E wins dismissal of writ action seeking to enjoin administrative review of $1.8 billion generation facility construction project (2009)
- Oklahoma Gas and Electric obtains judgment reversal in take or pay case
- Oklahoma Gas and Electric wins jury verdict defending claim arising from "take or pay" natural gas contract
- PSEG wins dismissal of suit seeking return to customers "stranded costs" recovered as part of electric industry deregulation (2009)
- Sherwin-Williams pursues declaratory judgment action for insurance coverage of public nuisance litigation against lead pigment manufacturers (2009)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
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