Douglas N. Godshall
Work in Attorneys Mediation Services LLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 47 years of experience
Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
124 15th Street N.W., Canton, OH 44703
About Douglas N. Godshall
Practice Areas
- Mediation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Education
- Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1976Juris Doctor
- Law Review: Law Review, Editor
- Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1972B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: President's Scholar (Top 5% Class)
Classes and Seminars
- Stark County Bar Association, Lectures on professional ethics
- Ohio Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Lecture on arson and bad faith
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Lecture on trial tactics
- Asheville, North Carolina, (Transportation Research Board), Lecture on presentation of crossing cases to 37th Annual Workshop on Transportation Law, 1998 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1976
- Pennsylvania, 1993
- West Virginia, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1978
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1990
- U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia, 1998
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1984
- Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1984
Other Affiliations
- Ohio State Bar Association (Member)
- Akron Bar Association (Member)
- Stark County Bar Association (Member)
- Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member)
- Scanlon/Bell Inn of Court (Master Bencher)
- American Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association, 2000 - 2003 (Board of Governors)
- Ohio State Bar Association, 1994 - 2003 (Council of Delegates)
- Ohio State Bar Association, 2004 - Present (Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee)
- Stark County Bar Association (Chair, Judiciary Committee )
- Stark County Bar Association (Ex-Executive Committee)
- Stark County Bar Association (Ex-Chair Grievance Committee )
- Stark County Bar Association (Ex-Chair Law Day Committee)
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Arbitrator, United Steelworkers of America and The Timken Company
- Ex-Defense Research Institute
- Ex-Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
- Ex-National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Ex-Member, Tort and Risk Management Committee, Transportation Research Board
- Commissioner, Supreme Court of Ohio
- Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists, 1995 - 2000
- Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists, 2000 - 2003 (Chair)
- Commissioner, Ohio State Bar Association on Judicial Candidates, 2004 - 2006
- Ohio State Bar Foundation (Fellow)
Past Positions
- U.S. Army Special Forces, Republic of Vietnam, Sergeant, Honorably Discharged, 1968 - 1969
Fees
- Offers Free Initial Consultation
- Accepts Credit Cards
Office Info
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- 50.6 miles away
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