James M. Lawniczak
Work in Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Commercial Law, Business Law
The Calfee Building, 1405 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, OH 44114
About James M. Lawniczak
Practice Areas
- Commercial Law
- Business Law
Education
- The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1977J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Law Review: Michigan Law Review, Associate Editor, 1975 - 1977
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Michigan, 1977
- Illinois, 1979
- Ohio, 1989
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- Chicago Bar Association, 1983 - Present (Member, Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee)
- Cleveland Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee)
- Greater Cleveland Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Commercial Law League of America (Member)
- Turnaround Management Association – Northern Ohio Chapter (Former Trustee and Program Committee Chair)
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 2005 - 2009 (Member and Former Trustee)
- CMBA Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, 2003 - 2004 (Member and Former Chair)
- CMBA Lawyer-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Committee, 2011 - 2012 (Former Chair)
- CMBA 3Rs Committee, which directs an award-winning educational program for high school students, 2009 - 2010 (Former Chair)
Past Positions
- Hon. Robert E. DeMascio, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Law Clerk, 1977 - 1979
- Mayer, Brown & Platt, Partner
Articles
Published Works
- A comparison on the American Sherman Antitrust Act and the British Restrictive Trade Practices Act: The Trade Association Experience, Wit h Marting H. Malin, 59 University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law 147, 1982
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Associate
- 30 years of experienceLitigation, Business Law, Securities, Appellate, Health Care Law, Antitrust
- 40 years of experienceIntellectual Property, Science & Technology Law, Patent, Trademarks, Copyrights, Internet
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