Robert S. Walker
Work in Jones Day
Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Cleveland, OH
Litigation, Product Liability, Employment, International Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Car Accidents, Insurance, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Business Law, Energy, Oil & Gas Law
North Point, 901 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
About Robert S. Walker
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Product Liability
- Employment
- International Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Car Accidents
- Insurance
- Class Actions
- Commercial Law
- Business Law
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
Education
- Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 1982J.D.
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Dyke College, 1979B.S.
- Honors: summa cum laude
Representative Cases
- American Greetings prevails in $50 million breach of contract action
- Chevron and GM defend against class action arising from business activities during South Africa's apartheid regime
- Chevron Corporation obtains judgment against customer in breach of contract case and successfully defends against counterclaims
- Cooper Tire & Rubber obtains award of full defense costs for environmental matters in Ohio insurance coverage case
- Cooper Tire & Rubber successfully defends against employee wrongful death action
- Cooper Tire & Rubber successfully defends against premises liability and products case
- Cooper Tire wins Ohio court judgment in insurance recovery action against Travelers
- DDR successfully prevents being terminated as the manager of Coventry Real Estate Fund II properties (2009)
- Delphi Automotive summary judgment win in employee disability discrimination action is affirmed on appeal
- Delphi Automotive Systems settles employee action claiming intentional tort
- Delphi successfully defends against sexual harassment litigation
- Deluxe successfully defends against five employment law cases arising out of plant closing
- GM is successful against allegations of religious discrimination
- GM is successful in breach of labor contract action
- GM obtains summary judgment in action of "reverse" discrimination under Title VII and affirmed on appeal
- GM successfully defends summary judgment appeal in personal injury case
- GM's victory of summary judgment in reverse discrimination case affirmed by Court
- Goodrich pursues contract claims against major defense contractor (2009)
- Goodyear defends against retiree class action resulting in a landmark VEBA settlement (2009)
- Kirtland Capital sells portfolio company PVC Container to Castle Harlan
- Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, BOA, and RBS obtain dismissal of action filed by City of Cleveland involving public nuisance claims stemming from inappropriate subprime mortgages
- Lincoln Electric reaches settlement with insurer for past costs and policy coverage for welding product claims
- Mellon Bank dismissal of actuarial malpractice action is affirmed by 6th Circuit
- North American Manufacturing Co. prevails in product liability action involving brick plant explosion
- North American Manufacturing successfully defends against product liability case involving destruction of furnace
- Parker Hannifin defends against nationwide products liability class action (2009)
- Parker Hannifin prevails in two appeals of contract interpretation case
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco summary judgment in Tennessee price discrimination case by cigarette wholesalers is affirmed by Sixth Circuit (2009)
- Sherwin-Williams defends against Illinois statewide class action for medical monitoring costs for lead poisoning allegedly due to ingestion of lead paint
- Sherwin-Williams defends against Milwaukee public nuisance action (2009)
- Sherwin-Williams successfully defends against City of Toledo's public nuisance and related tort claims
- Sherwin-Williams successfully defends judgment in lead paint poisoning case on appeal
- Sherwin-Williams wins preliminary injunction decision in first case invalidating contingency fee agreement on due process grounds (2009)
- Timken wins federal district court jury trial on breach of contract claims against Robert Bosch LLC (2009)
- TRW defends against claims brought by the federal government under the False Claims Act
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
Office Info
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