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Overview
Brett represents insurers, lenders, transporters, manufacturers, and other business entities in all aspects of litigation in the federal and state courts, and before various arbitration venues. He has tried to verdict, before juries and courts, class actions, insurance, product liability, lender liability cases, commercial, trucking, real estate, and other business disputes. He has defended insurers in all aspects of commercial, life, health and disability coverage. He has tried or negotiated lender disputes involving letters of credit, repurchase agreements, revolving credit agreements, mortgage priority issues, usury and point disputes, and participation agreements. He has defended lenders in nearly all aspects of consumer claims, including class actions. Brett is a frequent speaker at lender, trucking, insurance, and other litigation seminars. He appears before the Supreme Court of Ohio and various federal circuit courts. He is also an experienced American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitrator, having been involved in numerous commercial and insurance arbitrations, with formal training both by the AAA and the Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) Institute for Dispute Resolution.
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Awards
Litigation - Insurance, Cleveland (2021)
- Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list (2006-2019)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Commercial Litigation (2005-2019) and Litigation-Insurance (2018-2019)
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated—Martindale-Hubbell
- Recipient of the Professional Achievement Award from the University of Dubuque (2015)
Education
Northwestern University, J.D.
Graduated 1972
University of Dubuque, B.A.
Graduated 1969
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (216) 515-1628
200 Public Square, Suite 3000
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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