Graphic announcing that Charity Hyde has been elected as a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

Charity Hyde elected as member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel

Graphic announcing that Charity Hyde has been elected as a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
Perez Morris is proud to announce that Charity Hyde, Chief Diversity Officer and Managing Attorney, has been nominated and elected as a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC). This is a remarkable accomplishment that reflects Charity’s exceptional legal skills, dedication, and commitment to excellence.

As an FDCC member, Charity will be part of an elite community of attorneys committed to fostering the trust and value of fellowship and referrals among their peers. The FDCC is a highly selective organization, with a limit of only 1,300 US attorneys in private practice. We are thrilled that Charity’s extensive experience with aviation, premises liability, insurance fraud investigation, motor vehicle liability, product liability, and environmental and toxic tort litigation, among other areas, has earned her this distinction.

The FDCC’s objectives are to assist in establishing standards for providing competent, efficient and economic legal services; to provide cutting-edge, top-quality continuing legal education for members; and to share members’ knowledge and experience for the promotion of justice and the public good. The Federation’s membership consists of defense lawyers, insurance industry representatives, corporate counsel, and corporate executives with international, national or regional responsibility for the defense of claims and litigation.

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The Intersection of Remote Work and Pay Transparency – The Business Journals quotes Anne Marie Schloemer

Graphic announcing that The Business Journals quoted Anne Marie Schloemer
Anne Marie Schloemer, an attorney at Perez Morris, sheds light on the topic of remote work and the implications of pay transparency laws for employers. Anne explores the nuances of pay transparency regulations and how they differ across various jurisdictions remote work becomes more prevalent, companies are faced with the challenge of understanding how these laws apply to workers who are located in different areas from the company’s headquarters or physical presence.

“For an employer in this position, their best option may be to implement pay transparency company-wide for consistency as well as culture,” Anne notes. She goes on to explain “Pay transparency is also an opportunity for companies to self-audit and ensure their pay practices are proper and not discriminatory based on gender or race,” Anne said. “For any companies who have concerns about what the public would learn if these laws are enacted in their community, now is the time to start making changes.”

Read more here: https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2023/02/07/employment-law-issues-osha-pay-transparency.html

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Perez Morris Announces New Leadership in Cleveland – Strategic hires expand the Columbus-based firm’s offerings to include medical malpractice and pharmacy liability defense

Graphic about Cleveland Announcement Perez Morris Cleveland Leaders
Perez Morris announced today that it welcomes four new attorneys to its Cleveland office. Myra Barsoum Stockett, Jeanne Mullin, and Christine Santoni join the Perez Morris team from Reminger Co., LPA, each bringing a tremendous amount of expertise in their fields of practice. Matthew Turkalj has also joined from Reminger as a key member of the group.

“We are pleased to welcome Myra, Jeanne, Chris, and Matt to the Perez Morris family,” said Perez Morris’ Managing Partner, Sarah Perez. “These strategic hires add to our ever-growing bench of accomplished women trial lawyers and is a significant step in our efforts to expand the scope of top-quality service for our clients.”

These additions will bring medical malpractice and pharmacy liability defense to Perez Morris and greatly enhance the workers’ compensation department in Cleveland. Mullin will chair the firm’s medical malpractice department and will co-manage the Cleveland office with Barsoum Stockett, who will also lead the workers’ compensation group in Cleveland.

“We are eager to get started and to build on the exceptional work being done here,” said Mullin. Mullin, a Cleveland native, brings 23 years of medical and pharmacy law experience with her, along with numerous recognitions, including most recently being honored as Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year 2022 – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants – Cleveland.” “Combined, Chris and I have tried over 100 medical malpractice jury cases, and we look forward to forging this new path together.”

Barsoum Stockett likewise has over 23 years of experience and is highly regarded among her peers. “This move will provide an opportunity for me to build on the existing workers’ compensation reputation of Perez Morris and to continue to grow this practice area in Cleveland,” she said. “I am excited to not only focus on workers’ compensation but also to expand our employment law group and help grow the Perez Morris footprint in Northeast Ohio.”

This latest expansion follows Perez Morris’ acquisition of the Giffen & Kaminski firm last year, making Perez Morris the largest certified woman-owned law firm in the state of Ohio.

 

About Perez Morris
Perez Morris is a woman-owned business law firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with offices in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, and attorneys licensed to practice across the country. We guide our clients to manage their risks and make deals happen. We provide general counsel, business litigation, professional and general liability defense, and commercial transactional services nationwide with a focus on cost-effective, practical, industry-savvy advice that allows our clients to continue to grow and thrive.

 

Read Press Coverage Here:

Cleveland Business Journal (February 6, 2023) – Perez Morris adds four attorneys to Cleveland law office

Crain’s Cleveland Business (February 7, 2023) – Perez Morris law firm names inaugural co-leaders for its Cleveland office

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Ildiko A. Szucs Selected to 2023 Class of FDCC Ladder Down Cleveland

Graphic announcing that Ildiko A. Szucs has been selected to 2023 Class of FDCC Ladder Down Cleveland

Perez Morris is pleased to announce that Ildiko A. Szucs has been selected to the 2023 Class of FDCC Ladder Down Cleveland.

Ladder Down is a year-long program for women lawyers dedicated to leadership empowerment, business development, and mentoring. Founded in 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona, by Alison Christian and Beth Fitch to help women attorneys obtain leadership roles within their firms, Ladder Down has expanded under the leadership of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC). Ladder Down is entering its fifth program year in Cleveland, Ohio.

Ildi joined the Perez Morris Cleveland office in 2022. She focuses her practice on workers’ compensation law and has also represented clients in the areas of motor vehicle liability, premises liability, catastrophic injury and wrongful death.

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Charity C. Hyde and Matthew Hyde To Attend Loss Executive Association 2023 Conference

Graphic announcing that Charity C. Hyde and Matthew Hyde To Attend Loss Executive Association 2023 Conference

Members of the Perez Morris team, Charity C. Hyde (Managing Attorney & Chief Diversity Officer) and Matthew Hyde (Business Development), will attend the upcoming Loss Executives Association (LEA) 2023 Annual Meeting & Education Conference. The conference will be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from January 25th – 27th, 2023. LEA provides key stakeholders in the property insurance industry with a forum for the discussion, study and consideration of common loss adjustment problems to explore options and alternatives.

Register and learn more about LEA 2023.

Read more about Perez Morris’s Property Loss & Subrogation practice.

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Perez Morris names Charity C. Hyde Chief Diversity Officer

Graphic announcing that Perez Morris has named Charity C. Hyde Chief Diversity Officer
Perez Morris is proud to announce that Charity C. Hyde has been named Chief Diversity Officer. With the creation of this new role, the women-owned firm continues to focus on providing opportunities for the advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal industry and in our communities.

Charity is an active champion of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and within her community. She is an active member of the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee, as well as the DRI Diversity for Success Seminar and Corporate Expo Planning Committee. She serves as the Marketing Chair for both. Charity also serves as a mentor for the DRI Diverse Rainmaker Mentoring Program in which ten attorneys with no more than ten years of civil litigation experience are selected for the program. Each mentee is paired with a corporate counsel mentor, as well as a DRI Diversity & Inclusion senior committee member mentor. Charity is also an active member of the National Retail and Restaurant Defense Association’s (NRRDA) Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, as well the National African American Insurance Association (NAAIA), the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) – where she serves on the Insurance PAC Committee, the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), the International Aviation Women’s Association (IAWA), the Association of Professional Insurance Women (APIW), and the Women in Insurance Global Network.

Charity believes that community service is an important part of a lawyer’s life and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The ABF Fellows serve as stewards of the American Bar Foundation, a nonprofit research organization with a mission to serve the legal profession and the public, through empirical research, publications, and programs that advance justice and the understanding of law. The Fellows comprise a global honorary society of lawyers, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the profession and service to society. Membership requires nomination and vetting, and is limited to one percent of the lawyers admitted to practice in the United States and its territories and to a limited number of lawyers in international jurisdictions.

Charity Hyde has extensive experience successfully defending companies in a variety of areas including aviation, premises liability, insurance fraud investigation, motor vehicle liability, product liability, and environmental and toxic tort litigation. She has a long history of leading multi-attorney teams in the representation of airlines, airports, financial institutions, retailers, restaurants, food manufacturers, municipalities, and large manufacturing clients in complex, high-exposure, and multi-district litigation. Her extensive defense litigation expertise spanning over two decades includes arbitrations and mediations, as well as trying bench and jury trials successfully to verdict.

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Fifteen Perez Morris Attorneys Named to 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Graphic celebrating that Fifteen Perez Morris Attorneys Named to 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Perez Morris is proud to announce that fifteen of its attorneys have been named to the 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Congratulations to John Perez, Elizabeth Weeden, Kevin Murch, Karen L. Giffen, Kerin Lyn Kaminski, Jan L. Roller, Rick Hernandez, and Kathleen A. Nitschke, for being named to the Super Lawyers list and to Sarah C. Perez, Celia Schnupp, Anne Marie Schloemer, Michelle Thompson, Amanda M. Morris, Rebecca J. Johnson, and Oliver L. Herthneck for being selected to the Rising Stars list.

Super Lawyers uses a patented multiphase selection process, including peer nominations, evaluations and independent research.

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Perez Morris Welcomes New Attorney Kelly Grigsby Jones

Graphic showing that Perez Morris Welcomes New Attorney Kelly Grigsby Jones
Perez Morris is pleased to introduce our newest team member, Kelly Grigsby Jones, as the firm continues to grow. Please join us in welcoming Kelly!

A battle-tested trial attorney, Kelly Grigsby Jones has represented clients in over 60 jury trials, dozens of bench trials and hearings or mediations in state and federal courts across Ohio. Kelly has more than 20 years of experience in premises liability, personal injury, and insurance matters. Prior to joining the Perez Morris Columbus office, Kelly worked at Williams, Moliterno & Scully Co., L.P.A., where she practiced corporate, personal injury, and insurance defense litigation. Kelly is a member of the American Board of Trial Attorneys (ABOTA) and represents several top national insurance companies, self-insured corporations, municipal entities, medical, charitable and educational institutions, and businesses and individuals in various civil matters.

Read more about Kelly here: https://www.perezmorris.com/attorneys/kelly-grigsby-jones/

Graphic welcoming Perez Morris' New Trial Attorney Zisca St. Clair

Perez Morris Welcomes New Trial Attorney Zisca St. Clair

Graphic welcoming Perez Morris' New Trial Attorney Zisca St. Clair

Perez Morris is pleased to announce that the firm has grown its Connecticut and New York teams with the addition of Trial Attorney Zisca St. Clair.

With over twenty years of industry experience, Zisca focuses her practice in the areas of insurance defense, commercial litigation, motor vehicle liability, and product and premises liability matters. A seasoned litigator, Zisca’s expertise spans all phases of litigation in state and federal courts, including discovery, fact, and expert witness depositions, motion, trial, and appellate practice. Zisca represents business and public entity clients, as well as educational institutions, including independent schools, colleges and universities in general liability matters.

Read more about Zisca here: https://www.perezmorris.com/attorneys/zisca-st-clair/

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Governor Mike DeWine appoints Juan Jose Perez to The Ohio State University Board of Trustees

Ohio Governor, Mike DeWine, appointed Juan Jose (John) Perez, founding member of Perez Morris, and resident of Westerville, Ohio, to The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on November 4, 2022.

John founded Perez Morris in 1997, which grew to become Central Ohio’s largest Hispanic-owned law firm, before becoming Ohio’s largest certified women-owned law firm in 2022. John’s law practice focuses on complex commercial and business litigation including all forms of corporate transactions. Prior to founding Perez Morris, John was General Counsel and Vice President of Administration for a publicly-traded international corporation.

Throughout his career, John has been consistently dedicated to community outreach efforts such as founding Vista Village, Inc., a nonprofit with a new, innovative model to address homelessness in Columbus, and serving as past Chair of the Board of the Mt. Carmel Hospital system, past Chair of the Governance Board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, and on the Board of Trustees for the University of Toledo.

“We are excited for John to continue following his passion for community involvement by serving the people of Ohio as a trustee of The Ohio State University,” says Sarah Perez, managing partner of Perez Morris.

About The Ohio State Board of Trustees

The Ohio State University is governed by a board of 17 governor-appointed trustees who are responsible for oversight of academic programs, budgets and general administration, and employment of faculty and staff. The governor of Ohio appoints 15 voting Ohio residents who serve nine-year terms and two voting student trustees who serve two-year terms. Additionally, the board selects up to three non-voting, non-Ohio residents to serve as charter trustees for three-year terms.

About Perez Morris

Perez Morris is a women-owned business law firm with offices in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, and attorneys licensed to practice across the country.  We guide our business clients to manage their risks and make deals happen. We provide general counsel, business litigation, and commercial transactional services nationwide with a focus on cost-effective, practical, industry-savvy advice that allows our clients to continue to grow and thrive.

Read media coverage here:

Columbus Business First (December 15, 2022) – Ohio State adds John Perez, Perez Morris founding partner, to board of trustees

NBC4i.com (December 16, 2022) – Ohio State adds John Perez, Perez Morris founding partner, to board of trustees