rkerger@kergerlaw.com
Significant Trials and Cases |
Rick was one of the
founders of the firm now known as Kerger & Hartman LLC.
He began working as a lawyer in 1974 after being
graduated with honors from The Ohio State University
College of Law. He had spent four years in the United
States Air Force before that, but his first job as a
lawyer was clerking for United States District Judge
Thomas D. Lambros. After two years he joined the Toledo
law firm now known as Marshall & Melhorn. He was there
for 20 years and served as a managing partner and the
head of the firm’s litigation group.
He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers,
the American Board of Trial Advocates, the International
Society of Barristers and The College of Master
Advocates and Barristers. He is listed in The Best
Lawyers in America in the categories of Bet-the-Company
Defense, Commercial Litigation, and both White Collar
and Non-White Collar Criminal Defense.
He has represented Congressmen, judges, lawyers,
clergymen, Fortune 500 companies, the Ohio Democratic
Party and ordinary citizens. He has tried virtually
every kind of case, from capital murder, to patents to
antitrust and products liability. He is described in the
international guide to lawyers, Chambers and Partners,
as a trial lawyer who can breathe a human story into
commercial litigation, a lawyer who never gets too
emotional and a lawyer who read s the other side in
negotiations well. He has been selected annually as one
of Ohio’s Super Lawyers since 2004. He is a regular
lecturer and writer on trials and litigation related
topics. |