shartman@kergerlaw.com
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Steve has been with Rick and
Jessica Kerger since he was in law school, and is now a
partner in Kerger & Hartman. His passion as a trial
lawyer has helped him build an impressive record in
civil and criminal trials in federal and state courts.
He has handled a wide array of complex and high profile
cases, and his areas of focus are business/commercial
litigation, criminal defense, insurance coverage and
Constitutional Law. He has argued in the Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals, the Ohio Supreme Court, and the Sixth
and Ninth District state appellate Courts.
In 2009, Steve was awarded the Trustees Award by the
Toledo Bar Association. It is an award given out each
year to a member of the bar who exemplifies
professionalism and has done notable work to advance the
practice of law. He was nominated and selected as a
member of the inaugural class of the Ohio State Bar
Association Leadership Academy. Steve was also selected
as a “Rising Star” among lawyers in Ohio by Cincinnati
Magazine’s SuperLawyers in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
and 2010, and was profiled for that publication in 2005.
In 2007, he was selected for the “20 Under 40,”
leadership recognition award in the city of Toledo.
For the past five years he has co-chaired and hosted the
Nicholas J. Walinski Federal Court Practice Seminar for
the Toledo Bar Association, and currently serves as
Chairman of the T.B.A. Federal Court Committee. He is
admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court,
the Sixth Circuit, the Northern and Southern Districts
of Ohio, the Eastern District of Michigan, and the Ohio
Supreme Court. Steve is a member of the Federal, Ohio
and Toledo Bar Associations as well as the National and
Maumee Valley Criminal Defense Lawyers Associations. He
recently concluded a four year term as the Chairman of
the Board of Trustees of Family Service of Northwestern
Ohio, a Northwestern Ohio not-for-profit organization
dedicated to “Empowering Families to Manage Life’s
Changes.” He earned his J.D. and an M.B.A. from the
University of Toledo.
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