Ann E. Leo
Cleveland, Ohio


phone	(216) 696-1433
fax	(216) 696-1439
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Admitted to practice in Ohio in 1979, Ann Leo specializes in complex insurance coverage issues and probate law.

She is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of the Ohio State and Cleveland Bar Associations.

She graduated Cum Laude from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and from Cleveland State University. In the 1979 National Moot Court Competition, she was awarded the Order of the Barrister.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Leo was a judicial law clerk for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas for seven years.

Areas of Practice:: Insurance Coverage Disputes; Premises Liability - Lead Paint, Mold; Products Liability - General; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Condominium Law - Disputes

Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Ohio, 1979; U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1979; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1983

Education:: Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 1979
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of Coif - Moot Court; Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1975
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Dean's List
Major: Communications

Representative Cases:: State Auto v. Pasquale, 113 OhioSt .3d 11 (Ohio Sup. Ct. 2007); Prymas v. Kassai, 168 Ohio App. 3d 123 (8th District (Ohio) 2006); Stefano v. Commodore, 145 Ohio App. 3d 290 (9th District (Ohio) 2001); State Auto v. Rainsberg, 86 Ohio App. 3d 417 (8th District (Ohio) 1993); Beaver Excavating v. USFG, 126 Ohio App. 3d 9 (7th District (Ohio) 1998); State Auto v. Golden, 125 OH App. 3d 674 (8th District (Ohio) 1998); Millers Mut., Ins. v. Plastivax, 113 OH App. 3d 678 (11th District (Ohio) 1996)

Representative Clients:: State Farm Insurance; State Auto Insurance; Farmers Insurance

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Ohio State Bar Association, 1985 - Present; Cleveland Bar Association, 1986 - Present

Past Employment Positions:: Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Judicial Staff Attorney, 1979 - 1983

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