Stumphauzer O'Toole is comprised of an enterprising team of attorneys with over 100 years of experience covering the many disciplines of the law. Ours is a General Civil Practice firm representing a broad spectrum of clients including individuals, estates, businesses, nonprofit organizations, governmental bodies, public schools, financial institutions, and multinational businesses.
In an increasingly complex and specialized legal world, Stumphauzer O'Toole’s integrity lies in our ability to consistently match our clients with an attorney whose experience meets their legal needs. Stumphauzer O'Toole consistently ensures that each client is properly represented at reasonable cost and expense while providing quality legal services with the highest ethical standards.
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Employment,Labor,Public Sector
Ashleigh is an associate practicing in the areas of General Litigation and Labor and Employment. Ashleigh focuses her practice on representing public sector clients with a particular emphasis on representing political subdivision in utility service disputes.
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Business,Employment,Labor,Municipal,Public School,Public Sector
Kenneth's practice areas include business law, public sector law, civil litigation, and business and corporate succession planning.
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Business,Domestic,Litigation,Municipal,Public Sector,Transportation
Anthony's practice areas include general litigation, public sector and family law. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Lorain County Bar Association, and the Lorain County Bar Association Legal Ethics & Grievance Committee.
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Business,Litigation,Natural Resources,Personal Injury,Public Sector,Transportation,Water
Dennis is a senior partner of the firm and has been a trial lawyer for 36 years. He has handled a wide variety of civil cases as part of a multi-state practice based in Northern Ohio, including serious personal injury and wrongful death cases. A substantial portion of Dennis’ practice involves the representation of public sector clients, where he handles a myriad of cases and legal issues facing public entities, including eminent domain cases.
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Litigation,Municipal,Public Sector,Workers Compensation
Margaret concentrates her practice in the areas of workers' compensation, municipal law, and litigation.
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Business,Estate Planning Probate,Personal Injury
In addition to the general practice of law, Russ has served as Special Counsel for two Ohio attorneys general, assistant prosecutor in the Lorain Municipal Court, Magistrate for the Lorain Municipal Court, acting judge in the Avon Lake and Lorain Municipal Courts, Law Director for the City of Avon, Special Counsel for the cities of Avon and Elyria, and counsel to the Avon Charter Review Commission.
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Banking,Business,Nonprofit Organizations,Real Estate,Taxation
Heidi's practice focuses in the areas of business law, business sales and acquisitions, real estate transactions and nonprofit organizations. In her practice, Heidi has handled numerous business and real estate sales and acquisitions ranging in value from less than $100,000 to in excess of $15 million.
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Labor,Litigation,Municipal,Public School,Public Sector
In his first four years of practice as an Ohio Assistant Attorney General, he helped to establish Ohio's first Medicaid Fraud Unit. For the past 30 years Michael has been primarily practicing in the areas of labor, school, and municipal law.
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Banking,Municipal,Public Sector,Real Estate,Taxation
Abraham's practice is a general civil practice, with concentration in the following areas of real estate law, municipal law, business and corporate law, and civil litigation, representing and advising both private and public sector clients with respect to a wide variety of legal matters.
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Business,Litigation,Public Sector,Transportation,Water
Matthew concentrates his practice upon litigation matters stemming from business, consumer, health care, environmental, and governmental controversies.
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Larry's practice is focused on international business matters and civil litigation. He is licensed to practice law in the state of Ohio and North Carolina as well as all U.S. Federal Courts, including the Court of Claims and U.S. Supreme Court.
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Municipal,Public Sector,Real Estate
Jon practices in a variety of areas, including real estate, landlord/tenant, municipal law and general civil litigation. He presently serves as the solicitor and prosecutor for the Village of LaGrange.
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Estate Planning Probate,Litigation,Real Estate
Frank's areas of concentration are probate and estate planning, land use and real estate law, and civil litigation in these areas.
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Mr. Alderman's repertoire includes the administration of estates, preparation of wills and trusts, and the establishment of guardianships and adoptions. Emphasis is placed on the special needs of senior citizens.
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By using the Stumphauzer | O’Toole ("the Firm") web site (the "Site"), you agree to these terms and conditions of use:
Provision of the material on the Site is not intended to create, and will not create, an attorney-client relationship with you. You are welcome to contact the Firm or its attorneys, but doing so does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and the Firm. We cannot represent you until we know that doing so will not create a conflict of interest. Accordingly, do not convey to us any information you regard as confidential until you speak with one of our attorneys and receive our authorization to send that information to us. Any information you convey to us via the Internet may not be secure, and information conveyed prior to establishing an attorney-client relationship may not be privileged or confidential.
All material on the Site is provided for informational purposes only and may not reflect the most current legal developments. The material on the Site should in no way be taken as an indication of future results and is not offered as legal or any other advice on any particular matter. The Firm and the contributing authors expressly disclaim all liability to any person with respect to the Site and the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done wholly or partly in reliance upon any of the material on the Site. No one, including existing clients of the Firm, should act or refrain from acting on the basis of any material on the Site without seeking the appropriate legal or other professional advice on the particular facts and circumstances at issue.
All materials on this Site, and the selection and arrangement of such materials, are our property or the property of our content providers, and are protected by U.S. and foreign copyright laws. You may download, view, copy, and print the materials on this Site for informational, internal use only, provided that you do not remove or alter any trademark or copyright notices. Except as provided above, you may not download, view, copy, print, reproduce, distribute, republish, display, post, transmit or modify any part of the Site in any form or by any means without our prior written consent (including by mirroring any part of the Site). The trademarks, service marks and logos used on this Site ("Marks") are our registered or unregistered trademarks, or those of third parties as indicated. Nothing on this Site shall be construed as granting any license or right to use any Mark without our prior written consent, or that of any third party that owns a Mark displayed on the Site.
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You may not send unsolicited commercial e-mail to the e-mail addresses provided on the Site. The posting of e-mail addresses is not to be construed as, and does not constitute, consent to their use by any seller of services or by any compiler of mailing lists, or to any other non-authorized use without our prior permission. Spam, chain e-mails, advertising, and similar e-mail solicitations are expressly prohibited. You may not attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site or any related system or network or to breach Site security or authentication measures. You may not attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the Site or the Firm, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site or the Firm, overloading, "flooding", "mailbombing" or "crashing."
We do not warrant or represent that the information contained on this Site is accurate, complete, or current. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ITS CONTENTS, AND THIRD PARTY SITES TO WHICH THE SITE CONTAINS A LINK, IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE PRESENTED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE AND ANY THIRD PARTY SITE TO WHICH THE SITE CONTAINS A LINK. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of certain warranties; in such jurisdictions, warranties are disclaimed to the fullest extent permitted by law.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE FIRM OR ANY OF ITS MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, OR REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF ACCESSING, RELYING UPON, OR OTHERWISE USING OR BEING UNABLE TO USE ANY PORTION OF THE SITE OR ANY THIRD PARTY SITE TO WHICH THE SITE CONTAINS A LINK, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE CLAIMED UNDER CONTRACT, IN TORT, OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ANY CAUSE OF ACTION BY YOU WILL BE BARRED IF NOT BROUGHT WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER SUCH CLAIM ARISES. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain types of damages; in such jurisdictions, liabilities are limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.
You are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws governing your access to the Site. These terms and conditions will be governed by, and construed in accordance with applicable federal law, and with the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to their conflicts of law provisions. Any action relating to these terms and conditions may be brought only in the state or federal courts of Lorain County, Ohio.
Statement in compliance with Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct: Unless otherwise indicated in individual lawyer biographies, lawyers resident in the firm’s various offices are not certified by the Ohio Board of Legal Specialization.
This website is operated from a site in the State of Oho. We make no representation that materials found at our site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access our site from other locations, you are responsible for compliance with local laws.
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