Ezio A. Listati
Principal
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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation including Commercial, Real Estate and Products' Liability Litigation; General Counseling; Commercial Transactions including Contracts, Terms and Conditions of Sale and Purchase; Real Estate Transactions, and Internet Transactions
Representative matters
- Lead counsel in complex international commercial arbitration before ICC Court of Arbitration held in Paris, France.
- Lead counsel in sale of six idled steel facilities valued at over $60 million.
- Lead counsel in trial and appeal of several zoning and land use matters.
- Lead counsel in numerous commercial, product liability, medical device and medical malpractice trials, mediations and arbitrations.
- Represents numerous Italian companies in the United States.
Accomplishments
- AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- Assistant General Counsel for LTV Steel Company, Inc.
- Corporate secretary for six short line railroads owned by LTV Steel, Inc.
- Eighth Judicial Conference, Life Member
- Faculty, NITA Trial Advocacy Institute
- Fluent in Italian
- Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, and the Federal Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
Professional Affiliations
- The Defense Research Institute
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Chair, Cleveland Bar Association Young Lawyers Section (1997-1998)
- Board of Trustees, Cleveland Bar Association (1997-1998)
- Business Mediator, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
- Arbitrator, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Community Affiliations
- Board of Trustees, Premier Soccer Academies (Past)
- Board of Trustees, Key to the Region (Past)
- President of Board of Trustees, ALTA House Social Settlement
- Board of Trustees, Wigs for Kids (Past)
- Board of Trustees, Little Italy Redevelopment Corporation (Past)
- President of the Cleveland Chapter of the Confederation of Italian Entrepreneurs Worldwide
- Vice President of the USA Organization of the Confederation of Italian Entrepreneurs Worldwide
- Northern Ohio Italian-American Foundation
- President, St. Ignatius High School Alumni Association (Past)
Publications
- Bi-monthly legal issues column for the Willoughby Area Chamber of Commerce (Past)
Presentations
- "Eminent Domain - Legal Update" - National Business Institute Seminar (September 2006)
Education
- John Carroll University, (B.S., 1987)
- Case Western Reserve University, School of Law (J.D. (cum laude and order of the coif, 1990)
- Ezio is a resident of Willoughby Hills