James P. Hanratty | Partner/Shareholder

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About James
James P. Hanratty joined MDWC&G as a shareholder 2006. He concentrates his practice in automobile insurance litigation, brain injury, products liability litigation, and construction litigation.
Jim began his career in an Akron, Ohio, plaintiff's personal injury litigation firm. However, since 1993, he has been a partner in two defense litigation firms. He brings to his practice the experience of well over 100 civil jury trials. He has tried matters in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia involving medical malpractice, products liability, auto, construction, and premises liability claims.
Jim's recent successful representations have included:
With respect to industry group and professional representations, Jim's clients have included insurance carriers in direct actions involving coverage issues and underinsured/uninsured claims, hospitals in all aspects of hospital operation, manufacturers of construction equipment and industrial machinery in product liability matters, quarry operators, and oil and gas producers in products liability and general negligence matters.
Jim is a frequent lecturer on trial advocacy and case handling, and he sits as Chair of the Trial Tactics Committee of the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA), a statewide defense organization. He is the former Chair of the Insurance Relations Committee of the OACTA, and as such, has been a speaker at several seminars directed toward the defense of civil matters. Jim has written two Amicus Curiae briefs for the Ohio Supreme Court on insurance-related matters. In 2009, Jim was named an Ohio Super Lawyer.
Outside of his practice, Jim is the President of the Atwood Ridge Condo Association, Chair of the Walsh University Advisory Board, and a member of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Stark County.
Admission
Florida
2012
Pennsylvania
1990
Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Education
Walsh University