CONTACT
19704 Center Ridge Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44116
Tel: 440.863.0845
Fax: 440.333.1452
Email: cmm@mellinolaw.com
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SUMMARY
As founder of The Mellino Law Firm LLC, Christopher M. Mellino is committed to representing clients in Cleveland, Ohio. He focuses his practice on handling cases that involve the following matters: wrongful death law, whistleblower litigation law, truck accident law, torts law, qui tam litigation law, professional malpractice law, professional liability law, product liability law, plaintiffs personal injury law, personal injury law, pediatric malpractice law, pedestrian injuries law, motor vehicle accident law, medical negligence law, medical malpractice law, mass torts law, labor and employment law, failure to diagnose law, employment law, defective product law, consumer law, civil rights law, catastrophic injury law, brain injury law, car accident law, birth trauma law, bicycle accident law and auto accident law.
For more than 30 years, Mr. Mellino has focused on helping victims of negligence. He has obtained favorable verdicts and settlements against every hospital in the Cleveland area. Among his successes is a case in which Mr. Mellino obtained a $12.5 million settlement for a father of five who, following heart surgery, fell into a persistent vegetative state.
For his achievements, Mr. Mellino has been admitted to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum; he has earned the highest rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell; he has been named in The Best Lawyers in America; and he holds an Avvo “Superb” rating.
A published author and sought-after commentator, Mr. Mellino has written an in-depth guide to OhioÂ’s medical malpractice laws. He was admitted to practice in Ohio in 1984 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
When he is not advocating for clients, Mr. Mellino participates in a social scholarship program he founded in Lakewood.
* AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.
Bar & COURT ADMISSIONS
Ohio, 1984
U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1984
Education
| School | Major | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland State University (Ohio) | Arts | Bachelor | 1981 |
| Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (Cleveland, Ohio) | - | - | 1984 |
Professional Affiliations
Ohio State Bar Association
Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
Ohio Association for Justice
American Association for Justice
Significant CASES
Moskovitz v. Mt. Sinai Hospital (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 638 (establishing a claim for punitive damages when there is an intentional alteration of medical records.)
Watkins v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1998), 130 Ohio App.3d 262 (involving claims for fraud, battery and punitive damages in a medical malpractice case.)