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Jeffrey H. Friedman is a personal injury lawyer who practices out of Ohio and Florida. He specializes in personal injury, motor vehicle accidents including automobile and truck cases, birth injury cases, defective product claims, and serious workplace injury cases.
Friedman has been practicing law in Northeast Ohio for over 40 years and is known as a "Legend of the Legal Community"[1]. One of his most famous cases is Felden versus Ashland Chemical, where he represented Walter Felden who was discharged from his position after he was suffered third-degree burns after being sprayed by acid during an accident[2].
Early Life and Car Crash Story
[edit]Jeffrey H. Friedman was born on July 8, 1947 and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. On July 9, 1964[3]. The day after his seventeenth birthday, Friedman was injured as a passenger in a car crash and suffered a spinal cord injury[4].
Education
[edit]Jeffrey H. Friedman graduated from Cleveland Heights High School in 1965 while in a rehab center at Highland View Hospital, recovering from injuries he suffered[5]. Friedman graduated Cum Laude from John Carroll University with a B.A. in Political Science in 1969. He was also the first recipient of the Scholastic and Political Achievement Award. Friedman graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1972 with a Juris Doctor degree[6].
Career
[edit]Jeff Friedman started practicing law as a sole practitioner in 1973. Later in 1980, a classmate in college, Frank Chenette joined him to create a partnership call Friedman & Chenette[7].
In 1987, Joe Domiano and David Smith were invited to join together in a new partnership. Frank Chenette ventured on his own in 1988, and Friedman, Domiano & Smith was established. The Friedman, Domiano & Smith law firm is still in practice today with Jeff Friedman as the managing partner[8].
Friedman served as a City Council of University Heights member for 29 years[9]. Friedman was also elected Vice Mayor of University Heights. During his 29 years as Vice Mayor, Friedman also served as Part-time Assistant Attorney General of Ohio for 27 years. Friedman is on the Board of Easter Seals and on the board of the Spinal Cord Injury Foundation.
Fighting For the Disabled
[edit]During his final year of law school, Jeff Friedman starting working on a case to fight what he called the "highly unfair" guest statute law in Ohio. He argued that the law was unconstitutional to the Supreme Court of Ohio and won. The law was ruled unconstitutional in 1973[10].
In the 1970's, he created handicapped parking placards that hang from rearview mirrors that are now a national standard[11]. In 1990, Friedman organized buses of disabled people to head to Washington to lobby for the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act[12].
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Schmitt, Alyssa (20 July 2017). "Family, friends surprise lawyer Friedman for 70th birthday" Cleveland Jewish News (Cleveland).
- Wittenberg, Ed (14 January 2016). "Jeff Friedman's accident launched career to aid injured passengers" The Cleveland Jewish News (Cleveland).
- Carver, Brian W. (1 November 1993). "Felden v. Ashland Chem. Co., 631 N.E.2d 689 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993)" Court Listener (California).
- Swift, Aisling (11, June, 2010). "Marco Island-Cleveland quadriplegic lawyer sues county, says wrongly taxed" Marco Eagle (Florida).
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