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Anne Marie Sferra is a litigation partner and chair of the appellate advocacy group. She has experience in insurance cases, including class actions, ERISA, bad faith claims, and coverage issues. Anne Marie also has experience handling cases involving computer software/hardware disputes, trade secrets, enforcement of confidentiality agreements, defamation, invasion of privacy, tortious interference with contractual relations, and a variety of employment-related claims. She has also litigated election and referenda issues throughout Ohio.
In 2008, she became the first Columbus-area attorney to be certified as an Appellate Law Specialist by the Ohio State Bar Association.
Representative Experience
Member of legal counsel team to the 200-member Ohio Alliance for Civil Justice to reform Ohio's tort laws under Ohio House Bill 350 and Ohio Senate Bill 120
Counsel on numerous amicus curiae briefs, primarily in the Ohio Supreme Court, on behalf of the Ohio Manufacturers Association, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, the Ohio Hospital Association, the American Insurance Association and others, such as:Lee-Lipstreu v. Chubb
Estate of Monahan
Lemm v. The Hartford
Dardinger v. Anthem
Luckenbill v. Midwestern Indemnity
Cuno v. DaimlerChrysler
Johnson v. Microsoft
Wilson v. Brush-Wellman
Howland v. Purdue Pharma
Valentine v. Conrad
Burkhart v. CNA
Agudo de Uzhca v. Derham
Tucker v. Wilson
Shaw v. State Farm
Ferrando v. Auto Owners Thomson v. OHIC
In Re All Kelley & Ferraro Asbestos Cases
Marrone v. Phillip Morris
State ex rel. AFL-CIO v. Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County
Russell v. A-Best Products
Robinson v. Bates
Mahaffey v. Blackwell
State ex rel. Ohio Congress of Parents State Board of Education
Cleveland Mobil Radio Sales v. Verizon Wireless
Acordia of Ohio LLC v. Davis
Community and Professional Activities
Appellate Law Specialist, first Columbus-area attorney certified by the Ohio State Bar Association in the area of appellate law (2008)
Member, American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association and Columbus Bar Association
Member, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
Member, Defense Research Institute
Speaker at Ohio State Bar Association Convention
Former member, Steering Committee for Franklin County Republican Judicial Salute
Former member, Capital Area Humane Society Board of Trustees
Former member American Heart Association Board of Trustees
Former member, Women Lawyers of Franklin County Board of Trustees
Member, TWIG 3 (Children's Hospital)
Member, Childhood League
Awards and Recognitions
Recipient, Columbus Jaycees' Ten Outstanding Young Citizens of Greater Columbus Award, 1996
Recognition in Columbus Business First�s The Verdict, 2005
Publications
No Tort Victim, No Tortfeasor, No Tort Reform Law in Ohio, published in the March 3, 2000 edition of the Washington Legal Foundation's Legal Backgrounder
New Ohio Asbestos Reform Law Protects Victims and State Economy published in the August 6, 2004 edition of the Washington Legal Foundation's Legal Backgrounder
Once Again . . Ohio Legislators Approve Comprehensive Tort Reform, published in the May 20, 2005 edition of the Washington Legal Foundation's Legal Backgrounder
Education
Bowling Green State University (B.S., 1982)
The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1985); Member, Ohio State National Moot Court Team; Recipient of Best Oral Argument Award, Sixth Circuit Moot Court Competition.
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