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Rich Lovering partner in the Bricker & Eckler LLP litigation department with emphasis in professional negligence defense and commercial, with experience in cases involving wrongful death, alleged birth-related brain damage, age and gender discrimination, unfair competition disputes, trademark and trade secret litigation, insurance coverage disputes, TRO and preliminary injunction actions
Representative Experience
Representation of hospitals and physicians in hundreds of professional negligence cases
Representation of minority shareholder Plaintiff in obtaining a high eight-figure settlement in a corporate shareholder dispute regarding breach of fiduciary duty by majority shareholder
Representation of plaintiff in obtaining settlement in litigation regarding competing family members of a privately owned corporation
Representation of an ex-employer in obtaining a $1.1 million jury verdict including award of $300,000 in punitive damages and attorney fees against an ex-employee
Representation of an Ohio college in a jury trial in which the jury entered a defense verdict regarding the plaintiff's sexual harassment claims and awarded $25,000 in punitive damages against the Plaintiff regarding a fraud counterclaim
Representation of an Ohio manufacturer in litigation with Sylvester Stallone and United Artists regarding use of the Rocky trademark
Representation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles licensing agent in the United States District Court for Southern District of Ohio in defense of a lawsuit alleging trademark infringement and breach of fiduciary duty
Representation of a Novgorod Russia fertilizer manufacturer in litigation in federal court alleging breach of multiple international sales agreements with Nigerian, Italian, and Chinese purchasers
Representation of the Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Louisiana in litigation alleging fraud by the State of Louisiana officials and obtaining settlement of the counterclaim against the plaintiff
Obtained dismissal without payment of any settlement of federal class action Truth in Lending Act litigation regarding hospital billing issues
Community and Professional Activities
Member, Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations
Member, Defense Research Institute
Member, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
Board member and past president of the Central Ohio Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and recipient of the Foundation's Volunteer Service Award
Awards and Recognitions
Listed, Best Lawyers in America 2006-2008
Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2006-2008
Publications
Proactive Use of the Rules of Evidence, presentation to the OSBA/OCLE Advanced Trial Techniques Seminar, August 1999
Removal, Remand and Appeal, presentation at Lorman Trial Techniques Seminar, October 1996 and October 1997
Expert Witnesses in Commercial Litigation, Chapter 8 in Commercial Litigation in Ohio, Law Practice Handbooks, Inc., 1995
Public Bid Disputes in Ohio, presented to Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association Fall Training Seminar, September 1995
Ohio Insurance Law: Bad Faith Claims, Lorman Business Center, Inc., February 1994
Remedies for Bidders on Public Works Projects, Midwest Business Institute, 1994
Minimizing the Antitrust Risks of Group Purchasing, Hospital Material Management Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3, February 1982
Education
Trinity College (B. A., with honors, 1976); Member, Phi Beta Kappa
London School of Economics, 1974-1975
University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., 1980)
University of Virginia School of Law (J. D., 1980).
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