James Szaller

About James

In 1977 Attorney James F. Szaller founded the law firm Brown & Szaller, now called Knabe Law Firm Co., LPA. Jim is now retired, and on inactive status with the Ohio Supreme Court. Jim is a nationally recognized plaintiff’s product-liability attorney with the highest Peer-review rating (A-V) from Martindale Hubbel. The results of his legal work on behalf of his clients have been reported in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and dozens of other media outlets. He has been awarded the prestigious Distinguished Service Award from the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers for his efforts on behalf of Ohio consumers, and the 2007 Litigation Group Chair Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ), for his assistance to groups of lawyers working together to overcome corporate malfeasance. Jim has appeared before both the Ohio Supreme Court and US Supreme Court. He has also appeared and argued before the Ohio Legislature and instituted and testified in hearings before a committee of the United States Senate regarding drug company deceptive practices. He has published numerous peer-reviewed legal articles, was an editor for Cleveland Marshall Law School Law Review and taught Products Liability at Cleveland Marshall College of Law. He is a past two-term Board Member of Public Justice, the national law firm which champions the rights of the underprivileged on a national basis. He was Cuyahoga Community College’s first student council president and is a life-long Cleveland resident.

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