Ashtabula, OH

Tim Misny

Tim Misny is a personal injury lawyer with over 40 years of experience representing victims of birth injury, medical mistakes, and catastrophic accidents in Columbus, Ohio, and throughout the United States. He is known for his dedication to clients, offering 24/7 direct communication and meeting clients at their convenience. Misny has secured significant settlements, including cases for $50 million and $42.5 million. His practice is built on a foundation of unlimited financial funding for cases and a network of national experts. Misny's inspiration to become a personal injury lawyer stems from a personal family tragedy involving his grandfather's wrongful death. He graduated from John Carroll University with a 3.9 GPA in Political Science and from Cleveland State University John Marshall College of Law, passing the state bar in 1981. He previously served as an Assistant Prosecutor for four years.

David E. Pontius

David E. Pontius is the managing partner of Andrews & Pontius. He focuses his legal practice on negligence litigation, including personal injury, wrongful death, medical negligence, and nursing home abuse. He also handles school law, corporate & business law, and township & municipal law. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1979.

Richard Bush

Attorney Richard T. Bush's practice covers civil litigation including personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance litigation, business disputes, and employment law. He has extensive experience in wage and hour litigation, handling individual claims and collective actions. He has also published and presented seminars on wage and hour issues.

Dennis Haines

Attorney Dennis Haines' practice included labor and employment-related cases, including ERISA-401(k) actions, and representing both employees and employers on constitutional issues, employment-at-will, employment discrimination, and matters involving the National Labor Relations Act and The State Employment Relations Act. He was specially appointed counsel for the Ohio Attorney General and an Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor. He lectured on teachers’ constitutional and collective bargaining rights and employment matters. He was recognized by the Ohio Education Association and carries the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest rating AV. He was the recipient of the 2005 Professionalism Award from the Mahoning County Bar Association. He passed away on February 20, 2025, at the age of 87.

Charles Oldfield

Attorney Charles Oldfield focuses on prosecuting and defending appeals and motion practice. He has argued cases before state appellate courts, the Supreme Court of Ohio, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. His practice areas include employment law, labor law, education law, personal injury, and medical malpractice. He previously served as a law clerk in the Ohio Eleventh District Courts of Appeals and worked for judges in Ohio’s Fourth and Seventh District Courts of Appeals. He has presented seminars on legal writing and appellate advocacy and published articles in Ohio Trial and The Kentucky Law Journal.

Jeffrey A. Ford

Jeffrey A. Ford began practicing law in 1982 and is a partner at Andrews & Pontius. His practice areas include personal injury, insurance law, general litigation, family law, and probate & estate planning. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1982.

Emily Bush

Emily S. Bush interned with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia and four District Attorney’s Offices in Massachusetts during law school. After graduating from Suffolk University Law School, she represented claimants appealing denials of disability benefits. She then worked on personal injury, consumer protection, federal civil rights actions, product liability, and medical malpractice cases. She was admitted to practice in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, in December 2015, and to the Ohio bar in July 2021. She is a volunteer mentor in the Ursuline Sisters Scholars program.