Practice Areas
Civil Litigation Defense
Insurance Coverage
Business Litigation
Selected To
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2011
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2010
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2009
Dennis M. Pilawa is a partner at the Cleveland law firm of Rawlin Gravens Co., LPA. As an attorney, Dennis is focused on handling premises and professional liability claims, business and commercial litigation, insurance coverage disputes, zoning disputes, as well as taking on personal injury, employment, insurance and construction litigation defense in Ohio's state and federal courts.
Dennis holds an undergraduate degree from Miami University and a law degree from Case Western Reserve University. Dennis was admitted to practice in Ohio in 1978 and in New York in 1989. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
In his work at Rawlin Gravens , Dennis has both continued and built upon the tradition of client service and excellence in representation that have been synonymous with the firm's name since its founding. He is active in numerous local and state bar associations and professional organizations. Dennis has also served on the Ohio State Bar Association's Litigation Section Board of Governors and Jury Instruction Committee.
Law School: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Languages Spoken: English, Russian
Admitted: 1978, Ohio
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