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Attorney Profile

Dennis M. Pilawa

Dennis Pilawa

Rawlin Gravens Co. LPA
55 Public Square, Suite 850
Cleveland, OH 44113

Cleveland

Ohio (OH)

T: 216-579-1602
F: 216-579-9463

Practice Areas

Civil Litigation Defense

Insurance Coverage

Business Litigation

Selected To

• Ohio Super Lawyers 2012
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2011
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2010
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2009

Profile

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.

About Dennis Pilawa

Law School: Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Languages Spoken: English, Russian

Admitted: 1978, Ohio

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Ohio State Bar Association, Joint Bench Bar Jury Instruction Committee 2001 - Present
  • Munson Township Board of Zoning Appeals, Former Chairman
  • Defense Research Institute
  • International Association of Defense Counsel
  • Geauga County Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association, Chairperson, July 2003 -July 2004
  • Ohio State Bar Association, Litigation Section, Board of Governors, 1999 - Present

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Notre Dame Elementary School Sports Board
  • Munson Baseball Commission, Vice President
  • Chesterland Rotary Club

Representative Clients:

  • Babb v. Shockling, 61 Ohio St.2d 55, 1980
  • Royce v. Smith, 68 Ohio St.2d 106, 1981
  • Brodie v. Summit Cty. Children Services Bd. 51 Ohio St.3d 112, 1990
  • Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Nardi, 61 Ohio St. 3d 538, 1991
  • Hanlon v. Lane, 98 Ohio App.3d 148, 1994
  • Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Gay, 68 Ohio St.3d 190, 1994
  • Williams v. Prospect Mini Mart, 2003-Ohio-2232, 2003
  • EDP Consultants, Inc. v. Triggs Technologies, Inc., 2003-Ohio-474, 2003

Educational Background:

  • Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, B.A. - 1975, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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