Rick's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including private equity matters, minority shareholder issues, international dispute resolution, and insurance coverage issues. Within the insurance arena, he has successfully handled coverage issues and bad faith litigation for a number of clients. The disputes have involved coverage for construction-related claims arising from contractual indemnity and additional-insured coverage, coverage for asbestos-related bodily injuries, and coverage for intellectual property claims under advertising injury provisions, among many others.  Rick has also participated as a speaker at numerous seminars on insurance coverage litigation, including the CLM annual conference.  In 2011, his Ohio insurance law handbook was published through the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA).

His extensive experience representing private equity interests includes a variety of cases involving business valuation, disputed accounting issues, profitability levels, and disclosures to investors. For more on his successful representation of investors in an earn-out dispute, click on the Publication tab above to read his case study: Will Your Stock Purchase Agreements Hold Up to the Challenge.

Rick’s commercial litigation experience covers not only domestic disputes but also international disputes. His successful representation of international business clients includes Brazilian arbitration through the International Court of Commerce, forum selection disputes involving Canadian arbitration and Indian arbitration, and jurisdictional issues arising from European goods shipped to America.

Regardless of the subject matter, Rick excels in gathering, organizing and presenting the complex details that are necessary to obtain an efficient, favorable resolution under the law, whether in court, out-of-court or via alternative dispute resolution. His analytical style and ability to quickly discern his client’s objectives enables him to become a trusted ally whenever complex business issues arise.