Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Chad Readler handles civil, criminal, and constitutional matters, with an emphasis on appellate litigation. Before the U.S. Supreme Court, for example, Chad has assisted in successfully representing clients in cases raising issues including preemption, the First Amendment, the death penalty, and Congress's power under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chad's recent lower court victories include vacating a $250 million punitive damages award entered against Prudential Securities and vacating a $44 million damages award entered against First American Title Insurance Company in an unfair competition case. In products liability matters, Chad successfully defended Sherwin-Williams in a dozen cases filed in the Ohio state courts. He also successfully represented R.J. Reynolds in both products liability and commercial speech litigation.

Chad recently prevailed in the Ohio Supreme Court on behalf of the Cleveland Clinic, as well as in a separate matter where he defended the constitutionality of Ohio's public charter school system. Currently, Chad is litigating cases involving the False Claims Act and employment and labor law issues.

Chad is past co-chair of the Columbus Bar Association's Federal Courts Committee and a current member of the Federalist Society's Litigation Practice Group. He speaks annually on the U.S. and Ohio Supreme Courts and recently spoke on appellate advocacy at the biannual Sixth Circuit conference. In addition, Chad has handled numerous pro bono matters, recently securing habeas corpus relief for a client serving a life sentence for murder.

Areas of Practice

• Issues & Appeals
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation

Representative Cases

• Airtron, Inc. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Airtron, Inc. v. National City Bank
• Akron City School Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Parents of Students Attending Edge Academy and Ida B. Wells, 2002 WL 433585 (Ohio Ct. App.)
• Amedisys, Inc. v. National Century Financial Enterprises Inc., Case No. 04-3365 (6th Cir.), Amedisys, Inc. v. J.P. Morgan Chase Manhattan Bank, Case No. 04-626 (S.D. Ohio)
• Attorney General of Canada v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.
• Becker v. Montgomery, 532 U.S. 757 (2001)
• Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett
• Burns v. Prudential Securities, Inc., Case No. 03-0049 (Ohio Ct. App.)
• Chicago Title Insurance Company v. First American Title Insurance Company and James A. Magnuson, No. 07-649 (U.S.S.C.)
• Dean v. Wheeling National Bank
• Delahunt v. Cytodyne Technologies, Inc.
• DeRolph v. State, 93 Ohio St. 3d 309
• Enertech Electrical, Inc. v. Martins Ferry
• Fox v. Coyle, Case No. 01-1754 (U.S. Supreme Court)
• In re Holmes, __ Ohio St. 3d. __, 2004-Ohio-7109
• In re Mosler, Inc.
• Iron Workers Local 17 et al. v. Philip Morris, Inc. et al., 186 F.R.D. 453 (N.D. Ohio)
• Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents, 528 U.S. 62
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly, 533 U.S. 525 (2001)
• Penny Ohlmann Nieman, Inc. v. Westside Mothers
• Roman v. Estate of Gobbo, 99 Ohio St. 3d 260 (2003)
• SKRL Die Casting, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.
• State ex rel. Essig v. Blackwell, 103 Ohio St. 3d 481
• State ex rel. Ohio Congress of Parents & Teachers v. State Board of Education, __N.E.2d__, 2004 WL 1879692 (Ohio Ct. App.)
• State ex rel. Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers v. State Bd. of Edn., 2006-Ohio-5512 (Oct. 25, 2006)
• Steve Austin Auto Group v. General Motors Corp.
• The Sherwin-Williams Co. v. City of Columbus, 2007 WL 2079774 (S.D. Ohio) , (2008)
• United Food and Commercial Workers, Local Union 1099 v. City of Sidney, Case No. 00-296 (S.D. Ohio)
• Westside Mothers v. Haveman, 133 F. Supp. 2d 549 (E.D. Mich.), 289 F.3d 852 (6th Cir.)
• Criminal Appeals Before Sixth Circuit

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• U of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Address

P.O. Box 165017
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3891 (Business Phone)

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