Gerald B. Chattman
Partner
Business Law
Nonprofit Law
Employment & Workers' Compensation

Practice Area And Professional Expertise

• Labor Law – Emphasis on labor relations, collective bargaining, etc.
  
  
• Corporate Law – Emphasis on real estate transactions and complex deal negotiations.
  
  
• Non-Profit Law.
  
  
• Past Vice President of the law firm's Board of Managers.
  
  
• Listed: The Best Lawyers in America® (1986 through 2006).
  
  
• Received special recognition for 20 consecutive years or more as one of The Best Lawyers in America®.
  
  
• Recognized as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers™, in the 2004, 2005, and 2006 Cincinnati Magazine, as voted by his peers.
  
  
• Mr. Chattman uses his vast experience in negotiations to structure and negotiate complex business and real estate transactions. While corporate clients cross a number of industries, there is a decided emphasis in the shopping center sector.

Publications
Novel, An Education in Murder
Note, Case Western Reserve University Law Review, 1966

Article Features
Quoted, “Going the Extra Mile -- For Clients and the Community,” Smart Business Cleveland            (December 2008)

Presentations
Numerous presentations on behalf of the:

American Arbitration Association
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Cleveland Bar Law Section
National Business Institute
Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging
Ohio Staffing & Search Association and
Other legal service providers

Presentation topics include:

Staff Training
Arbitrability
Elections
Arbitration
Brief Writing
Advocacy
Confidentiality
Managing Risks
Exempt Organizations and Charitable Activities in Ohio

Education
Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1967)
University of Michigan (B.A., 1964)

Courts & Bar Associations
Ohio Bar (1967)
Member: American Bar Association
Member: Ohio State Bar Association
Member: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, former Chairman, Labor Law Committee

Professional & Civic Affiliations
Member, Law Alumni Association Board of Trustees: Case Western Reserve University
Member: Cleveland State University, Cleveland Marshall College of Law Visiting Committee
Member, Vice President of Board of Trustees: National Center on Non-profit Enterprise
Member: American Arbitration Association, Labor Arbitration Panel
Member: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Visiting Associate Professor: Evidence, Case Western Reserve School of Law
Instructor: Research and Writing, Administrative Law and Trial Practice, Case Western            Reserve School of Law
Member: Phi Betta Kappa
Member: Phi Kappa Phi
Member: Order of the Coif
Adjunct Professor: Trial Advocacy and Labor Arbitration, Cleveland State University, Cleveland-
           Marshall College of Law
March of Dimes (Chairman, State of Ohio; Chairman, Northern Region National Office of            Volunteers)
President and Life Trustee: Bellefaire Jewish Children’s Bureau
Board Member: Rape Crisis Center
Board Member: Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence
Panel Member: United Way of Cleveland, Panel Member
Member and Past President (1967): Tau Epsilon Rho
Recipient: March of Dimes Golden Mile Award
Recipient: Corpus Juris Secundum Prize
Recipient: Shelly Halpern Memorial Award
Recipient: Rebecca Grant Memorial Award
Recipient: American Arbitration Association, 2000 Distinguished Labor Gavel Award
Board of Trustees: Cleveland Botanical Gardens
Vice-President and Board of Trustees: The Temple-Tifereth Israel