TRIAL EXPERIENCE
Represented clients to successful resolution in over 1300 civil cases including personal injury, product liability, medical negligence, business, real estate, construction and Tried as lead counsel over fifty major cases including serious personal injury, medical negligence, product liability, wrongful death, brain damage, construction, real estate, insurance law, will contest, worker's compensation, employment and commercial law.
CERTIFICATIONS
Rated "AV" by Martindale Hubbell from 1996 to present.;
Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1991 to 2011.
Certified Mediator North Carolina State Court Mediation Program 1999
Member Million Dollar Advocacy Forum,1994 to present.
Ohio Super Lawyer ADR Specialty 2004-2013 ; Best Lawyers in America ADR Specialty 2005-2017
MEDIATION TRAINING
Mediation Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, completed State of North Carolina mediator certification training; Harvard Law School, Program of Instruction for Lawyers Advanced Mediation Workshop and Negotiation Workshop; Federal Court Mediator Training, Northern District of Ohio; United States Postal Service Mediator Training, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; SPIDR Advanced Practice Institute: Mediating Employment cases; Capital Law School: Mediating Medical Malpractice Claims. US Justice Dept. Keybridge Foundation, ADA Mediation Training; Ohio State College of Law, Dispute Resolution Institute; SPIDR and ABA Dispute Resolution annual Conferences; Mediation Intensive Training Program at the Center for Mediation in Law.
MEDIATOR QUALIFIED
A mediator becomes more effective by broadening the types of mediations they are qualified to serve as a mediator. In his fifteen years of mediating, Tom has been qualified to mediate and mediated cases for the following panels, courts and organizations. These panels require their mediators to have substantial mediation training and experience so that they are effective mediators. Tom Repicky is qualified to mediate for and mediates cases for private lawyers and law firms and the following panels and Courts.
U.S. District Court (N.D. Ohio) Federal Panel A.D.R. Neutrals; Lake and Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Panels of Approved Mediators; U.S. Postal Service Redress Mediator; Mediation Panel for Resolute Systems,Inc,; National Arbitration Forum; Veterans Administration; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Financial Industry Regulatory Mediation Panel; and American Arbitration Association..
MEDIATION EXPERIENCE
Thomas Repicky has been mediating privately since 1998. His mediation practice includes a broad range of areas dealing with civil lawsuits and claims (see types of cases mediated). His litigation background coupled with his extensive mediation training and experience makes him a highly effective mediator. He has privately mediated over 1300 cases. His mediation settlement rate has averaged nearly 90% over the last several years.