Attorney and Lawyer Personal Injury Law Firm for Cleveland and Akron clients

Attorney Profiles

Gary W. Kisling, Partner

Year Admitted to Bar: 1977

Past Employment Positions

Judicial Clerk - Akron Municipal Court (1974-1975)
Judicial Clerk – Summit County Court of Common Pleas (1975-1977)
Emershaw, Shumaker, Lang & Kisling (personal injury, criminal law, general practice)(1978-1985)
Kisling Law Offices (personal injury, criminal law, general practice) (1985-1989)
Eshelman Legal Group (Partner) (1989-2004)
Kisling Legal Group (2004-2005)
Kisling, Nestico and Redick, Founding Partner (2005)

Memberships

American Association for Justice
Ohio Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Akron Bar Association
Cleveland Bar Association

Education

Bachelor of Arts Political Science / University of Iowa (1973)
Juris Doctor of Law / University of Akron (1977)
University of Virginia, Institute of Trial Advocacy (1997)
Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College, Dubois, Wyoming (2000)

Professional Associations

The Ohio Supreme Court (1977)
The U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Ohio (1979)
The United States Supreme Court, July 28, 2008.
Selected top 100 Trial Lawyers of America
Selected as Ohio’s Rising Star by Ohio Super Lawyers

Presentations

Cross examination of the Defense Expert in Medical Malpractice Cases, Summit County Trial Lawyer’s Association, December, 2000.
Trial of the Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Case, National Business Institute, October, 2006.

Significant Decisions and Precedent

Modzelewski v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc. (2004), 102 Ohio St.3d 192.
- The Ohio Supreme Court held that Ohio’s first Worker’s Compensation Subrogation statute was unconstitutional, and that an injured worker did not have to pay to his employer the medical expenses portion of his recovery from a third party tortfeasor.

Starling v. MetroHealth Center Skilled Nursing (1999), 1999 WL 685641.
- The 8th District Court of Appeals held that a political subdivision was not immune from liability resulting from its negligent actions in the operation of a nursing home.
Holl v. Montrose, Inc. (1992), 82 Ohio App.3d 644.
- The 9th District Court of Appeals held that a restaurant patron’s prior usage of a stairway without incident was not sufficient to charge her with knowledge of a defective condition of the stairway.
Banks v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. (1987), 1987 WL 19456.
- The 9th District Court of Appeals held that an expert witness may base his opinion on the hearsay statement of another expert where cost of treatment is involved.
Cline v. Kline (1985), 1985 WL 10762.
- The 9th District Court of Appeals upheld that the trial court’s decision that the parental immunity doctrine did not bar an illegitimate child’s recovery against the biological father for personal injuries that were incurred when no parent/child relationship existed.

Rob A. Nestico, Partner

Year Admitted to Bar: 1999

Past Employment Positions

Summit County Judicial Internship for Judge Patricia Cosgrove
Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for Judge Dan Polster
Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman (Insurance Defense)
Reminger & Reminger (Insurance Defense)
Eshelman Legal Group (Partner)
Kisling, Nestico and Redick, Founding Partner (2005)

Memberships

Akron Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Assoication for Justice
Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers

Education

Bachelor of Arts Political Science/ York University (1990)
Specialized Honors of Political Science/ York University (1992)
Juris Doctor of Law (Cum Laude) , Touro Law School, NY (1999)

Professional Associations

The Ohio Supreme Court, November 8, 1999
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, March 1, 2002
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, November 16, 2000
Selected top 100 Trial Lawyers of America
Selected as Ohio's Rising Star by Ohio Super Lawyers

Robert W. Redick, Partner

Date Admitted to Bar: November 8, 1999

Past Employment Positions

Claims Adjuster, Motorists Insurance Companies, 1985-1988
Claims Supervisor, Agency Rent A Car, 1988-1991
Director of Claims, Agency Rent A Car, 1991-1994
Supervising Legal Assistant, Eshelman Legal Group, 1994-1999
Associate Attorney, Eshelman Legal Group, 1999-2001
Non Equity Partner, Eshelman Legal Group, 2001-2005
Founding Attorney, Kisling, Nestico & Redick, LLC, 2005

Memberships

Akron Bar Association
Stark County Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice

Education

Bachelor of Arts, History / Political Science, Miami University, 1985
Associate in Claims, Insurance Institute of America, 1990
Associate in Risk Management, Insurance Institute of America, 1994
J.D., University of Akron, School of Law, 1999

Professional Associations

The Ohio Supreme Court, November 8, 1999
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, March 1, 2002
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, November 16, 2000
The U.S District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, January 14, 2002

Kenneth M. Zerrusen, Attorney

Date admitted to Bar: November 8, 1999

Past Employment Positions

Aronson & Associates

Memberships

Akron Bar Association

Education

BS, Business Management, Quincy University, Quincy IL, 1994
JD, University of Akron School of Law, 1999

James Francis Mackey, Attorney

Date admitted to Bar: May 11, 1998

Past Employment Positions

Assistant Public Defender, Stark County Ohio, 1998-2000
Associate Attorney, Keller and Curtin Co,. LPA 2000-2001
Associate Attorney, Amer Cunningham Co., LPA 2001-2006

Memberships

American Bar Association
Ohio Association for Justice
Ohio Bar Association
Akron Bar Association

Education

BS, Ed. Miami University, Oxford Ohio, 1992
- Cum Laude
JD, University of Akron School of Law, Akron Ohio, 1997

Thomas M. Vasvari, Attorney

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland Ohio, 1987-1990
- Degree: Juris Doctor, Cum Laude
- Civil Procedure Award
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 1983-1987
- Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Major: Political Science
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- Clarence P. Gould Society
- Youngstown Vindicator Social Studies Award

Professional Activities

Addiction Programs of Mahoning County, Inc., Executive Director, 2005-2007
Eshelman Legal Group, Attorney, 2002-2005, Cuyahoga Falls Ohio
Economarketing, Inc., Attorney and Broker, 2000-2002, Bonita Springs Florida
Carlin & Vasvari, L.L.C., Attorney, 1998-2000, Poland Ohio
McLaughlin, McNally & Carlin, Attorney, 1994-1998, Youngstown Ohio
Struthers Municipal Court, Acting Judge, 1998-2000, Struthers Ohio
Private Law Practice, 1990-1994, Boardman Ohio
Mahoning County Probate Court, Special Master, 1998, Youngstown Ohio
Seventh District Court of Appeals, Law Clerk/Staff Attorney, 1991-1994, Youngstown Ohio

Professional Associations

American Bar Association
Summit County (Ohio) Bar
Association Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Governing Trustee, 1997-1999
- Vice Chair, Negligence Law Section, 1997-1998
Mahoning-Trumbull Academy of Trial Lawyers
- President, 1997-1998
- Vice President, 1996-1997
- Secretary, 1995-1996
- Chair, Case Review Seminar, May 1998
- Chair, Tort Reform Seminar, H.B.350, March 1997
- Chair, Courtroom Medicine V Seminar, December 1996

Professional Certification

The Ohio Supreme Court, November 5, 1990
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, March 18, 1991
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, March 11, 1991
Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1998-2005

Publications

Vasvari, Thomas M., and Carlin, Clair M., Expert Witnesses After Daubert and Kumho Tire, The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1999, Evidence Seminar, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio.
Vasvari, Thomas M., and Lewis, Richard, Biomechanical Testimony in Low Impact Crash Cases, The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1999 Regional Seminars, Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio.
Vasvari, Thomas M., Proving Proximate Cause in the Professional (non-medical) Liability Case, The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers 1998 Annual Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Vasvari, Thomas M., Attorney Fees and Costs, Mahoning-Trumbull Academy of Trial Lawyers Case Review Seminar, May 1998.
Vasvari, Thomas M., Can You Say That In Trial?, The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers 1998 Annual Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Vasvari, Thomas M., Impact of H.B. 350 on Expert Witnesses, Mahoning-Trumbull Academy of Trial Lawyers Tort Reform Seminar, March 1998.
Vasvari, Thomas M., Appellate Practice: A Primer, The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers 1995 Annual Convention, New Lawyers Seminar, Columbus, Ohio.
Vasvari, Thomas M., Victim's Rights, Help Hotline Crisis Center, Inc. Victims Encounter Group, June 1992.

Significant Decisions and Precedent

Vahila v. Hall, 1997, 77 Ohio St.3d 42.
- The Ohio Supreme Court made a new standard for legal malpractice in which a litigant was not required to prove that he would have been successful on an underlying cause of action. The Court held that the traditional concepts of negligence and proximate cause should apply in legal and professional malpractice cases.

Petras v. Ohio Concrete Constr. Co., 1995, 74 Ohio St.3d 186.
- Amicus Brief for Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. The Ohio Supreme Court was urged to apply Ohio's statutory law to mandate that Ohio property owners provide a safe place to work for individuals working on their property, and to hold the party responsible for the control of the safety procedures at a construction site accountable for injuries suffered by workers as a result of unsafe conditions.

Community and Social Activity

Struthers Optimist Club, Charter President, 1991
Help Hotline Crisis Center, Inc.
- President of Board of Directors, 1997-1999
- Member, Board of Directors, 1993-2000, 2003-2005