Regularly travels out of state to: Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania
Other ADR Services: ADR Training/CME
Biographical
Jerry Weiss was the first attorney in Northeast Ohio to devote his practice entirely to mediation. As a neutral whose work has evolved over the past 27 years, he has drawn on his academic and practical experience and his years of work as a litigator, to accomplish a high success rate in the resolution of disputes. Jerry has deep experience in the mediation of complex cases and he frequently lectures in the United States and abroad on topics involving disputes and people and institutions involved in them. Jerry knows the problems facing litigants and their counsel and is acclaimed for his dealing with the negative impact of adjudicative processes and in helping disputants in moving forward. He has mediated cases to successful conclusion that were otherwise thought to be intractable and unresolvable, both regionally and nationally.
Jerry is the only mediator in Northeast Ohio to be inducted as a Distinguished Fellow in the peer-selected International Academy of Mediators (“IAM”), thought by many to be the world’s foremost cohort of distinguished neutrals. He sits on the Board of Governors of that Academy.
Case Experience
ADA Disability
Anti-Trust
Banking & Finance
Civil Rights
Class Actions
Commercial/Business
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
EEOC
Eminent Domain
Employment
Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
Environmental
Family Businesses
Health Care
Insurance
Labor/Unions
Land Use/Planning
Legal Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
Nursing Homes
Partnerships
Personal Injury
Police
Premises Liability
Probate
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Real Estate
Securities
Shareholder Disputes
Title Disputes
Torts
Trusts / Estates
Wage & Hour/FMLA
Wrongful Death
Education
Syracuse University, degree: BA
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, degree: JD
Memberships & Affiliations
Life Member of the Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District.
American Bar Association (Alternative Dispute Resolution Section)
Ohio State Bar Association
Federal Panel of the U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio (of Mediators and Evaluators)
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (formerly Cleveland Bar Association)
Criminal Law Committee Chair, 1982-1983
Grievance Committee Chair, 1987-1988
Board of Trustees, 1990-1994
Judicial Selection Committee
Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (Vice Chair, 2004-2005; Chair 2005-2006)
ACR - Association for Conflict Resolution, 2002-present
Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators (IAM), 2006-present
MANO - Mediation Association of Northeast Ohio, 2002-present
Ohio Mediation Association, 2007-present
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (2012-present)
National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Induction to the Society of Benchers at Case Western
Reserve University School of Law, June 11, 2015. This peer nominated
society represents over 240 exemplary professionals and is the highest
honor bestowed at the Law School.
