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Phone: (216) 456-3852

Fax: (216) 456-3862

Email:

amartinsek@tmlpa.com

Areas of Practice:

Business Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Insurance Recovery

Professional Liability

Licensed:

Ohio

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education:

New York University School of Law, New York, J.D.
Magna cum laude

Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, B.A. with Honors

- Amanda Martinsek - Shareholder

    Amanda is President of Thacker Martinsek LPA.  She carries Martindale-Hubbell's AV rating and has been listed in annual editions of Ohio Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Nationwide Corporate Counsel.

    Amanda practices in the areas of corporate and general civil litigation, as well as in insurance coverage. Her experience encompasses a variety of commercial disputes including breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference, covenants not to compete, supplier agreements and other business issues.

    She has both prosecuted and defended shareholder derivative and direct shareholder claims. She has also represented directors and officers against claims brought under the federal securities laws and various state laws.

    She also has extensive experience with class action litigation brought under a variety of statutes, including the securities laws, TCPA, state and federal consumer protection statutes, state and federal antitrust laws, and mortgage recording and UCC-1 statutes.

    Amanda is also experienced in litigation involving public works contracts, construction disputes, school law, civil rights, professional liability actions, employment claims, and real estate issues.  She has directed a number of internal investigations, both pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley and otherwise.

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyers - Nationwide Corporate Counsel Edition for Business Litigation - 2008 - 2012
• Ohio Super Lawyers 2007-2012
• Inside Business Magazine Leading Lawyer - 2004 - 2012
• J.D., magna cum laude, New York University School of Law
• Order of the Coif

Professional Memberships:

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Ohio Women's Bar Association

Representative Cases:

• Gobble v. Hellman, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26833 (N.D. Ohio, March 26, 2002)
• Mick v. Level Propane Gases, Inc., 203 F.R.D. 324 (S.D. Ohio 2001)
• Morales v. Coyle, 98 F. Supp. 2d 849 (N.D. Ohio 2000)
• Iron Workers Local Union No. 17 Ins. Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc., 186 F.R.D. 453 (N.D. Ohio 1999)
• Village of Hills & Dales v. Ohio Dept. of Education, 2007 Ohio App. LEXIS 4530 (Franklin Cty. Ct. of App. 2007)
• State ex rel. Brewer-Garrett Co. v. MetroHealth System, 2006 Ohio App. LEXIS 5222 (Cuyahoga Cty. Ct. of App. 2006)
• Complete Personnel Logistics v. Patton, 2006 Ohio App. LEXIS 3286 (Cuyahoga Cty. Ct. of App. 2006)
• Huang v. Lanxide Thermocomposites, Inc., 144 Ohio App. 3d 289 (Cuyahoga Cty. Ct. of App. 2001)

Community Involvement:

• Member of the Board of Trustees of Murtis H. Taylor
  Human Services System
  2003-2010
• Member of the Board of Directors Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
  2008-present
• Ohio Women's Bar Association
  2009-2010 -- Trustee
  2010-2011 -- Secretary and Member of Executive Committee
  2011-Present -- Trustee

Speaking Engagements/Seminars Taught:

• "The Ethics of Representing Corporations" - CLE Seminar, Thacker Martinsek LPA - Cleveland, OH (December 2011)