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Phone: (216) 456-3858

Fax: (216) 456-3868

Email:

bheskamp@tmlpa.com

Areas of Practice:

Insurance Recovery

Business Litigation

Licensed:

Ohio

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

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

U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education:

Ave Maria School of Law, Naples, Florida, 2008,
J.D. magna cum laude

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 2005,
Master of Public Administration

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 2003,
B.S. magna cum laude

- Brian D. Heskamp - Associate

     Brian is an associate practicing primarily in complex civil litigation.  His experience includes involvement in litigating a broad range of commercial disputes such as insurance coverage actions including long-tail environmental and asbestos coverage actions, contract disputes, and disputes involving business-related torts. He also has extensive experience in litigating civil rights cases, particularly under the Fair Housing Act.  Brian has practiced in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels.

     Brian received a Bachelor of Science degree magna cum laude from Bowling Green State University in 2003, and a Master of Public Administration from Bowling Green State University in 2005.  He received a law degree magna cum laude from the Ave Maria School of Law in 2008.  While in law school, Brian served as the Executive Notes Editor of the Ave Maria Law Review and was honored to be selected by the students and faculty to deliver the student commencement address.

Professional Memberships:

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Cleveland Catholic Lawyers Guild

Publications:

• Joseph Thacker, Andrew W. Miller, Brian D. Heskamp, and Nicholas J. Hammond, Do Rights Transfer Under Occurrence-Based General Liability Policies After the Sale of a Business?, The Brief 53 (Fall 2011)
• Jamie R. Carsey, Brian D. Heskamp, Jennifer C. Wasson, Is Three Company or a Crowd?  Conflicts and the Tripartite Relationship.  Presented at the ABA Section of Litigation Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar held in Tucson, AZ, March 4-7, 2009

• Brian D. Heskamp, The Prisoner’s Ombudsman: Protecting Constitutional Rights and Fostering Justice in American Corrections, 6 Ave Maria L. Rev. 527 (2008)

• D.S. Chauhan, Brian D. Heskamp, Yongfei Zhao, Enhancing Public Service through Experiential Leaning: Building Management Capacity and Enriching the Educational Experience, in Mark Holzer el al . eds., Frontiers of Public Administration: Proceedings of the Second Sino - U.S. International Conference for Public Administration (United Nations Public Administration Network, 2006)