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Phone: (216) 456-3840

Fax: (216) 456-3864

Email:

sblum@tmlpa.com

Areas of Practice:

Business Litigation

Intellectual Property

Defamation

Contract Law

Insurance Coverage

Litigation Management

Licensed:

Ohio

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Education:

Georgetown University, 1990, J.D.

Baylor University, 1987, B.A.

- Suzanne Bretz Blum - Shareholder

      Suzanne practices primarily in business competition, intellectual property, and contract law.  She litigates cases involving unfair competition, trade secrets, antitrust issues, noncompete agreements, and trademark and copyright infringement.  Suzanne assists clients in contract disputes, including insurance recovery on behalf of corporate policy holders.

Honors and Awards

• Winner of the Democratic Primary for Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, 2006
• Woman of Professional Excellence, YWCA, 1997
• Humanitarian Award – Georgetown University Law Center 

 

Professional Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Former Chair, Committee on Homelessness
• Federal Bar Association
• Cleveland Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
• National Association of Women Lawyers
• Ohio Women's Bar Association

Representative Cases:

• All Metal Sales, Inc. v. All Metal Source, LLC, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25019, U.S. Dist. Ct., Northern District of Ohio, represented defendant in trademark infringement action alleging unfair competition, violation of the Lanham Act, and violation of the Ohio Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

• Gorilla Productions, Inc. v. Wig-Out Records, et al., CV-10-720736, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas – secured a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction in a defamation action against a Seattle-based band and its members for statements made on a website owned and managed by one of the band members.

• Renee Dansko v. Minute Men, Inc., CV-09-683983, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas – achieved voluntary dismissal with prejudice for company defendant in an action filed by a former employee claiming tortious interference with business relations arising from the company’s enforcement of a non-compete agreement.

• OmniAmerica Group v. Street Gold Records, 916 F.Supp. 672 (N.D. Ohio 1996).  Secured an injunction on behalf of a media company that owned a number of radio stations to bar a competitor’s infringing use of the mark “Moondog Coronation Ball.”
• Sweda, Sweda & Associations, Inc., et al. v. Prudential Real Financial Services of America, Inc., Lorain County Court of Common Pleas.  Won summary judgment for the financing arm of a multi-million-dollar business transfer on claims of fraud and breach of contract.

Community Involvement:

• Former Magistrate, Shaker Heights, Juvenile Diversion Program, 1998-2007
• Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, Executive Committee

Publications:

• Author, “Non-compete agreements find growing role.”  Crain’s Cleveland Business, July 8, 1996
• Co-Author, Ohio Tortious Interference Law and The Role of Privilege and Competition, 18 University of Dayton Law Review 635 (1993)
• Author, Why Mandatory Pro Bono is a Bad Idea, 3 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 623 (1990)

Speaking Engagements/Seminars Taught:

• Presenter, “Data Breaches Happen-Prepare to Minimize the Loss,” Great Lakes Higher Education Law Symposium, Feb. 2, 2010