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Email:
dfoley@spiethbell.com
Phone:
216-696-4700
Position:
Shareholder
Admitted:
1976, New Jersey
1985, Ohio
Law School:
Seton Hall University
College:
Boston College, Newton
Member:
New Jersey State (Member, Federal Practice Committee), Cleveland
(Member, Litigation Council, 1997- 1999 ; Litigation Section,
Chair, Federal Courts Committee), Member, U.S. District
Court, N.D. Ohio Advisory Group (1999 - ). Ohio State and
American (Member, Litigation and Labor and Employment Sections)
Bar Associations.
Representative Cases :
Corrigan v. U.S. Steel Corp., 487 F.3d 718 (6th Cir. 2007), National City Bank v. de Laville et al, 2007 WL 3231460, 2006-Ohio-5909, (Ohio App. 6 Dist. 2006), Provident Bank v. Spagnola, 2006 WL 305452,(Ohio App. 8 Dist. 2006) 2006-Ohio-566, Green v. Parker Hannifin, 2006 WL 229043 (M.D. Tenn. 2006) Harris v. Warner & Swasey Co., 729 F.Supp. 1146, (N.D.
Ohio 1989); Ellison v. Empire General Life Ins. Co., 1986
WL 6718 (Ohio App. 8 Dist.1986); Kollar v. Canton Drop Forge,
Inc., 1992 WL 330241 (Ohio App. 5 Dist.1992); Hinten v. Hercules
Engines, Inc. 138 F.3d 608, 1998 Fed.App. 0078P (6th Cir.1998);
Brandt v. Daugstrup, 199 WL 1044499 (Ohio App. 8 Dist.1999);
Lake v. Wolff Bros. Supply, Inc., 1993 WL 462866 (Ohio App.
8 Dist. 1993; Starner v. Guardian Industries, 143 Ohio App.3d
461, 758 N.E.2d 270 (Ohio App. 10 Dist. 2001); MacLean v.
MacLean, 1988 WL 36527 (Ohio App. 8 Dist.1988); Elyria Anesthesia
Services, Inc. v. Valgento, 1993 WL 135820 (Ohio App. 8 Dist.
1993); Gliner v. Saint-Gobain Norton Indus. Ceramics Corp.
89 Ohio St. 3d 414, 732 N.E. 2d 389, 2000- Ohio-210 (2000);
Alles v. Roc-Lakeside, Inc., 1995 WL 23327 (Ohio App. 8 Dist.1995);
Wise v. Duker, 57 Ohio App. 3d 62, 566 N.E. 2d 1248 (Ohio
App. 9 Dist.1988); McTighe v. Mechanics Education Soc. of
America, Local 19, AFL-CIO, 722 F.2d 210, 120 L.R.R.M. (BNA)
2364, 38 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 1477, 103 Lab. Cas., P.
11, 640 (6th Cir. 1985); Galaxy Development Ltd. Partnership
v. Quadax, Inc. 2000 WL 1474502 (Ohio App.8 Dist. 2000 );
Gliner v. Saint-Gobain/ Norton Indus. Ceramics Corp., 1999
WL 380434 (Ohio App. 8 Dist.1999)
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Dianne Foley
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Dianne Foley represents private sector management clients in all facets of labor and employment matters from consulting and risk avoidance analysis to litigation. She also has significant experience in commercial litigation , federal trial practice and procedure, probate litigation, and appellate practice In the course of her thirty years as a litigator, Ms. Foley has written and argued numerous appeals in state and federal courts in Ohio, New Jersey, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court She recently argued an important case on Ohio’s tax apportionment law, National City Bank v. de Laville, et al, 2006-Ohio-5909.
Ms. Foley joined the firm in 1983. She was previously a partner in the Newark, New Jersey law firm of Connell, Foley & Geiser. A former law clerk to the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, she has handled commercial and employment litigation for a wide variety of clients, including: CAVS/Gund Arena Company, Protective Corporation of Alabama, Pacific Great Lakes Shipping Company, Lear Siegler, Brush Wellman, Neff Perkins Company, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Reliance Electric, American Greetings, Astro Metallurgical, the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, The Dickey-Grabler Company, Smythe, Cramer Company, Howard Hanna, Rolls Royce, Tremont Company, Independent Steel, Vintage Wine Distributor, Inc. and Saint-Gobain Corporation.
Ms. Foley is an appointed member of the Federal Advisory Group to the Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (1999 - present), and Chair of the Cleveland Bar Association’s Federal Courts Committee. She is a frequent CLE lecturer on employment and litigation matters for the Ohio State Bar Association and the Cleveland Bar Association. Since 1996, Ms. Foley has been program chair for the Federal Court Training Seminar, a joint project of the Cleveland and Federal Bar Associations and a federal district court admissions requirement for all new lawyers. She is Board Certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a Labor & Employment Law Specialist and has been voted as one of “Ohio’s Super Lawyers” for 2007 and every year since its inception. |
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