ABOUT ATTORNEY ETHAN VESSELS

ETHAN VESSELS

THE PREFERRED ATTORNEY

Ethan is a trial lawyer. He has tried over 50 trials in central and southeast Ohio, as well as northern West Virginia. Serious injuries, wrongful deaths, medical malpractice, mass torts, oil and gas disputes, insurance denials, nursing home abuse, elder financial abuse, and business break-ups are examples of the types of high-value cases he handles.

Most cases settle. No client wants to go to court. Yet to get a fair settlement, your lawyer must prepare as though there will be no settlement. Ethan prepares each case for trial, which, more often than not, yields a fair settlement.

Ethan is one of 55 National Board of Trial Advocacy board-certified civil trial specialists in Ohio recognized by the Ohio Supreme Court. This board certification involves strict requirements to establish courtroom experience, background checks, confirmation from judges and fellow lawyers, along with passing a rigorous written examination. In 2018, he was also inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates.

He regularly defends trial court victories on appeal. He has argued three times in the Ohio Supreme Court, once before the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and dozens of times in the various Ohio appellate courts. Ethan also defended a Wood County jury verdict in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.

Ethan has been recognized every year from 2016 through 2023 for inclusion in the Thomson Reuters SuperLawyers list, which annually recognizes no more than the top 5% of practicing attorneys in Ohio. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization limited to attorneys who have won verdicts or negotiated settlements of $1 million or greater. In 2018, Ethan was recognized by America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators for Ohio. To be selected, an attorney must have litigated a matter with at least $2 million in alleged damages or involved in the fate of a company worth at least $2 million.