Take a moment to register online now for a great luncheon CLE on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 from 12:15-1:30 pm at the Ritz-Carlton in Downtown Cleveland.that will add real value to your practice.

CATA is excited to welcome Andrew R. Young, Esq., who will discuss the Essentials of Trucking Litigation for our next CLE luncheon seminar.

Andy concentrates his practice on catastrophic truck crashes and wrongful death litigation.  He holds an active, interstate, Class A Commercial Drivers License (CDL) and regularly drives his own Peterbilt semi-tractor and 45-foot racecar trailer.

He has testified as a Truck Safety Advocate before the U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.  He is a member of the Owner Operators Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA).  He has testified on behalf of OOIDA and the Ohio Association for Justice’s Truck Safety Section before the Ohio Senate Transportation Committee.    He serves as an Executive Officer of the AAJ Trucking Litigation Group and is the immediate, past-president of the Lorain County Bar Association (LCBA).  Mr. Young is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell, has been included in Ohio Super Lawyers, and has received awards from AAJ TLG, OAJ, and was the LCBA Member of the Year in 2016.  He lectures frequently at continuing legal education programs on trucking litigation and trial advocacy.  Mr. Young has served as a Moderator and on the Organization Committee for two industry “Truck Underride Roundtables” hosted at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety at their crash test facility in Ruckersville, Virginia.

He will focus on a host of important issues that arise at every stage of a trucking case and provide advice geared toward reaching successful case outcomes. 

We hope this will be an interactive presentation/discussion, so please feel free to ask questions!

Save the dates of our upcoming lunches
(12:15 – 1:30 pm, The Ritz-Carlton, Downtown Cleveland)

Please save the dates for our upcoming luncheons in your calendars, too:

9/11/2019
10/11/2019- Please note this new date
11/13/2019
12/11/2019
2/12/2020
3/11/2020
4/8/2020 (Annual Litigation Institute)
5/13/2020

Join Us to Help End Distracted Driving

Former CATA president Ellen Hobbs Hirshman has been leading our efforts to bring a positive view to trial lawyers by presenting End Distracted Driving lessons in area schools.

We ask all CATA members to let us know if you have a contact at a local high school to assist us in scheduling more End Distracted Driving presentations throughout this new school year.  Contact Ellen Hirshman at ehirshman@loucaslaw.com for more details or check out www.enddd.org.

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If you would like to update your contact information with CATA (for receiving the newsletter, list serve access, or membership dues billing), send an email with the new information to CATA treasurer Meghan Connolly at mconnolly@lewlaw.com