Location
Cleveland, OHFax
216.875.1570Phone
216.875.2073
Jim Kline joined Bonezzi Switzer as a Shareholder in 2019.He has over 25 years of experience defending product liability, toxic tort (including cases involving asbestos, silica, diacetyl, benzene, and latex), personal injury, employer intentional tort, first-party insurance, commercial and construction related claims in federal and state trial courts, as well as state appellate courts. His clients include manufacturers, suppliers, premises owners, insurers, individual restaurants and restaurant chains, contractors, not-for-profit organizations, and municipalities.
General Liability
Toxic Tort
Product Liability
Ohio - 1984
The Ohio State University - (J.D., with Honors, 1984)
University of Michigan - (A.B., with Honors, 1981)
Cleveland Assn. of Civil Trial Attorneys, President - 2007-2008
Ohio Assn. of Civil Trial Attorneys - Frank Seth Hurd Member of the Year Award - 2013
Ohio Assn. of Civil Trial Attorneys, President - 2018-2019
Chair, Bar Admissions Committee, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Assn. - 2022-2023
The Best Lawyers in America - Mass Tort Litigation - Defendants - 2023
Ohio Super Lawyers - 2012-2024