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Commercial Litigation
Construction
Contract Disputes
Insurance Defense
Products Liability
Professional Liability
Toxic Tort Defense
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James L. McCrystal, Jr., is a partner
of the firm. Mr. McCrystal was elected Managing Partner of the firm
April 2004. Mr. McCrystal's focus is on the representation of manufacturers
and suppliers in products liability litigation. In addition, he
handles
significant commercial and construction matters and professional
liability
cases.
Mr. McCrystal is admitted to practice in all Courts in the State
of Ohio as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern
and Southern Districts of Ohio, the United States Court of Appeals
for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits, the United States District Court
for
the
Eastern
District of Michigan, and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. McCrystal graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School
in 1973, having obtained his undergraduate degree from John Carroll
University in 1970, in history. Mr. McCrystal is
a member of numerous professional organizations. He serves on the
Board of Directors of the Products Liability Advisory Council. He
was President of the Ohio Association of Civil Trial
Attorneys in 2002-2003. He actively
participates
as a member of the International Association of Defense Council,
where
he has served as Chairman, Business Litigation Committee, 1993-1995;
Chairman, CLE Board, 1994-1996; and Chairman, Technology Committee,
1997-2000. He is serving as the Defense Research Institute State
Representative for Ohio and has been a member of the steering committee
for the Defense Research Institute Business
Litigation
Committee
and
also
serves
in
a similar role on the Technology Committee. He is a past president
of the Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, the John Carroll
University Alumni Association, and the Friends of the Western Reserve
Historical Society Library. Additionally, he serves on the Ohio State
Bar Association’s Judicial Administration and Legal Reform
Committee. For more than 25 years, Mr. McCrystal has lectured extensively
in
numerous forums on a wide range of trial advocacy issues including
discovery of electronic data, challenges to computer-generated
evidence,
deposing the financial expert and combating the spoliation of evidence.
He authored the Ohio chapter in the Defense Research Institute
publication,
Admissibility of Expert Testimony.
He is Program Director for the
National Institute of Trial Advocacy Great Lakes Deposition Program
and of the National Institute
of Trial Advocacy five day Trial Advocacy Program sponsored by the
Cleveland Bar Association.
Contact James L. McCrystal, Jr.
- “Hartman: When is Interest Due on a Settlement?”
Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, 2002.
- “Discovery and Electronic Data: Electrons meet the Civil
Rules,” Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, 2001.
- “Jury Trial Innovations,” American Corporate Counsel
Association, Northeast Ohio Chapter, 2001.
- “What Types of Information Should Be Routinely Retained
and How to Produce It,” Defense Research Institute Electronic
Discovery Seminar, 2001.
- "Do the Rules Compute & Do Computers Rule; Controlling
Electronic Data in Discovery,” 2000 Product Liability Advisory
Council.
- "Qui Tam and Whistle Blower Litigation," 1999 Cleveland
Bar Association Annual Business Litigation Institute.
- "Voir Dire in Civil Litigation," 1999 Ohio Legal Center
Institute.
- "Challenges to Computer Generated Evidence," 1999
International Association of Defense Counsel.
- "Jury Trial Innovations," 1998 Product Liability Advisory
Council.
- "Impact of Fidelholtz on Multi-Party Tort Litigation,"
1998 Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.
- "Direct and Cross Examination Skills Training Workshop;
Fundamentals of Personal Injury Litigation: Impact of Fidelholtz
on Multi-Party Tort Litigation," 1998 Ohio Legal Center Institute.
- "Combating Spoliation of Evidence," 1998 International
Institute of Defense Counsel.
- "Representing the Co-Defendants in a Motor Vehicle Products
Liability Suit,” 1998 Defense Research Institute Annual
Products Liability Suit.
- "What’s New with Peremptory Challenges in Civil Litigation,"
1996 International Association of Defense Counsel.
- "How to Deal with the Gorillas at a Deposition," 1996
Ohio Legal Center Institute.
- "Avoiding Problems in Commercial Arbitration," 1995
Cleveland Bar Association.
- "Twenty Third Annual Trial Academy," Faculty Member,
Boulder, Colorado, 1995 International Association of Defense Counsel.
- "Discovery Methods in Ohio," Chapter for 1995 Ohio
Legal Center Institute’s Annual Trial Techniques.
- "Calculating Law Firm Costs for Budget Planning,"
1995 International Association of Defense Counsel.
- " Deposition Skills Program," Faculty Member, Team
Leader 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 National Institute of
Trial Advocacy.
- "Attorney Client Relations with Corporate Clients: An Overview
of Ethical Issues in Business Litigation," 1994 International
Association of Defense Counsel.
- " Deposing the Financial Expert," Faculty Member,
1994 National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
- "The Rebirth of the Intentional Tort Background for Employee
Intentional Tort Suits in Ohio and Insurance Coverage for the
Employer – Are Intentional Torts Coverable?" 1993 Cleveland-Marshall
College of Law, Cleveland State University Continuing Legal Education
Program.
- "Gender Equity Issues and the Code of Professional Responsibility,"
1991 Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
Continuing Legal Education Program.
- "Using Videotape at Trial," 1992 American College
of Trial Lawyers Sixth Circuit Regional Meeting; 1992 Kentucky
Bar Association Annual Meeting; 1989 Wyoming State Bar Association
Convention; 1986 Canadian Bar Association Annual Meeting; 1979
Maryland State Bar Association.
- "Avoiding Environmental Liability in Ohio," 1991 National
Business Institute.
- "A Commentary on the Cases Every Defense Trial Counsel
Should Know," 1991 Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys;
1990 Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.
- "Evidentiary Standards in Toxic Tort Litigation –
Challenging the Plaintiff’s Expert," 1991 Defense Research
Institute.
- "Motions in Limine to Exclude Plaintiff’s Expert
Witness," 1990 International Association of Defense Counsel.
- "The Liability Insurer’s Duties to Defend and Settle,
Automobile Liability and UMC/UDMC Issues," 1990 Department
of Continuing Legal Education, Case Western Reserve School of
Law.
- "Legal Malpractice and Bad Faith – You and the Insurer
on Trial," 1988 International Association of Defense Counsel.
- "Litigating Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Ohio," 1988
Department of Continuing Legal Education, Case Western Reserve
School of Law.
- "The Insurer’s Duty to Defend," 1987 Department
of Continuing Legal Education, Case Western Reserve School of
Law.
- "Employer Intentional Torts – What the Future Holds
in Ohio under the New Statute," 1986 Ohio Association of
Civil Trial Attorneys.
- "Gathering Information and Discovering Your Opponent’s
Case," 1985 Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.
- "Discovery Practice," Chapter in Civil Litigation
Handbook, 1984 Ohio Legal Center Institute.
- "Comparative Negligence from the Defendant’s Perspective,"
1981 Ohio Northern University Law School.
- "Using Depositions in Court," 1979 Ohio Legal Center
Institute.
- "Pre-Recorded Videotape Trials," 1977 Society of Photo-Optical
Instrumentation Engineers.
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