Orville L. Reed III
Partner
Litigation

Practice Area And Professional Expertise

• Joined the Firm in 1973 and became a partner in 1979.
  
  
• Has extensive trial practice of over 30 years.
  
  
• Practice is focused on the representation of major self-insured and manufacturing concerns in commercial and personal injury litigation.
  
  
• Listed: The Best Lawyers in America® (1989 - 2010).
  
  
• Named as ‘Akron Best Lawyers' Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year ’ for 2009.
  
  
• Received special recognition for 20 consecutive years or more as one of the Best Lawyers in America ®.
  
  
• Listed as one of Ohio’s leading attorneys in Litigation in Chambers USA America’s Leading Business Lawyers, 2007 edition.
  
  
• Recognized by Inside Business Magazine since 2001 as a Leading Lawyer in Business Litigation in Northeast Ohio, as voted by his peers.
  
  
• Recognized as one of Ohio’s Super Lawyers™ in 2004 - 2010, as voted by his peers. Mr. Reed was also listed among the Top 10 Ohio Super Lawyers™ as well as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in the Cleveland area in 2007. In addition, he is listed among the Top 100 Ohio Super Lawyers™ in 2004-2006 and 2009-2010.
  
  
• Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV, which indicates very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.

Education
University of Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana (J.D., with distinction, 1973)
Borromeo Seminary College of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio (B.A., magna cum laude, 1969)

Courts & Bar Associations
Ohio Bar (1973)
Federal District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Member: American Bar Association
Member: Ohio State Bar Association
Member: Akron Bar Association (Member: Board of Trustees)

Professional & Civic Affiliations
Member: American College of Trial Lawyers
Member: International Society of Barristers
Member: Ohio Trial Lawyer Association
Bencher: Scanlon Inn of Court