Diane Chapman has tried cases in state and federal courts for over 30 years with an emphasis on Business Litigation, Class Actions and Employment Litigation. Ms. Chapman has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer®. Her representation of clients includes international dispute resolution proceedings on multiparty contracts.
Her clients include leaders in the aviation industry, national insurance companies, credit card companies, newspapers, television stations, park districts, hospitals, real estate developers, not-for-profit corporations, manufacturers of drugs, power lines, appliances, and construction materials, chemical testing laboratories, and engineers.
On the appellate level, Ms. Chapman has presented matters to the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third, Sixth and Ninth Circuits and the Ohio Supreme Court. Her practice includes matters litigated in state courts (at all levels) and federal courts across the country. Certain matters were resolved through arbitration or mediation, including a multimillion-dollar completion of a county sewer project; confidential matters with trade secret implications; disputes with government agencies; and unique cases seeking injunctive relief on substantial cases of public interest. She has tried complex lawsuits in Ohio, Nevada, California, Colorado, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania and the Virgin Islands.
Ms. Chapman has served on the American Arbitration Association Advisory Council for Northern Ohio, the Board of Trustees for the Cleveland Bar Association, the Board of the Federal Bar Association, and the Judicial Selection Committee serving as chair of that Committee. She is a Life Member of the Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District, a member of the John Manos Inn of Court, and a member of the Advisory Group of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.