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Mediation & Arbitration Although Bonezzi Switzer Murphy Polito & Hupp Co. L.P.A. is a firm that every year tries many cases to conclusion, the attorneys in the firm recognize that select cases are better resolved outside of a courtroom with the clients’ best interests in mind. Recognizing the value of alternative dispute resolution, two of the shareholders in the law firm devote a portion of their time to that practice area.
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Mediation & Arbitration Attorneys
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Patrick J. Murphy has been practicing law since 1974. The focus of his practice has been civil trial work. During the first-third of his career, Pat had a very diverse civil trial practice including personal injury, product liability, construction litigation, business litigation, surety bond litigation, and some exposure to medical malpractice defense. During the last two-thirds of his career, Pat has focused primarily on the defense of physicians, hospitals and nursing homes with respect to medical liability claims. Because of his extensive trial practice Mr. Murphy developed a keen interest in practicing within the alternative dispute resolution field. He has served both as an invited mediator and an arbitrator in practice areas including medical malpractice, legal malpractice, products liability and workers’ compensation. Recognition of his integrity, legal acumen and unbiased judgment by both the plaintiffs’ bar and the defense bar in Northeastern Ohio has resulted in repeated requests for Mr. Murphy to serve as a mediator and an arbitrator with ongoing frequency. Beth A. Sebaugh has been practicing law since 1980. Throughout her career Beth’s litigation practice has been diverse in nature. It has included personal injury, products liability, medical malpractice defense, employment law, toxic tort defense, and business litigation. She has been an active participant in professional organizations within the legal community. Ms. Sebaugh has served for many years on The Cleveland Bar Association’s Judicial Selection Committee. She has been a member for many years on that organization’s Legal Fee Dispute Committee, holding chairmanship positions in multiple years. In 2007, she served as the Life Member Co-Chair of the Ohio Eighth Judicial District Conference. Ms. Sebaugh has served for several years as a Business Dispute Mediator for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas’ Alternative Dispute Resolution Department. Her well regarded reputation in the legal community is now providing opportunities to serve as a private mediator and arbitrator.
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