ACCESSIBILITY NOTIFICATIONS - Key Persons


Jon A. Lafferty

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ohio Association for Justice
  • Retired / of Counsel
JON ALAN LAFFERTY is a native of Findlay, Ohio, and received his B.S. Degree from Bowling Green State University and his J.D. degree from Ohio Northern University. He is admitted to the bar in Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. He is a member of the Toledo and American Bar Associations and Ohio State Bar Association. Mr. Lafferty is also a member of The Ohio Association for Justice and The American Association for Justice. He has been invited to speak on personal injury areas of law at the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, as well as serving as a past speaker at the National Business Institute regarding uninsured/underinsured motorist claims. Mr. Lafferty is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Joseph S. Hartle

Job Titles:
  • Partner
JOSEPH STEPHEN HARTLE is a native of Oil City, Pennsylvania, and received his B.A. Degree with honors from Kent State University and his J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law. He is admitted to the bar in Ohio, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio. Joe Hartle represented us in a wrongful death case involving a semi-truck. He did an outstanding job during a very trying time in our life. Thank you!

Robert M. Scott

Job Titles:
  • Partner
ROBERT M. SCOTT holds an A.B. degree from St. Louis University and J.D. degree from The University of Toledo. He is admitted to the bar in Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth District; and U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Thomas W. Gallagher

Job Titles:
  • Retired / of Counsel
  • Retired / of Counsel / ATTORNEY Profiles
THOMAS W. GALLAGHER was born in Chicago and graduated from Brother Rice High School. He received his B.S. degree in Economics from Xavier University and his J.D. degree from the Chase School of Law at Northern Kentucky University.