Location
Cleveland, OHFax
216.875.1570Phone
216.875.2073Jim Kline joined Bonezzi Switzer Polito & Hupp as a Shareholder in 2019.He has over twenty-five years of experience defending product liability, toxic tort (including cases involving asbestos, silica, diacetyl, benzene, and latex), personal injury, employer intentional tort, first-party insurance, commercial and construction related claims in federal and state trial courts, as well as state appellate courts. His clients include manufacturers, suppliers, premises owners, insurers, individual restaurants and restaurant chains, contractors, not-for-profit organizations, and municipalities.
General Liability
Toxic Tort
Product Liability
State of Ohio - 1984
University of Michigan - A.B. in Economics and Honors in English, 1981
The Ohio State University - J.D., with Honors, 1984
Ohio Super Lawyers, 2012 - 2023
Best Lawyers 2023 – Mass Tort Litigation - Defendants
Ohio Assn. of Civil Trial Attorneys: President (2018-2019)
Cleveland Assn. of Civil Trial Attorneys: President (2007-2008)
Ohio Assn. of Civil Trial Attorneys - Frank Seth Hurd Member of the Year Award (2013)
Chair, Bar Admissions Committee, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Assn. - 2022-23