Angela D. Lydon

• Part of national trial counsel team handling a broad mix of litigation for America’s largest family-owned and operated food and hospitality provider with a fleet of over 1,300 semi-trucks and box trucks operating in 38 states.
• Regularly represents transportation companies in catastrophic accident litigation.
• Represented major insurance carriers in coverage litigation, including cases with bad faith allegations.
• Assisted to obtain positive verdict for a winery in a case pursuant to the Ohio Alcoholic Beverages Franchise Act.
• Represented both plaintiffs and defendants in business tort litigation.
• Successfully negotiated favorable settlements in several business and commercial contract disputes.
• Secured numerous dismissals of state-law claims brought by consumers against several multinational corporations.
• Obtained dismissals in numerous toxic tort matters as the result of dispositive briefing.

Education

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2011
• Miami University, B.A., cum laude, 2008

Admissions

• State of Ohio
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and Southern District of Ohio

Professional Affiliations

• Ohio State Bar Association—Member (2011-Present)
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association—Member (2011-Present)
• FDCC Ladder Down Cleveland Program –Class of 2019

Community Involvement

• Caring Cubs—Board Member (2021-Present)
• Case Western Reserve University— Adjunct Associate Professor (2020-Present)
• Early Childhood PTA—Rules and Regulations Committee Chair (2013-Present)

Firm Involvement

• Vice-Chair, Litigation Practice Group - Frantz Ward LLP

• Named to Chambers USA: A Guide to Leading Lawyers in Business in the area of Litigation: General Commercial (2023)
• Named to the YWCA Greater Cleveland 2023 Women of Professional Excellence list (2023)
• Named to The Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" list in the area of Commercial Litigation (2021-2023)
• Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list (2018-2021)
• Recipient of the Jack Cronquist Award for outstanding service to clients in the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic from Case Western Reserve University (2011)
• Recipient of the Littler Mendelson Labor Law Award for excelling in the study of employment and labor law from Case Western Reserve University (2011)
• Associate Editor, Law Review (2010-2011)
• National Finalist, ABA Moot Court Team (2011)

• "Actions Speak Louder than Words, and Can Get You in More Trouble: Ohio Supreme Court Holds That Litigation Privilege Does Not Apply to Actions Taken by Corporation’s Board of Directors," Frantz Ward Client Alert (December 2020) 
• "Anticipated Reopening Creates Risks for Third-Party Liability - Do You Have Insurance Coverage for That?" Frantz Ward Client Alert (April 2020)
• "Brewer's Beware: When It Comes to Claims of False Advertising, Cola's May Not Be Safe Harbors," Frantz Ward Client Alert (October 2016)
•  “Ohio Supreme Court  Confirms Scope of Spoliation Claim,” Frantz Ward Litigation News Item (May 2018)
• “Civil Liability For Criminal Acts: Unravelling the Mystery of R.C. 2307.60,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal (February 2015)
• “Professionalism in Depositions,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal (November 2014)

• "WC, OSHA, and VSSR Claims - Best Practices to Avoid All Three," (Co-Presenter) Frantz Ward Labor and Employment Seminar (July 2022)

• Mentioned in, "Lawyers, Firms Receive Recognition," Cleveland Jewish News (January 2021)