Douglas P. Whipple

Douglas P. Whipple is a civil trial lawyer with a concentration in business and employment related litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He has served as lead counsel in cases involving age and sex discrimination, commercial contracts and leases, retirement communities, securities, noncompete agreements, products liability and other torts. Mr. Whipple is the former president of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the American Red Cross Business Emergency Planning Association, and frequently lectures on the topics of emergency response and crisis management. He advises businesses on emergencey planning and liability prevention. He is a life member of the Judicial Conference of the Eighth Appellate District of Ohio. Mr. Whipple received a B.A. from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1974 and a J.D., cum laude, from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1980. He served as Managing Editor of the Cleveland State Law Review. His note on FTC business litigation was published in the Law Review and awarded the Chief Justice Samuel H. Silbert Award for Meritorious Writing. Mr. Whipple has been licensed to practice law in Ohio since 1980, and in Pennsylvania since 1986. He is a member of the Ohio and Cleveland Bar Associations, and their respective litigation sections.

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