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Mediation, Arbitration, Alternate Dispute Resolution

Akron mediationThe firm of Skidmore & Associates provides its clients with a range of services related to litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution. At Skidmore & Associates, we can provide dispute resolution services prior to, during or after litigation is initiated. Our attorneys have served as arbitrators and mediators in civil cases pending in state courts and have participated in cases submitted to mediation and arbitration in State and Federal Courts and with the American Arbitration Association.

  • Skidmore & Associates was retained by the Summit County Common Pleas Court to mediate a conflict that arose in the construction of Inventure Place (now known as The Inventors Hall of Fame) located in Akron, Ohio. Alply, Inc., et al. v. Courtad Construction Systems, Inc. et al. Summit County Common Pleas Court Case No. 95-07-2345.
  • Skidmore & Associates was retained by the Common Pleas Court to mediate a personal injury case. Timothy L. Sunderland v. Donna R. Ostrom, Summit County Common Pleas Court, Case No. 95-08-2760.
  • After 2 years of litigation, Skidmore & Associates and opposing counsel successfully mediated complex commercial litigation concurrently pending in the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court. City of Akron v. Airspect Air, Inc., In the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Adversary Proceeding No. 96-5047; City of Akron v. Airspect Air, Inc., United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Case No. 5:97MC277; In Re: Airspect Air, Inc., Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceeding, Case No. 96-50540; City of Akron v. Airspect Air, Inc., United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Case No. 5:96CV2276; In Re: Airspect Air, Inc., United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Case No. 98-3930.
  • Skidmore & Associates was appointed as an arbitrator by the Summit County Common Pleas Court in a complex residential construction case involving the application of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act. Diana Morris v. Vinray General Constructions, Inc. Summit County Pleas Court, Case No. 96-07-2987.
  • Skidmore & Associates mediated construction, contract and real estate disputes between a municipal corporation and a minor league baseball team owner involving the baseball stadium located at Canal Park, Akron, Ohio. City of Akron v. Akron Professional Baseball, Inc., Summit County Common Pleas Court, Case No. 97-05-3533.
  • Skidmore & Associates litigated and settled a suit on behalf of a municipal corporation concerning claim priorities of mortgagee and municipal tax incremental financing and UDAG loans regarding the YMCA building located in downtown Akron, Ohio. First National Bank of Ohio v. Canal Square Rehabilitation Associates, Summit County Common Pleas Court, Case No. CV1996-05-1806.

 

Our attorneys have represented clients in mediation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution throughout Northeast Ohio including Akron, Barberton, Bath, Canal Fulton, Canton, Copley, Cuyahoga Falls, Fairlawn, Green, Hudson, Jackson Twp., Lakemore, Macedonia, Massillon, North Canton, Norton, Peninsula, Springfield Twp., Stow, Twinsburg, Wadsworth, Wooster, Cuyahoga County, Stark County, Summit County, Wayne County, and  Medina County .