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Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
One East Fourth Street
Suite 1400
Cincinnati OH 45202
TEL: (513) 579-6952
FAX: (513) 579-6457

Practice Areas

Blog Contributions

Class Action & Complex Litigation

Bar & Court Admissions

Ohio
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Education

J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1991; Order of the Coif, Editor-in-Chief of Law Review
B.A., Hobart College, 1983

Michael L. Scheier

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Mr. Scheier is co-chair of the Litigation Practice Group at Keating Muething & Klekamp.

Mr. Scheier’s practice is concentrated in the areas of complex banking and creditor’s rights disputes, bankruptcy related litigation, complex commercial disputes, and mass tort bankruptcy proceedings. He has extensive experience representing financial institutions and corporate clients in a wide range of matters including banking fraud, lender liability, UCC Article 3 and 4 litigation, insolvency litigation and general enforcement of creditors’ rights. He regularly appears in federal and state trial and appellate courts around the country.

He is a current member of the firm's diversity committee and associates committee, and a former member of the hiring committee. Mr. Scheier also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University Cincinnati College of Law, where he teaches trial technique and practice.

Representative Matters

In a case tried to a jury in state court, obtained a $1.3 million judgment, an award of attorneys fees for bad faith breach, judgment of specific performance in regard to the transfer of real property, and a directed verdict on the defendant's $2.5 million counterclaim
Lead litigation counsel to Cintas Corporation, its CEO, and other officers, defending a $150 million lawsuit by a bankruptcy trustee in a state court outside of Ohio resulting in favorable settlement days before jury trial was set to begin
Defense verdict in a multi million dollar claim for breach of a commission contract and punitive damages tried to a jury in state court
Defense verdict in a multi-million dollar claim for breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice tried to a federal court jury
Jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor in a UCC Article 3 forged endorsement and conversion case involving a major regional bank
Multi million dollar settlement for a financial institution in a high profile loan default and bank fraud case pending in both state and federal courts in Ohio and Kentucky
Unanimous jury award for a plaintiff-financial institution in a state court bank fraud case against multiple defendants
Represented creditors' committees, and secured and unsecured commercial creditors, in insolvency related disputes
Represented the Celotex and UNR asbestos trusts in litigation matters
Served as litigation counsel to creditor groups in mass tort bankruptcy cases including G-I Holdings, Babcock and Wilcox Company, Dow Corning, Armstrong World Industries, Eagle Picher Industries, and Wallace & Gale Company

Awards & Recognitions

AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2010
Named to Ohio Super Lawyers, 2009-2010
Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers, Fellow

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Hebrew

Professional and Community Involvement

American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Cincinnati Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association