(Jose C. Feliciano, is donating one hour of his time to the winning bidder)


Education:

M.B.A., Cleveland State University, 1984

J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1975

B.A., John Carroll University, honors, 1972


Bar Admissions:

U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

U.S. Courts of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1992

U.S. Courts of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1981

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1996

U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1992

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1975

Ohio, 1975


José C. Feliciano is an active trial lawyer engaged primarily in commercial litigation. His trial experience has included business litigation, products liability, construction, shareholders' derivative suits, contracts, eminent domain and general tort matters. He has considerable experience as a first chair litigator in jury trials, having tried more than sixty civil and criminal trials in state and federal courts. Mr. Feliciano also has experience in the labor area and in litigating strike issues. He has handled wrongful discharge and race, sex and age employment discrimination cases.


Mr. Feliciano has extensive experience in the defense and prosecution of white collar crime matters, which he acquired during his tenure as Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the City of Cleveland and as a Cuyahoga County public defender--ranging from the management of investigations to jury trials and appeals. He was recognized as Administrator of the Year by the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.


Mr. Feliciano was elected to the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1995 and is a Life Member of the Judicial Conference, Eighth Judicial District, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Mr. Feliciano is listed in Who's Who in American Law. He serves on the Board of Governors and House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, is former Chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and former ABA representative to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, where he participated in drafting the Uniform Mediation Act. Mr. Feliciano is the Immediate-Past President of the Cleveland Bar Association.


Mr. Feliciano was appointed by President Reagan as a White House Fellow in 1984. Prior to the Fellowship, he was appointed by Senator (then Mayor) George Voinovich as the City of Cleveland's Chief Prosecuting Attorney (1980-84). He previously served as Cuyahoga County public defender (1978-80), defending criminal matters ranging from grand theft to murder. In 1985, he was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in America by the U.S. Jaycees.


Mr. Feliciano is former Chairman of the Hispanic Leadership Development Program and founder of the Hispanic Community Forum, for which he also served as President. He was also a founder of the Ohio Hispanic Bar Association and served as its Vice President. Mr. Feliciano was recently selected as Hispanic of the Year by the Nueves Horizontes Newspaper. He received the Federal Bar Association Boots Fisher Civic Achievement Award, as well as the Hispanic Political Action Committee Civic Award for his dedication to professional development and service to numerous nonprofit charitable organizations.


Mr. Feliciano speaks Spanish fluently.