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Steve Gray is a partner in the Bricker & Eckler LLP litigation group with a practice emphasizing general business and commercial litigation, including contract and insurance product litigation, defense of class actions, ERISA, reinsurance, bad faith claims, and coverage issues. He also has experience handling general civil litigation matters, intellectual property protection disputes, trade secrets, enforcement of non-compete and confidentiality agreements, defamation, invasion of privacy, tortious interference with contractual relations, and election law litigation.
Representative Experience
Counsel in defense of several national and state class actions involving insurance coverage issues
Counsel in representation of insurance companies in various business and contract disputes
Counsel in representation of insurance companies in various reinsurance disputes
Counsel in representation of insurance companies in various premium dispute cases
Counsel in representation of insurance companies in disputes with agents, including concerns regarding ownership of policy holder information
Counsel in numerous cases involving temporary restraining orders and/or injunctions
Counsel in numerous cases involving business and contract disputes, including enforcement of non-compete and confidentiality agreements
Has held clerkships with the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Community and Professional Activities
Member, Columbus, Ohio, Wisconsin and American Bar Associations
Member, American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section
Member, Federal Bar Association, Columbus Chapter
Member, Ohio Advisory Board, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Member, Columbus Bikeway Advisory Committee
Admitted, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, United States District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio; and United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
Awards and Recognitions
Ohio Rising Star, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2005, 2006; in area of Business Litigation
Education
University of Wisconsin, Madison (B.S., 1987)
The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1991); Editor, Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution.
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