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Founded in 1954, Mansour Gavin LPA is a full-service law firm with offices in Cleveland and Independence, Ohio. The firm provides trusted counsel to individuals and privately held and publicly traded companies across a broad range of practice areas, including corporate and business law, civil litigation, real estate and land use, labor and employment, intellectual property, estate planning and probate, environmental law, and alternative dispute resolution.

Mansour Gavin is known for delivering practical, results-driven solutions through a collaborative, client-focused approach tailored to each client’s unique goals and challenges.

Our Family

We are an established family firm started in 1931. We have been providing consistent, successful legal service to those who have situations that call for an experienced lawyer. Today, our family firm includes 11 attorneys, including eight Murray partners, and we continue to build off of our rich and distinguished legal history of four generations to bring you the best advocacy possible.

Our Firm

Our attorneys provide legal assistance within several practice areas. When you secure our law firm to help you with your legal issue or to refer your case, you are getting a diverse group of attorneys working within very focused practice areas. What does this mean for you? It means that you have at your disposal a team that can provide you with comprehensive knowledge within these areas. Our attorneys are skilled negotiators and trial lawyers, with the experience needed to protect your interests in negotiations, arbitration, and mediation, as well as in state and federal courts. We are honored that you choose us.

Our Motto

The firm was founded in 1931 with the determination to provide representation to working men and women who have been injured either physically or financially through no fault of their own. We maintain this motto today. Our greatest satisfaction comes from helping you, our clients. We have built an abundant heritage by remaining firmly focused on our clients. We maintain this commitment by providing knowledgeable and skilled legal representation, and by never forgetting the human, compassionate element in our practice. We offer free consultations over the phone or in person where our lawyers will meet with you to discuss your case, assess the best course of action and strive to get you the compensation you deserve. Our focus in personal injury, consumer protection and business litigation allows our family of lawyers to diversify while offering excellent advocacy within our practice areas.

Rathbone Group (RG) is a national subrogation law firm handling the recovery of auto, property, and workers’ comp claims when a third party is responsible for the damages, largely on a contingency fee basis. RG handles claims pre-suit through a team of licensed claims adjusters to save clients money. If litigation is warranted or desired, RG’s extensive experience in subrogation litigation management will maximize recoveries while minimizing costs.

Our attorneys are licensed in: AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NY, OH, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WY. The remaining states, Canada, and the US Islands are covered through its pre-qualified and thoroughly vetted network of counsel.

At Taft, we work together across offices and practice areas to help clients address legal and business challenges efficiently and strategically. Our attorneys focus on practical solutions designed to support clients’ goals, whether they are managing day-to-day operations, navigating complex transactions, or resolving disputes.

With more than 1,250 attorneys, Taft serves clients from offices in Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Delaware, Ohio; Aspen, Denver, and Colorado Springs, Colorado; Detroit and Southfield, Michigan; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Indianapolis, Indiana; Covington, Kentucky; Phoenix, Arizona; Stuart and West Palm Beach, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; and Washington, D.C.

Taft represents individuals, privately held businesses, public companies, nonprofits, and institutions across established and emerging industries throughout the United States and internationally.

The firm advises clients in a broad range of practice areas, including:

• Business
• Bankruptcy and Restructuring
• Employment and Labor Relations
• Energy
• Environmental
• Health Care
• Intellectual Property
• Lending and Finance
• Litigation
• Private Client
• Real Estate
• Tax

Since 1885, Taft has remained focused on delivering responsive legal counsel and client service tailored to the needs of businesses, organizations, and individuals.

Affiliated Businesses

Taft attorneys regularly collaborate with affiliated businesses to provide clients with additional consulting and advisory services in a variety of industries and operational areas. These affiliated businesses include:

• Ginovus
• Taft Advisors LLC
• Taft Business Consulting
• Taft Infrastructure Advisors

Through these organizations, clients have access to consulting services related to planning, forecasting, government relations, infrastructure, and public policy matters.

Awards and Honors

Taft and its attorneys have received recognition from legal industry publications and ranking organizations, including:

Main Areas of Practice:

Business: Taft represents public, private, and nonprofit clients in industries including banking, construction, finance, health care, insurance, manufacturing, private equity, real estate, retail, transportation, and utilities. The firm advises clients ranging from emerging businesses to Fortune 500 companies on local, national, and cross-border matters.

Bankruptcy and Restructuring: The firm represents debtors, lenders, creditors’ committees, trustees, suppliers, developers, landlords, buyers, sellers, and other parties in restructuring matters, insolvency proceedings, transactions, and related litigation across multiple industries.

Employment and Labor Relations: Taft advises employers on labor and employment matters, including workplace policies, litigation, labor relations, employee benefits and ERISA compliance, workplace safety, immigration matters, and workers’ compensation issues.

Energy: The firm represents energy providers, utilities, developers, independent power producers, transmission companies, and other participants in the energy sector on regulatory, transactional, and operational matters.

Environmental: Taft handles environmental litigation, regulatory compliance, enforcement matters, environmental due diligence, toxic tort claims, Superfund matters, Brownfields redevelopment, and administrative proceedings before state and federal agencies.

Health Care: The firm advises hospitals, physicians, health systems, research institutions, and medical device, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical companies on business, regulatory, reimbursement, litigation, employment, and compliance matters.

Intellectual Property: Taft counsels clients on patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, and intellectual property litigation, including matters involving pharmaceuticals, life sciences, software, and internet-related technologies.

Lending and Finance: The firm represents lenders and borrowers in a wide range of financing transactions, including asset-based lending, acquisition finance, mezzanine financing, real estate finance, equipment leasing, regulatory compliance, and consumer financial services matters.

Litigation: Taft represents clients in state and federal courts, arbitration proceedings, and regulatory matters involving commercial disputes, antitrust, bankruptcy, construction, environmental claims, intellectual property, securities, product liability, white collar defense, and other complex litigation matters.

Private Client: The firm advises individuals, families, and business owners on estate planning, wealth transfer strategies, succession planning, trusts and estates, charitable planning, and tax-related matters.

Real Estate: Taft represents clients in matters involving acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing, development, land use, construction, property management, and real estate litigation.

Tax: The firm advises corporations, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, joint ventures, and individuals on tax planning, employee benefits, executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, international tax matters, state and local taxation, and tax controversy matters.