I am a partner with the law firm of Niekamp, Weisensell, Mutersbaugh & Mastrantonio LLP.  I have been with this firm for 13 years now.  Before that I was a partner at Amer Cunningham Co., LPA, also in Akron.  I was with the Amer Cunningham firm for 18 years.  My practice is almost exclusively in civil litigation.  I handle many different kinds of civil litigation including personal injury, professional malpractice, business and commercial litigation, and complex litigation.  I have been practicing law now since 1985.  I am Board Certified in Civil litigation by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and I have been board certified for over 17 years now.  I am a past president of the Akron Bar Association and also past president of the Summit County Trial Lawyers Association.  I am also a past Board Member of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.