Nicholas A. DiCello, Esq.

Email ndicello@spanglaw.com Practice Areas Personal Injury Medical Malpractice Product Liability Commercial Litigation Civil Rights Insurance Coverage Litigation Bankruptcy Litigation Class Action

Nicholas DiCello joined the Spangenberg firm as an associate attorney in 2004. Nick graduated "magna cum laude" from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 2002 where he served as managing editor of the Cleveland State Law Review. While an editor, he authored and published No Pain, No Gain, No Compensation: Exploiting Professional Athletes Through Substandard Medical Care Administered By Team Physicians, 49 Clev. St. L. Rev. 507 (2001). The article focuses on medical malpractice issues in the professional sports industries and earned Nick multiple honors for his work in the field. Prior to joining Spangenberg, Nick served as law clerk to the late Judge John M. Manos of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Ohio.

Nick is licensed to practice law in Ohio in both state and federal court and is a member of the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Bar Association. He is an active member of the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Ohio Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. The publishers of Law & Politics® magazine named Nick a "Rising Star" in 2006, 2007, 2009 and, 2010.

Since joining the Spangenberg firm, Nick has successfully litigated and resolved a diverse spectrum of matters on behalf of his clients. In addition to cases involving personal injury, insurance bad faith and civil rights violations, Nick focuses a significant portion of his practice on business litigation... bankruptcy litigation and serving as special litigation co-counsel on behalf of debtors and unsecured creditors and on commercial insurance disputes. Nick also focuses a portion of his practice on serving as counsel in various class actions.

Nick hails from the Cleveland area and graduated from Hawken Upper School in 1994. He attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he obtained a B.A. in Earth and Environmental Sciences and graduated with honors. As a Division I college soccer player, Nick earned widespread recognition as a goalkeeper, including Academic All-American honors. Upon graduation, he played professional soccer with the Cleveland Crunch for three years and was a member of the 1999 N.P.S.L. championship team.