Peter J. Brodhead, Esq.

Email pbrodhead@spanglaw.com Practice Areas Product Liability Unsafe Drugs and Medical Devices Toxic Torts Insurance Coverage Litigation Commercial Litigation Civil Rights Patent Infringement

Congratulations! Peter J. Brodhead selected once again by his peers...
He was voted among The Best Lawyers in America® in the Personal Injury Litigation practice area for 2010 as well as 2009 and 2008. This listing has been called the most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. For more than 25 years, it has assisted lawyers and clients looking for legal counsel in unfamiliar specialties and in foreign jurisdictions.

Peter J. Brodhead has also been selected by The American Trial Lawyers Association (a professional, educational, and business organization of trial attorneys) as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Ohio. Selection for this association is extended to civil plaintiff attorneys by special invitation. Candidates are considered for membership based on superior qualifications, leadership, reputation, influence, stature, and profile in the Trial Lawyer community.

Peter Brodhead joined the firm in 1980 and has been a partner since 1988. He is a certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and a Fellow of both the International Society of Barristers and Litigation Counsel of America. In 2003-2004, Peter served as President of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is also active in the John M. Manos Inns of Court, where he is a Master Bencher. Peter has been consistently named one of Ohio's "Super Lawyers" by the publishers of Law & Politics, and for the past several years Inside Business magazine has named him one of northeast Ohio's "Leading Lawyers."

Peter has acted as counsel in several complex matters, many of which were national in scope. Among these were the Copley Pharmaceutical, Inc. "Albuterol" Products Liability Litigation in which he served as trial counsel, and the Sulzer Hip Prosthesis and Knee Prosthesis Product Liability Litigation where he was one of the class counsel. He has also litigated suits involving asbestos, welding fumes and other industrial exposures, and medical device cases such as pacemakers, defibrillators, and breast implants. Presently, he is taking a leading role in the MRI gadolinium contrast litigation on behalf of clients afflicted with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF). Peter has been appointed Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel for the Gadolinium Based Contrast Agent Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 1909) and also serves as a member of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee.

In addition to unsafe pharmaceutical, medical device and other product liability cases, Peter handles a variety of cases, such as toxic torts arising from hazardous chemicals, civil rights, general negligence, insurance coverage, commercial litigation, and patent infringement.

A 1979 graduate of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Peter served a judicial clerkship before joining the firm. He is active in trustee and committee work with several non-profit organizations, including North Coast Community Homes (which provides safe, comfortable, and affordable housing for individuals with mental retardation, mental illness, and other disabilities), and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Peter also plays keyboard in a band composed of attorneys and judges and which plays for free for charity events. Contact: Cleveland Attorney Peter Brodhead