Chris Yingling practices general civil litigation, including commercial, business, employment, product liability and professional liability litigation.

Principal practice areas

• Commercial and business litigation
• Employment litigation
• Products liability litigation
• Professional liability litigation

Representative experience

• Commercial and business litigation
• Products liability litigation (consumer and industrial products)
• Employment litigation (wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment based on race, gender, disability, age and religion)
• Contract disputes
• Noncompetition agreements
• Counseling on employment policies
• Insurance defense litigation
• Wrongful death litigation
• Aviation litigation
• Professional liability litigation
• Personal injury litigation
• Intellectual property litigation (patents and trademarks)
• Temporary restraining order and injunction proceedings

Bar admissions

• Ohio Supreme Court (1996)
• 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (2008)
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio (1998)
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio (2004)

Educational background

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (JD, cum laude, 1996; editor and published author, Cleveland State Law Review)
• University of Dayton (BS, chemical engineering, 1990)

Professional activities

• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association