Gregory Alan Gordillo
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” – M. Gandhi
I was 23, uninsured, and injured on my stagehand job. To fight for getting my hospital bills paid, I hired a lawyer. He inspired me, and for the next seven years, I worked and saved for law school.
When I graduated, a big law firm hired me to fight for businesses in court. But I wanted to fight for employees, and eight years later, I opened my own firm and became a small business owner myself. I learned, however, that lawsuits rarely have real “winners.” Real “winners” usually avoid or settle their fights. I learned that the hardest way. I was caught in an estate planning failure when my father in law died. Instead of grieving together, my family fought each other about where to bury him. No family should ever bury a loved one that way.
Now, I am a Family Business Lawyer helping families and small business owners keep their families and businesses out of court and out of conflict, proactively, so they can create lives worth living and legacies worth leaving.
- Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
- J.D. (1994)
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- Honors: J.D., magna cum laude; National Moot Court Finalist; Highest grade in class for: Church and State Law, Legal Writing, Business Associations I, Evidence, Trial Practice. National Dean's List.
- Activities: Executive Editor, Law Review
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- Northwestern University
- B.S. (1983) | Speech
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- Founder
- The Gordillo Law Firm
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- Of Counsel
- Valore & Gordillo
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- Partner
- Valore & Gordillo
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- Gordillo & Gordillo
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- Founder
- Law Offices of Gregory A. Gordillo
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- Associate
- Ulmer & Berne
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- Lawyer of the Year Cleveland, Ohio Employment Law -- Individuals
- U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers
- Lawyer of the Year Cleveland, Ohio Employment Law -- Individuals
- U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers
- Listed 2012-2019
- Super Lawyers
- Listed 2012-2021
- U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers
- Cleveland Employment Law Inn of Court
- Master Bencher, Emeritus
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- Nevada State Bar Association
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- Clark County Bar Association
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- Cleveland Employment Law Inn of Court
- Master Bencher, Original member of the Inn
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- Ohio Employment Lawyers Association
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- Activities: Member, Board of Directors 2004-2018
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- Ohio State Bar
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- Activities: Chair, Labor & Employment Law Section 2012-2014
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- American Bar Association
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- Activities: Vice Chair, Torts & Insurance Practice Section 2000-2001
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- Cleveland Bar Association
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- Activities: Chair, Labor & Employment Law Section 2000-2001
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- Nevada
- State Bar of Nevada
- ID Number: 13342
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- Ohio
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- 6th Circuit
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- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
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