Stacy D. Ballin specializes her litigation practice on complex commercial contract disputes including complex valuation issues that arise in such disputes. In addition, over the course of 28 years, she has accumulated diverse litigation experience in many areas including professional liability litigation and environmental litigation. Stacy has successfully handled jury trials and appeals in state and federal courts, as well as arbitrations, mediations and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

Stacy has served as trial and appellate counsel to public and private sector clients and prosecuted and defended multimillion-dollar lawsuits. She has briefed and argued cases in federal and state courts of appeals and prepared petitions for writ of certiorari in the US Supreme Court.

Stacy received an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell and is included in the inaugural edition of Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers. She is also regularly named an Ohio Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters. She is a guest lecturer on appellate brief writing at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and regularly serves as a judge during the semifinals in the law school’s Dean Dunmore Moot Court competition. Stacy recently funded and endowed an annual award to be known as the “Stacy D. Ballin Brief Writing Award” which will be awarded each year to the student submitting the best appellate brief in the moot court competition.

In addition to maintaining an active trial docket, Stacy is very active in implementing and improving project management tools and processes to maximize client value and efficiencies. She was one of the first three lawyers to receive Certified Legal Project Manager status through a rigorous program offered by LegalBizDev. Stacy is also Squire Sanders’ Litigation Group Business Partner and, as part of the Executive Team, responsible for the business operations of the Litigation Practice Group.

Repräsentative Mandate

Trial Level

• Representing a Fortune 500 global supplier of systems and services to the aerospace, defense and homeland security markets in numerous litigation matters including a contract dispute with a subcontractor, as well as a contract dispute alleging breaches of warranties and misrepresentations in connection with the sale of one of its divisions to a competitor.
• Representing Japan’s largest steel manufacturer in a breach of contract dispute arising over responsibility for environmental liabilities.
• Representing the owner of a first-class landmark hotel in a contract dispute against a hotel tenant and the guarantor of the hotel lease.
• Representing one of the largest professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four auditors in a professional malpractice and negligence action.
• Representing a US$10.9 billion publicly traded real estate company in an alleged contract dispute arising out of a real estate development project in Florida.
• Representing the nation’s fifth largest electric company in numerous property tax valuation challenges.
• Representing a global diversified power management company in a contract dispute involving alleged breaches of warranties and representations in connection with the sale of one of its divisions.
• Representing a major international tool cutting manufacturer in a contract dispute.
• Representing an international manufacturer of environmental pollution control equipment in a contract dispute.
• Representing an international steel company in numerous contract disputes.
• Representing a public sector client in contract and tort disputes involving the design, construction and use of a sewage interceptor line.
• Representing a major film manufacturer in a contract dispute.

Appellate Level    

• Representing a major film manufacturer in an appeal of the jury verdict in a commercial litigation matter, achieving reversal and judgment entered in favor of our client at the appellate level.
• Representing a major oil company in the appeal of a jury verdict in a property damage and personal injury matter, achieving reversal and judgment entered in favor of our client at the appellate level.
• Representing a public sector client in a contract dispute with a contractor, achieving reversal in favor of our client at the appellate level after entry of a directed verdict against our client at the trial court level.
• Representing a specially appointed guardian in a probate action before the Ohio Supreme Court.
• Representing the largest US-based beer manufacturer in the Court of Tax Appeals.
• Representing a US-based steel company in the appeal of an adverse jury verdict in antitrust litigation.