Steve Delchin is highly experienced in general litigation matters and concentrates on product liability, legal ethics, eDiscovery, securities defense and intellectual property, with a specific focus on appellate and Supreme Court practice.

Prior to joining Squire Sanders, Steve served as a law clerk to The Honorable Alan E. Norris at the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Steve also interned with The Honorable John M. Manos at the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Steve has an active appellate practice and has represented numerous clients before courts across the country including the Supreme Court of Ohio, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the US Supreme Court. In addition to guest lecturing on effective appellate advocacy, he has organized and served as chair for an Ohio appellate CLE seminar held at an annual bar association convention. Steve also moderated a judicial panel discussion made up of judges from the Ohio Court of Appeals and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as a justice from the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Steve is a regular contributor to Squire Sanders’ Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog, which fosters discussion on news about and opinions issued by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, with an emphasis on cases pertaining to business interests. Steve’s blog posts can be followed at sixthcircuitappellateblog.com.

Steve has appeared on both radio and TV programs to discuss recent high profile appellate cases and issues, including appearances on LXBN TV of the LexBlog Network, the largest professional blog network in the world, and the “Legally Speaking” program on the Voice of Russia international radio network, which is broadcast in London, Moscow, New York and Washington DC. Steve also is spearheading a new video blog series featuring Squire Sanders appellate lawyers discussing important appellate developments.

Steve has spent a substantial portion of his career focused on the field of professional ethics, counseling Squire Sanders lawyers in our offices worldwide. He is a frequent lecturer on legal ethics issues and a regular participant in our annual program on ethics and professionalism, presented every December. As part of his ethics practice, Steve also has a unique focus on social media. He has lectured on the legal aspects of, and professional pitfalls associated with, social networking.

Steve is an avid videographer who has written, directed and produced a series of innovative videos that explore the difficult ethical issues confronting both inside and outside counsel. One of his films explores the ethical aspects of quasi-Miranda warnings for corporations, governmental bodies and other organizations. Steve’s most recent blockbuster production is “Clash of the Ethical Titans,” which was shot on location in Cleveland, including several scenes in the federal bankruptcy courthouse. It explores a lawyer’s duty of confidentiality and disclosure, as well as the ethical limits imposed by the anti-contact rule embodied in the rules of professional conduct. The video, which recently debuted to large audiences in Columbus and Cleveland, is narrated by Steve and features more than 40 actors, many of whom are lawyers, paralegals, and staff members from Squire Sanders. The video is available for viewing online.

Steve has been a member of the Squire Sanders eDiscovery & Data Management Team, which serves as a resource for assisting lawyers on a full range of eDiscovery matters. Steve counsels numerous international and domestic clients on compliance with preservation obligations and assists these clients with implementing effective litigation hold procedures. He has written about the recent spotlight on electronic document retention policies in the age of electronic discovery, and he frequently lectures on anticipating and preparing for the myriad traps confronting litigators in the digital age. Steve has aggressively and successfully defended clients accused of Internet computer hacking.

Steve has significant and extensive experience on personal jurisdiction matters. He has successfully represented a broad array of international clients from Canada, Germany, Hong Kong and Japan on jurisdictional matters across the United States, including issues relating to jurisdictional discovery and parent-subsidiary relationships. Steve also counsels clients on effective strategies for maintaining legal separateness among related corporations, and he is the co-author of a paper on managing corporate communications.

Steve has several publications to his credit including the article “Show Me Your Wares: The Use of Sexually Provocative Ads to Attract Clients,” published in the Seton Hall Law Review, and “Scalia 18:22: Thou Shall Not Lie With the Academic and Law School Elite; It Is an Abomination – Romer v. Evans and America’s Culture War,” published in the Case Western Reserve Law Review. He is also co-author of a paper exploring the challenges associated with “going green” in today’s legal environment.

Representative Experience

Appellate

• Securing a summary judgment reversal in a rare unanimous opinion from the Supreme Court of Ohio on behalf of an S&P 500 company in a protracted contract dispute involving several former employees.
• Obtaining a unanimous appellate reversal and judgment in favor of one of the largest real estate companies in the United States in a premises liability action involving serious injuries sustained by a worker at an Ohio shopping mall.
• Obtaining a ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in a complicated appeal remanding a high-profile murder case to the district court based on claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.
• Successfully securing habeas relief before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of an indigent client who improperly was shackled at trial in plain view of the jury.
• Appearing and arguing before the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act in various appeals involving habeas petitions and federal sentencing claims.

Litigation

• Representing one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers in a groundbreaking US$8 billion class action lawsuit alleging global securities fraud.
• Advising as a key member of a national counsel team to a Fortune Global 500 tire and rubber products manufacturer in hundreds of product liability suits and class actions filed across the United States.
• Successfully representing a local businessman and his company in a federal lawsuit asserting numerous claims based on extensive charges of Internet computer hacking.
• Acting as conflicts counsel to an official committee of unsecured creditors in one of the largest bankruptcies in US history.
• Successfully defending a major metropolitan school district in a US$4 million personal injury lawsuit.
• Providing aggressive and successful defense of several trademarks of an industry-leading health insurance company.
• Defending successfully an innovative marine electronics company headquartered in Hong Kong in a highly contentious copyright dispute in Florida.
• Obtaining dismissal of all claims on personal jurisdiction grounds on behalf of a German subsidiary of one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers.