Peter N. Lavalette is a partner with RCO and has extensive experience in various areas of commercial litigation, including employee benefit issues under ERISA, workers' compensation appellate issues, medical malpractice defense, product liability and intentional tort claims, and insurance litigation and coverage disputes.
Before law school, Pete served five years active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard, deployed as a deck watch officer aboard USCGC Morgenthau out of Alameda, CA for two years, and later in a procurement position at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington D.C. In law school he was editor-in-chief of the University of Toledo Law Review, 1993-1994, and has been with RCO since his graduation from that law school in 1994.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Employee Benefits and Workers' Compensation. Litigation of employee benefit issues under ERISA, appeals of workers' compensation claims on behalf of employers in Ohio courts, and
counseling of clients regarding issues involving workplace injuries.
Medical
Malpractice. Extensive experience representing hospital physicians and
other care providers in the defense of personal injury actions, including wrongful death
and catastrophic injury claims.
Product liability and
intentional tort claims. Includes the defense of manufacturers and suppliers in product liability and related claims.
Insurance Defense.
Representation of insurance carriers, and their insureds, in coverage disputes and third-party claims.
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
LifeStar Ambulance Board of Directors
Friendly Center (Past President)
Leadership Toledo
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Toledo Bar Association (Bar Admissions Committee)
Toledo Junior Bar Association (Past President)
University of Toledo College of Law Alumni Association Board of
Governors (Past President)
Ohio State Bar Association
American Bar Association
BAR ADMISSIONS
Ohio, 1994
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1995
Peter N. Lavalette is a partner with RCO and has extensive experience in various areas of commercial litigation, including employee benefit issues under ERISA, workers' compensation appellate issues, medical malpractice defense, product liability and intentional tort claims, and insurance litigation and coverage disputes.
