Toby Schisler

About Toby Schisler

Partner with the Cincinnati, Ohio office of Dinsmore & Shohl handling commercial litigation matters, with an emphasis in representing clients in business litigation, product liability litigation, warranty litigation, consumer sales practices litigation, construction litigation, and real estate litigation.

Experience

1. Partner

   Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

   Oct 1999 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

   Toby is an experienced trial lawyer, having served as first chair counsel in more than forty trials in State and federal courts.Many of the matters which Toby has tried have involved complicated or complex litigation issues, and occasionally “bet the company” outcomes for his clients. Toby has successfully tried cases in courts throughout the State of Ohio, and also Kentucky, West Virginia, Illinois, New Jersey, Alabama, and Oklahoma.Toby has handled or supervised litigation matters in nearly every State in the country.Toby has also successfully navigated his clients through a variety of complex appellate issues, having argued before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Appellate Districts in Ohio. A considerable portion of Toby’s practice involves defending clients in individual and class action cases involving consumer sales practices, product liability, fraud, and warranty claims, particularly for a number of motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors.Toby currently serves as national coordinating counsel for all of the warranty litigation claims for a major international motor vehicle manufacturer. Toby also has significant experience handling a wide variety of commercial, business, real estate, and construction litigation matters for a number of diverse clients.Toby has gained significant experience representing a number of lenders, developers, and receivers in commercial foreclosure and receivership cases. Toby also has significant success in helping his clients achieve settlement in litigated matters. Toby has developed an ability to come up with creative, “out of the box” settlement concepts, and Toby has an ability to find common ground, when appropriate, between his clients and their adversaries. By utilizing his skills and experience, Toby is able to help his clients achieve effective, cost-efficient results through the litigation process.

Education

• University of Cincinnati College of Law

  JD

  1994 — 1997

Skills

• Business Litigation
• Mediation
• Real Estate
• Construction Law
• Class Actions
• Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Real Estate
• Product Liability
• Claim
• Fraud
• Trials
• Corporate Law
• Personal Injury
• Civil Litigation
• Courts
• Intellectual Property
• Torts
• Contract Negotiation
• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Legal Research
• Appeals