Michael Diamant's strong background in science, mathematics, and engineering, as well as litigation, led to his appointment as Chair of the firm's Technology Practice Group. He concentrates on providing litigation and dispute resolution services and legal advice to technology companies and other businesses facing technology-related legal issues.
Mr. Diamant's Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Case Institute of Technology of Case Western Reserve University concentrated in solid-state physics, semi-conductor technology, and applied mathematics. He chaired from 1993 to 1999 and continues to serve on the University's Visiting Committee for the Case School of Engineering. In 1983, he founded the Computer Law Institute of the Cleveland Bar Association.
Mr. Diamant's practice encompasses all aspects of intellectual property, trade secret, and computer-related law issues, including buying, selling, developing, and licensing hardware, software and other technology. He has litigated technology and computer-related matters before numerous courts and arbitration panels.
Mr. Diamant has also represented clients and tried cases involving engineering design, anti-trust, trademark, contract, construction, mining, environmental regulation, banking and surety, civil rights, zoning and real property matters. He was successful as defense counsel in the nationally prominent case of U.S. v. Shafer (the Kent State-National Guard criminal trial) in 1974. He practices nationally, and has appeared before the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mr. Diamant chaired the Cleveland Bar's Judicial Selection Committee. He serves on the Computer Software Committees of the American Bar Association's Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, the Science & Technology Information Security Committee, and on the Technology Committees for the Ohio State and Cleveland Bar Associations. He also serves on the ABA Litigation Section's Computer Litigation, Pretrial Discovery, and Trial Practice Committees, and belongs to the International Technology Law Association.
Mr. Diamant has represented litigants and served as an arbitrator in numerous arbitration proceedings, is a member of the Commercial and Computer Arbitration Panels of the American Arbitration Association, and serves as Chair of the Cleveland Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.
Bar Admissions
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1981
U.S. Federal Court, 1972
Ohio, 1971
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1977
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1994
U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1973
U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 2005
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007
Education
Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971 J.D.
cum laude
Case Western Reserve University; Case School of Technology, Cleveland, OH, USA B.S.
with high honors
Professional Associations and Memberships
Case Western Reserve University School of Engineering, 1993 - 1999; Chairman, Visiting Committee
Case Institute of Technology, 1983 - 1987; Visiting Committee
Case Institute of Technology Undergraduate Colleges, 1987 - 1994; Visiting Committee
Computer Law Association, Member
American Arbitration Association; Commerce and Technology Panels
Commercial Law Affiliates; Section Co-Chair, Technology Law Practice Committee
American Bar Association, Sections of Patents, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1980 - Present; Computer Programs Committee
American Bar Association, Section of Science and Technology, 1980 - Present; Computer Law Committee
American Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1987 - Present; Trial Practice Committee
Ohio Bar Association, Member
Cleveland Bar Association, 1982 - 1985; Chairman, Computer Law Institute
Cleveland Bar Association, 1985; Judiciary Selection Committee
Harvard Law School Fund; Class Agent
Jewish Community Federation; Attorneys Div. Cabinet/CSPC Committee
Cleveland Bar Association, Chair, ADR Committee Member, Courts Rules Committee Member, Certified Grievance Committee
Gross Schechter Day School, Past President and Live Board Member
Case Western Reserve University, Member, Case Advisory Board Member, Dean Search Committee, Case School of Engineering, 2006, 1996-1997
Case Alumni Association, Past President and Live Board MemberMember
Federal Bar Association, Member |
