The principles that drove the success of Gallucci’s – like the importance of identifying your customers’ needs and working diligently to meet them – proved to be as applicable in the courtroom as in the aisles of a grocery store.
In those early years, the firm took on the cause of helping injured workers get justice. As the firm’s reputation and success grew, the Gallucci Law Firm moved to new offices on Public Square in downtown Cleveland.
The firm continued to grow over the next 30 years and ultimately found the perfect partner in Leon M. Plevin.
In addition to his reputation as one of the pre-eminent attorneys in Ohio for personal injury, workers’ compensation and medical malpractice, Mr. Plevin took compassion for his clients to a new level. Unwilling to accept anything but the best for his clients, Mr. Plevin further developed a mantra held by all attorneys at Plevin & Gallucci today…
“You do everything you can do for your client. When you believe you have done everything possible, do more.”
The skilled lawyers of Plevin & Gallucci have achieved over $100 million in compensation for clients and won many awards from their peers for legal excellence.
Plevin & Gallucci History Timeline
1971
Frank L. Gallucci, Jr. founds Frank L. Gallucci, Jr. Co. LPA in the warehouse of Gust Gallucci Co., the family’s Italian import store, while working part-time as Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor under Prosecutor John T. Corrigan.
1974
Frank L. Gallucci, Jr. leaves the County Prosecutor’s office for his own firm full-time, with a specific focus of representing workers who are involved in work-related accidents or personal injury claims.
1993
Frank L. Gallucci, Jr. represents the family of a deceased victim of USAir Flight 405, a Cleveland-bound flight that crashed upon takeoff from LaGuardia Airport due to failure to de-ice; in addition to the settlement, the litigation results in changes in how planes are de-iced before takeoff.
1996
Frank L. Gallucci, Jr. passes away; his wife, Jane, and son, Frank L. Gallucci III, a 20-year-old college student in Boston, continue to operate the firm.
1996
Leon Plevin, a Cleveland legal legend who had worked with Frank L. Gallucci, Jr. in the past, becomes a consultant and mentor to Frank L. Gallucci III to help preserve the practice.
1999
Frank L. Gallucci III becomes law clerk for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor William D. Mason, assigned to Sam Sheppard case.
2000
Frank L. Gallucci III becomes a licensed attorney and joins the firm as an attorney full-time.
2005
Leon Plevin formally joins the firm and the firm’s name is changed to Plevin & Gallucci.
2005
Plevin & Gallucci wins first-ever victory under Ohio’s new intentional tort law that was designed to severely restrict injured workers’ rights; despite prevailing before a jury in the trial court and at the 8th District Court of Appeals, the Ohio Supreme Court subsequently rules that an electrical lineman’s rubber gloves and sleeves are not an equipment safety guard; this case deepens firm’s commitment to securing justice for injured workers.
2008
Leon Plevin passes away.
2011
Frank L. Gallucci III is appointed to the Industrial Commission of Ohio by Governor John Kasich.
2013
Plevin & Gallucci opens Columbus office.
2014
Plevin & Gallucci opens Dayton office.
2014
Frank L. Gallucci III is elected to the Council of Presidents of the American Association for Justice and begins building a national presence for the firm and becoming involved in cases on a nationwide basis.
2014
Plevin & Gallucci is part of a team that successfully negotiates a settlement against DuPont on behalf of property owners who had opted out of an inadequate class action settlement after their trees had been killed by DuPont Imprelis® herbicide.
2015
Frank L. Gallucci III is elected President of Ohio Association for Justice, the youngest president in OAJ history.
2015
Plevin & Gallucci joins practices with Copp Nein, a prominent plaintiffs’ law firm in Columbus.
2016
Frank L. Gallucci III is elected President of the Council of Presidents of the American Association for Justice.
2017
Leon M. Plevin and Frank L. Gallucci, Jr. are both chosen for the Inaugural Class of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Hall of Fame.
2017
Plevin & Gallucci is chosen to represent Cuyahoga County as a bellwether plaintiff in the National Opioid Litigation against opioid manufacturers, distributors and retail pharmacies.
2017-19
Plevin & Gallucci is retained to represent dozens of counties, cities, and hospitals around the U.S. in opioid litigation.
2019
Plevin & Gallucci negotiates the first settlements in the National Opioid Litigation, securing more than $325 million for Cuyahoga and Summit counties.
2019
Plevin & Gallucci represents Michael Palumbo, the firefighter responsible for helping create a new Ohio law – the Michael Louis Palumbo, Jr. Act – that established a presumption of cancer being work related for firefighters. Despite having the law named after him and passing away from his disease, Mr. Palumbo’s employers contested the case. Plevin & Gallucci secured a settlement for his family from one Ohio municipality and successfully prosecuted the case against a second municipality. As a result of this case and the new law, firefighters across Ohio have greater protections when they contract work-related cancer.
2020
Plevin & Gallucci joins practices with Cleveland-based plaintiffs’ firm Sammon & Bolmeyer.
Today
Plevin & Gallucci is a national firm based in Ohio, dedicated to protecting the legal rights of their clients. The firm’s trial lawyers work tirelessly to obtain the largest settlements for their clients and are committed to upholding justice for victims of negligence.
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