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David R. Mayo

Partner
Cleveland
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216.363.4647
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David represents independent contractors, brokers and service providers in contract negotiations and litigation matters and disputes in the telecommunications industry.

He also focuses his practice on a variety of business related disputes, including financing, business contracts, commercial leases, commercial real estate disputes, commercial foreclosures and general representation of institutional lenders and secured creditors. 

David has experience in all phases of litigation, including trial, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution and appellate advocacy in state, district, federal and bankruptcy courts.

Representative Experience

  • Successfully represented equipment lessors, floor plan financing companies, banks, and others in countless replevin actions in both state and federal courts seeking to replevin and recover equipment and other personal property.
  • Successfully represented a general contractor in a claim against a subcontractor to a significant arbitration award in Sacramento, California which involved a defective concrete floor poured in a warehouse in Sacramento, California.
  • Successfully defended a real estate developer to a defense jury verdict on a claim of fraud brought against the real estate developer in connection with the developer’s purchase of real estate.
  • Successfully defended a bank on a claim of lender liability brought in U.S. District Court which resulted in the Court’s granting Bank’s motion for summary judgment.
  • Successfully defended shopping center owner to a defense jury verdict on a claim brought by a tenant alleging that the tenant was fraudulently induced to enter into a lease with the shopping center.
  • Represented banks and other institutional clients in numerous commercial foreclosure proceedings in both state and federal courts.
  • Successfully represented business owner to a defense jury verdict on a claim that the adverse party had an equity interest and a right to profits in the client’s business.
  • Represented banks and other institutional clients in numerous receivership proceedings in both state and federal courts.
  • Litigation
  • Construction Litigation
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Contract, Business, Commercial & Consumer Disputes
  • Financial Institutions and Securities Litigation
  • Not-for-Profit
  • Cleveland State University College of Law, 1976, J.D.
  • Miami University, 1973, B.S.
  • Ohio
  • Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers 2012-2013, 2016-2019
  • AV® Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review
  • Member, Ohio State Bar Association
  • Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Highlights

Martindale AV Rating
News
December 5, 2018
28 Benesch Attorneys Named 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers; 16 Named Ohio Rising Stars
March 2, 2015
David Mayo quoted in Crain's Cleveland article regarding commercial docket
January 26, 2015
David Mayo quoted in Crain's Cleveland

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