Patrick Perotti

Dworken & Bernstein Co., Inc. / Aggressive. Creative. Successful.

10+ Years of Experience

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Patrick J. Perotti is recognized for outstanding achievements in consumer class actions and employment discrimination, locally and nationally. He is the architect of the firm’s Ohio Lawyers Give Back initiative to distribute unclaimed class action funds to charities. As an award-winning national leader in the fields of consumer class actions, employment discrimination, and wage and hour litigation; with verdicts and settlements exceeding $1 billion dollars, he is regularly selected to lead class suits in Ohio and around the country. His reputation developed from a demand for outcomes which not only offered compensation to class members but also stopped unlawful government and corporate practices. He has directed more than $50 million in unclaimed class funds from settlements to charities and non-profits around the country. The bench, bar & community have recognized his legal and community accomplishments with the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Award, the defense bar’s Top 75 Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in the United States, the Ohio State Bar Association’s highest honor, the Ritter Award, Marshall College of Law’s highest honor, the Alumnae of the Year Award.
CLASS ACTIONS. His area of primary concentration is handling complex consumer class litigation throughout Ohio and nationally. His cases deal with overcharges, fraud and other unlawful conduct by government agencies, telecommunications companies, banks, insurance companies, shippers, manufacturers, retailers and a host of others.
EMPLOYMENT LAW & DISCRIMINATION. His practice includes the full range of workers’ rights and Civil Rights, Wrongful Discharge; Employment Discrimination involving Age, Sex, Race, Nationality, Color, Handicap and Religion; Sexual and Other Harassment; Equal Pay Act claims; Americans with Disabilities Act claims; and Family and Medical Leave Act claims.

Civil Rights
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
Employment Law
Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
Fees
  • Free Consultation
  • Credit Cards Accepted
    Master Card, Visa, American Express, Cash, Checks
Ohio
Supreme Court of Ohio Office of Attorney Services
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Languages

  • English:
    Spoken

Cleveland State University
J.D. (1982)

1982

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Best Lawyers Law Firm
Best Lawyers
2016
National Trial Lawyers Top 100
National Trial Lawyers
2015
Alumni of the Year
Cleveland Marshall School of Law
2015
The Ritter Award
Ohio State Bar Association
2014
Champion of Hope
Cornerstone of Hope
2012

Outstanding Citizen Award
Association for the Education of Young Children
2010
National Philanthropy Day Corporate Leadership Award
Association of Fund Raising Professionals
2009
Rescuer of Humanity Award
Project Love
2009
Alan R. Schonberg Community Rescuer Award
Project Love
2008
Ohio Super Lawyer, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Super Lawyers Magazine
Top 75 Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in the United States
Trial Lawyer Kingpins

Ohio State Bar Association

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Cleveland Metropolitan Bar

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Lake County Bar Association

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Federal Bar Association

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National Employment Lawyers Association

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Ohio Employment Lawyers Association

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Cleveland Right to Life

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Ohio Right to Life

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University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children Leadership Council

Council Member
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American Society of International Law

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Federal Courts & Practice Committee

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Articles & Publications
Class Actions Are Like Surgery
Attorney At Law Magazine
September 16, 2020
Can President Trump Use the National Emergency to Fund a Border Wall
Attorney At Law Magazine
May 3, 2019
Where Left-Over Monies in Class Action Settlements Go
Attorney At Law Magazine
July 20, 2018
Credit Cards, Congress an Class Action: Consumers Lose
Attorney At Law Magazine
December 22, 2017
As Close As Possible: The Cy Pres Doctrine in the Class Action Context
Attorney At Law Magazine
March 2, 2017

Class Actions to Protect Small Business
Attorney At Law Magazine
May 10, 2016
Good, Bad But Not Indifferent – The Beginning of Class Actions
Attorney At Law Magazine
April 20, 2016

Websites & Blogs

Website
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Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A.
1468 West 9th St.
Suite 135
Cleveland, OH 44113
US

Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A.
60 S Park Place
Painesville, OH 44077
US
Telephone: (440) 352-3391
Fax: (440) 352-3469