Joseph R. Dietz | Associate
Mr. Dietz brings a broad range of litigation experience to Fisher Kanaris, P.C., having represented clients in a variety of matters including: business disputes, real estate litigation, personal injury lawsuits, insurance coverage and bad faith claims, and upper-level employment contract matters. He now focuses his practice primarily on commercial litigation and warehouse legal representation.
Mr. Dietz’s litigation experience covers a number of different settings. He has argued before several different appellate courts, including a recent case in the Ohio Supreme Court involving the constitutionality of a tort reform statute. Mr. Dietz also has experience in alternative dispute resolution, having litigated a number of securities cases pending before arbitration panels. He has negotiated favorable settlements for clients in the context of formal mediation as well.
Before he joined Fisher Kanaris, P.C., Mr. Dietz worked in the litigation section at law firms in Memphis, Tennessee and Toledo, Ohio. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Dietz gained significant experience through internships with the Ashland County Prosecuting Attorney, the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, the Ohio General Assembly, and the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
EDUCATION
J.D., The Ohio State University, 2007
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 2004
- magna cum laude
ADMISSIONS
Illinois State Bar
Ohio State Bar
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

