Background
Tillery, Dwight was born on March 10, 1948 in Cincinnati. Son of Wesley and Doris Mae Tillery.
Tillery, Dwight was born on March 10, 1948 in Cincinnati. Son of Wesley and Doris Mae Tillery.
University of Cincinnati (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Worked at Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Company, Legal Professional Association (Cincinnati, Ohio) specializing in General Civil Practice. Aviation, Antitrust Litigation, Class Action, Commercial Litigation, Complex Litigation, Corporate Law, Federal Employees Liability, General Civil Trials and Appeals in all Courts, Insurance, Labor, Consolidated and Multi-district Litigation, Products Litigation, Securities Litigation and Wrongful Death. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Ohio, United States.
District Court, Southern District of Ohio, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and United States. Supreme Court.
Member, Cincinnati City Council, 1975-199i.
Mayor, City of Cincinnati, 1991. Member: Cincinnati and American Bar Associations.
Life Member, National Bar Association.
Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Company, Legal Professional Association one of the oldest law firms in Cincinnati, Ohio, was founded in 1860 as the law firm of Bowler & Cleveland. From its inception until the early 1960"s, the law firm maintained primarily a defense practice, representing a multitude of railroads, manufacturing entities and insurance companies. Thereafter, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley established a plaintiffs" civil practice and today the law firm offers a wide range of legal services with concentration in the areas of complex, class action, consolidated and multidistrict, tort, commercial, antitrust and securities litigation.
Continuing professional legal education is a requirement of all attorneys and members of the firm are actively involved in professional associations and civic affairs
Fellow member Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation, 1974-1975. Member Cincinnati City Council, 1975. Vice chairman Cincinnati Human Rights Commission, 1975-1980, Cincinnati Board Health, 1976-1980.
Delegate 6th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1981-1985. Fellow American Bar Association, National Bar Association, Cincinnati Bar Association, Association Trial Lawyers American. Member Black Lawyers Association Cincinnati (founder).