Background
READER, HAROLD was born on March 10, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
READER, HAROLD was born on March 10, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Brown University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). Case Western Reserve University (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Worked at Ulmer & Berne Limited Liability Partnership (Cleveland, Ohio) specializing in General Civil Practice. Corporation, Insurance, Probate, Public Finance, Taxation, International Trade, Employee Benefits, Domestic, Labor, Securities, Real Estate, Health Care, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Commercial, Environmental and Estate Planning Law. Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1974, Ohio.
Company-author: "The One Year Defense: Challenges and Counterpunches," X1X The Forum, 1983. Author: "Modern Day Actual Cash Value: Is lieutenant What the Insurers Intend?," XXII Tort & Insurance Law Journal, 1987.
Editor: "Bad Faith and Punitive Damages: Annotations to First-Party Insurance Cases, Statutes, and Regulations," American Bar Association, 1986. Author: "Notice, Proof of Loss and Suit Requirements in First-Party Pollution-Related Claims," American Bar Association, 1989.
Chairman, Property Insurance Law Committee, 1987-1988.
Chairman, National Institutes Committee, 1991-1992, American Bar Association. (Firm Managing Partner). The firm is engaged in a widely-diversified practice of law representing publicly and privately owned businesses, individuals, governmental bodies and institutions involved in a broad spectrum of activities, including manufacturing, service, wholesale and retail businesses, insurance, brokerage, financial, real estate, professional and health care services.
The firm is organized into two broad areas of practice (business and litigation) and utilizes an interdisciplinary approach through its health care, environmental, employee benefits, labor and employment, insurance defense, taxation, estate planning/probate, family law, real estate, corporate and securities, public law, commercial litigation and bankruptcy and creditors" rights groups.
Member: American Bar Association.