Background
Dane, Stephen M. was born on March 27, 1956 in Chillicothe, Ohio, United States.
Dane, Stephen M. was born on March 27, 1956 in Chillicothe, Ohio, United States.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1978). University of Toledo (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1981).
Old West End Association v. Buckeye Federal Savings & Loan, 675 F. Supp. 1100 (North Dakota Ohio 1987); Aloqaili v. National Housing Corporation, 743 F. Supp. 1264 (North Dakota Ohio 1990); Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company v. Ling-Temco-Vought Corporation, 774 F. 2d 677 (5th Circuit 1985); Helle v. Landmark, Incorporated. 15 Ohio Appendix 3rd 1 (1984).Worked at Cooper, Walinski & Cramer A Legal Professional Association (Toledo, Ohio) specializing in General Practice, Bankruptcy, Civil Rights, Corporate, Commercial, Criminal, Probate and Estate Planning, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Natural Resources and Environment, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Public, Real Estate, School and Tax Law. Trials.
Admitted to the bar, 1981, Ohio. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
1984, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1985, United States. Supreme Court.
1993, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Phi Kappa Phi. Executive Editor, The University of Toledo Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "Federal Enforcement of the Fair Lending, Equal Credit Opportunity, and Community Reinvestment Laws in the 1980"s," Chapter XVI of One Nation, Indivisible, A Report of the Citizens" Commission on Civil Rights.
(1989). "Ordered Liberty and Self Restraint: The Judicial Philosophy of the Second Justice Harlan," 51 University of Cincinnati Law Review 545, 1982.
"Briefing Techniques in the Sixth Circuit," 13 University of Toledo Law Review 697, 1982. Law Clerk to Honorary Pierce Lively, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1981-1982. Judge Pro Tempore, Perryburg Municipal Court, 1990.
Chairman, Human Rights Commission of the Diocese of Toledo, 1991-1993.
Cooper, Walinski & Cramer was founded in 1969 and now has branch offices in Portuguese Clinton, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Although much of the firm"s practice is centered in Ohio and Michigan, the firm serves clients in litigation throughout the country.
Member: American Bar Association.