Richard Selby

Mr. Selby www.dworkenlaw.com/attorneys/associates/richard-selby/ earned his Bachelor of Science in Engineering Degree with honors from Case Western Reserve University in the field of Chemical Engineering in May of 1989. He was awarded his Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Law cum laude in May of 1992 and was admitted to the practice of law in the state of Ohio in November of 1992. He is currently licensed to practice in the state of Ohio, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Selby brings extensive experience to Dworken & Bernstein in jury trials in both state and federal court.

Mr. Selby is a member of the Lake County Bar Association, Montana Bar, as well as the Cleveland Employment Inns of Court. His areas of practice include commercial litigation, employment, and labor law, including all forms of litigation arising out of wrongful discharge, discrimination, unlawful harassment, violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act, violations of ERISA, and Ohio common law.

Dworken & Bernstein www.dworkenlaw.com offers a full range of legal services for businesses, individuals, and families in litigation and transactions with offices in Painesville and downtown Cleveland. Dworken & Bernstein is the largest law firm in the Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula County area.

Ohio Lawyers Give Back www.ohiolawyersgiveback.org was founded by Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A. to promote the use of cy pres in class action settlements. When a class action is settled, plaintiff and defendant agree to a fund amount to pay all class members. Since many class members have moved, passed-away, or can't be found, millions of settlement dollars go unclaimed. That settlement money is intended to benefit the class—rather than revert to the wrongdoing defendant—so the ancient doctrine is now being used to distribute the unclaimed money to charities and non profits.

Over $22 million dollars has already been distributed, just by the sponsors, a single law firm. If cy pres were used more broadly, hundreds of millions of dollars each year would be available to help charities, non-profits, and the communities where we live. This website is dedicated to advancing the use of cy pres in all class action settlements where a large pool of unclaimed settlement funds is expected.