Joshua Strickland

Mr. Strickland www.dworkenlaw.com/attorneys/associates/joshua-strickland/ joined Dworken & Bernstein in 2010 and splits his practice between the firm's business and commercial litigation department, business transactional department, and his practice in Federal Indian law. Mr. Strickland earned a Bachelor of the Arts degree from Capital University in August of 1999 with a major in English Literature and minors in Political Science and Psychology. He was awarded his Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University in May of 2003 and was admitted to practice law in the state of Ohio in November of 2003. Mr. Strickland is admitted to practice in all Ohio courts and is also a member of the Lake County and Ohio State Bar Associations.

Mr. Strickland focuses his practice in the areas of general business, real estate, and commercial dispute litigation as well as assisting and counseling clients with regard to general business formation, commercial transactions, leasing¸ and commercial development. Mr. Strickland also represents both Indian tribes and developers throughout Indian Country in various types of commercial transactions for and the litigation of the development of gaming and non-gaming opportunities including alternative energy.

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.