Andrew Samtoy

Office Address:
60 South Park Place
Painesville, OH 44077

(440) 352-3391
   

Andrew Samtoy

Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A.

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Andrew Samtoy www.dworkenlaw.com/attorneys/associates/andrew-samtoy/ graduated from Pitzer College in Claremont, California with a double-major in Political Science and English and World Literature. At Pitzer he was president of the Student Senate, co-chair of the Harvard National Model United Nations team, and co-founder of the Pitzer Tea Association. He earned his JD from Case School of Law in 2008, receiving a Leadership Grant Award each year. While at Case, Andrew was on the Dean's List, served in the Student Bar Association, co-founded the Case Legal History Society, wrote for the Docket student newspaper, and was Dean of Delta Theta Phi law fraternity, earning a regional award for Most Outstanding Student of the fraternity. He is an associate in the Class Action department.

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.


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