Elizabeth E.W. Weinewuth
Ms. Weinewuth is an associate in the Vorys Cincinnati office and a member of the litigation practice. Ms. Weinewuth has a diverse litigation practice in which she represents large corporations, small businesses and individuals in both state and federal courts. She specializes in litigation and appeals, business and commercial litigation, probate, trust and fiduciary litigation, and employment litigation.
Career highlights include:
- Serving as co-counsel for a major banking client in a commercial lease dispute: obtaining summary judgment, successfully defending appeal in the First District Court of Appeals, and successfully opposing request for appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court
- Management of collection, review and production of electronically stored documents in consolidated class action involving credit card data security
- Serving as co-counsel in a successful bench trial involving dispute over estate distributions
- Facilitating alternative dispute resolution of partition action involving multi-million dollar farm and potential development property
- Management of defense of multiple employment lawsuits to successful resolution
- Pursuing actions on behalf of estate fiduciaries for declaratory judgment and to quiet title to estate assets
Ms. Weinewuth is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Cincinnati Bar Association.
Ms. Weinewuth received her J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law where she was an Associate Member and Student Articles Editor of the University of Cincinnati Law Review. She received her B.A. magna cum laude from Kenyon College where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Professional and Community Activities
- Certified by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) following participation in extensive training seminars in trial skills and taking and defending depositions.
Honors & Awards
- Lawrence Maxwell Advocacy Prize, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2002
- Class of 1958 Merit Scholarship, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2001
- College of Law Honors Scholarship, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2001
- Distinguished Academic Scholarship, Kenyon College, 1997