Daniel F. Gourash

Mr. Gourash is a partner practicing in the Cleveland, Ohio, office of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP. He has a national practice in the area of complex civil litigation involving a wide variety of legal issues. He has broa experience at all levels of trial and appeal representing insurance carriers in coverage disputes. Mr. Gourash also has substantial trial and appeal experience defending manufacturers, distributors, and service providers in both land-based and maritime products liability actions involving claims for personal injury, wrongful death, and property damage. He has represented manufacturers and trade associations in a variety of mass tort matters. His experience further includes substantial involvement in the litigation of construction defect, ERISA, environmental, commercial, and securities fraud actions.

Mr. Gourash is admitted to practice in Ohio, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Ohio and the Eastern District of Michigan, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He also has appeared pro hac vice in numerous state and federal courts across the country. He further has broad experience in a variety of alternative dispute resolution contexts, including arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and the National Association of Securities Dealers, and mediation and arbitration under private and court-annexed procedures.

Mr. Gourash graduated from the University of New Haven (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980) and received his law degree from Duke University School of Law (J.D. 1983). He has substantial involvement in the organized bar, having held numerous positions of responsibility in the American Bar Association, including serving as the chair of the Young Lawyers Division, serving several terms in the House of Delegates, and serving on a variety of special and standing committees within the Judicial Division Lawyers Conference and the Torts and Insurance Practice Section. He currently is serving as chair of the Lawyers Conference, is immediate past chair of the TIPS Publications Editorial Board and is a member of TIPS Council. Mr. Gourash is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and served on its Board of Governors for a five-year term.