Hudson Lawyers

Jay is a managing partner and personal injury lawyer at Elk & Elk in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. He focuses in state and federal courts on matters of medical malpractice, wrongful death, birth injuries and pharmaceutical product liability cases.

James Michael Kelley III has been included in The Best Lawyers in America, since 2016, for Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation.

William P. Campbell joined Elk & Elk Co., Ltd. in January 2010 to further reinforce the firm’s high-quality personal injury, nursing home malpractice and medical malpractice team. He has been practicing law in law for over two decades in Ohio and is a proud member of the American Association for Justice, the Ohio State Bar Association and the National Nursing Home Litigation Group.

I am an Ohio product through and through. After graduating from high school in northeast Ohio, I received my bachelor’s degree in political science/ criminal justice from the University of Akron. I continued on to attend Akron Law School. While attending Akron law school I participated in law review for two years as an assistant editor and associate editor. My time at Akron taught me that success comes to those who work hard. As a newer attorney, I don’t yet have the ability to point to past judgments or professional achievements as indicators of success to potential clients. But what I...

Representing injured workers since 1990. We are experienced, focused, aggressive and accessible. Attorney Wagner has helped injured workers for over 30 years. He has represented over 7500 clients. The associate attorneys at the firm have been practicing in disability law for over 9 years. Experience means knowledge. It also means that we know what to do, when to do it, and how to anticipate what is coming next in the claim process. We "speak the workers' comp language". Let us be your voice. We are focused. We only handle workers' compensation claims. We aren't...

I have represented companies for several years as in-house counsel. Now I am ready to represent you whether you have an issue with your business or an important family issue. I am also qualified as a divorce and family law mediator and as a parenting coordinator.

I have been practicing law since 2005, and my practice is primarily focused on foreclosure defense. I represent the property owner on both residential and commercial foreclosures, whether they are related to a mortgage, tax debt, HOA or Condominium Association debts, or a land contract, there are often options to keep your property. In many cases, the property owner seeks a way out of the property for various reasons and we can help with that too. In addition to foreclosure defense, we also offer other consumer services such as putting a stop to harassment by debt collectors,...

Highly experienced in civil litigation including, but not limited to, Employment Discrimination, Personal Injury and Probate.

Mindy Elk prides herself on seeking fair compensation for the wrongfully injured. She has been with Elk & Elk since 2002 and focuses on personal injury litigation for clients who have been involved in car accidents, dog attacks or premises liability cases.

Craig W. Smotzer’s career as an advocate for the accused began after his graduation from Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Having been born and raised in the Cleveland area, and after his undergraduate education at The Ohio State University, he returned home to attend law school.

After becoming licensed to practice law in 2006, he set out to better serve those who have been accused of crimes, those who have been wrongly accused, and to defend the rights that each of us have been guaranteed by our Constitution. He has effectively represented many clients who have been charged with all...

Accomplished attorney with 10 years of experience as Chief Administrative Officer for a national industrial company and 14 years of experience focusing on general counsel representation and corporate transactions, including but not limited to: business contracts drafting/review/negotiations; business advice and strategic planning; real estate and leasing transactions; regulatory compliance matters; environmental transactions; acquisitions and dispositions; and litigation management/dispute resolution.

My practice consists exclusively of Property Insurance Coverage disputes.

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David A. Welling, Esq. is a trial attorney with offices in Ohio. Mr. Welling practices in state and federal courts across the United States.

Katherine “Katie” McCormick has been a law clerk at Elk & Elk since 2017. Before joining Elk & Elk, she served as a judicial extern to Judge Christopher A. Boyko at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. She also interned in the Juvenile Division of the Cuyahoga County Public Defender’s Office.

Brittany is a native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and a die-hard Browns and Guardians fan. She is a proud magna cum laude graduate of the Cleveland State University College of Law. She has a bachelor’s degree in business management. Brittany has a background in real estate litigation, bankruptcy, social security disability, and securities arbitration/litigation. Before going to law school, Brittany was a member of the United States International Figure Skating Team, competing internationally on the Junior Grand Prix Ice Dance Circuit in Ukraine and Czech Republic. She has a teenage son and two cats and...

Robert Gross has worked with Elk & Elk since 1992. He is one of the first attorneys in Ohio to be certified as a specialist in the field of workers' compensation. He is currently Of Counsel to Elk & Elk representing injured workers before the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and the Industrial Commission of Ohio.

Karen is the owner of Hummel Law, LLC. She has been an attorney since 2012, and practices mainly in the area of family law. She also practices in the areas of juvenile law and estate planning. Karen graduated from Cleveland State University with a B.A. in English in 1997, and from The University of Akron School of Law with a J.D. Degree in 2012. Karen has over fifteen years of experience in the legal field. For eight years, she worked as a Legal Assistant then as a Law Clerk. She attended law school in the evenings. ...