Gerald J. Todaro

2075 Marble Cliff Office Park
Columbus, Ohio 43215
p:614.324.4510
f:614.324.4511
gtodaro@arnoldlaw.net

Career Highlights

Jerry has been successfully trying cases since he received his law license. His career began at the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office in 1974 as an Assistant Prosecutor, where he tried over 75 cases in a three-year period. In less than two years, he was lead counsel in a death penalty case and obtained a conviction under Ohio’s new death penalty statute. Jerry entered private practice in 1977, after taking courses in gross anatomy and clinical pathology at The Ohio State University School of Medicine. Since that time, he has concentrated on professional negligence cases. Jerry joined Arnold Todaro Welch & Foliano as a partner in 2002, where he has been engaged in the defense of medical and legal malpractice claims. Although he has represented an array of medical specialists, Jerry has a special interest in the interaction between the pathophysiology of medical conditions and the natural course of diseases that impact a jury’s understanding of the actual cause of adverse medical outcomes.

Jerry has served as an instructor of law and medicine at The Ohio State University School of Medicine and, on several occasions, has been an invited lecturer at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He has been appointed special prosecutor on two occasions involving rape/murder and child rape DNA prosecutions. In 2008, Jerry was appointed to serve a five-year term on the Board of Bar Examiners by the Supreme Court of Ohio. Jerry has published several peer-reviewed articles in both legal and medical journals. Of interest recently: “Revisiting Postoperative Vision Loss Following Nonocular Surgery: A Short Review of Etiology and Legal Considerations;”Front. Surg. Neurosurgery., 26 June 2017 [Mendel E, Stocea N, Rao R, Niermeyer W, Revilla S, Cluse M, Sandhu G, Todaro GJ, Bergese SD].

Jerry served on the Editorial Board of Physicians in Sports Medicine from 1989-2001. Jerry has also served as both Program Chair and lecturer for the Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the Ohio Judicial Conference on law, medicine and scientific evidence.

In both 2014 and 2012 Jerry was recognized by Best Lawyers as “Lawyer of the Year” in the practice area of Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Columbus, Ohio.

Education

Georgetown University Law Center – L.L.M. 1992
Capital University School of Law – J.D. 1974
University of Tennessee – B.S. 1970

Admissions and Certifications

State of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Memberships and Affiliations

Ohio State Bar Association
Columbus Bar Association
Defense Research Institute

Recognitions

Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers for:

Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Columbus, Ohio (2014)

Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Columbus, Ohio (2012)

Recognized in Best Lawyers in America® (1993 – Present)
Ohio Super Lawyers®