David Zoll is a 1976 graduate of the University of Toledo College of Law, and a 1974 graduate of the University of Cincinnati. He is the founding partner of the law firm of Zoll, Kranz & Borgess, LLC, with a practice in civil litigation. He has practiced law in Toledo, Ohio since his admission to the Ohio Bar on May 6, 1977.
Zoll is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (“NBTA”) as a Civil Trial Advocate.
The National Board of Trial Advocacy is authorized by the Ohio Supreme Court to certify specialists in the field of trial advocacy. He is also on the Board of Examiners of the NBTA. He wrote and graded the Commercial Law (2005), Civil Ethics (2007, 2009, 2010) and Evidence (2008) questions for the nationwide examinations for board certification.
Zoll is admitted to the bars of the United States Supreme Court, the Sixth and Seventh Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, the Federal District Courts of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Arkansas, and the United States Tax Court, as well as the Ohio Supreme Court. He has been a member of the American Association for Justice since 1981, and is a member of the Ohio Association for Justice as well as the Toledo and Ohio Bar Associations.
He is a designated “Ohio Super Lawyer” and listed as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” by the American Trial Lawyers Association.
He has spoken before the American Association of Justice, the Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Lucas County Bar Association, Toledo Bar Association, Construction Financial Managers Association, Ohio Society of CPA’s, Association of General Contractors and at numerous continuing education seminars.
Zoll has handled a number of cases before the Ohio Supreme Court, including the landmark case of Anderson v. Ceccardi, 6 Ohio St.3d 110, 451 N.E.2d 780 (Ohio 1983), in which the doctrine of assumption of the risk was merged into the statutory tort scheme of comparative fault.
Zoll currently practices primarily in the fields of mass torts and antitrust. He currently serves as Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs In re: Heparin Products Liability Litigation MDL Docket No. 1953. He is co-chair of the AAJ Heparin Litigation Group. He was special counsel on behalf of Plaintiffs in In re:Inter-Op Hip Prosthesis Liability Litigation (Sulzer). MDL Docket No. 01-CV-9000; on the Discovery Committee in In re: Vioxx ® Products Liability Litigation MDL Docket No. 1657; Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee In re: Yamaha Rhino MDL; Plaintiff’s Steering Committee In re: Text Messaging antitrust MDL pending in Chicago. He is also involved in the Polyurethane Foam Antitrust MDL pending before Judge Zouhary.
Zoll and his firm currently MDL discovery and science committees as well as leadership positions in the state court cases pending in Philadelphia, PA in the Yaz/Yasmin litigation against Bayer. The firm holds leadership positions in the DePuy ASR Hip MDL litigation.
Zoll was co-lead trial counsel in the first contaminated heparin trial, held in Cook County, Illinois in May, 2011. Zoll, Kranz & Borgess filed the first lawsuits in the country in the Heparin litigation. Three of their clients testified before Congress on April 29, 2008 in the The Heparin Disaster: Chinese Counterfeits and American Failures hearing held by the House Oversight and Investigation Committee, chaired by the Hon. Bart Stupak (Michigan). Zoll has tried cases to verdict in Chicago, Illinois; West Palm Beach, Florida; Little Rock, Arkansas; Media, Pennsylvania; Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan; and Lexington, Kentucky as well as throughout the state of Ohio. He has obtained a number of verdicts and settlements in excess of one million dollars on behalf of his clients.
He is married to Myra (Gerber) Zoll. They have two children and five grandchildren.
Zoll was appointed by the Lucas County Commissioners to the Board of the Lucas County Mental Health and Recovery Services, and previously served on the Lucas County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board. He served on the special committee to merge the latter board with the former Mental Health Board. He was appointed by the Lucas County Commissioners to serve on the Mental Health Board Review Committee. He currently serves as a trustee of the Toledo Council of Newspaper Unions-Toledo Blade Pension Plan. He has served on the Boards of the following charitable or religious organizations: Board of Directors Camp Storer-Toledo YMCA; Beach House Family Shelter; and Christ Presbyterian Church Board of Deacons.
Representative reported Cases:
Kagy v. Toledo-Lucas Cty. Port Auth.,
121 Ohio App.3d 239, 699 N.E.2d 566 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1997)
Toledo Edison Co. v. Petitioners for Incorporation of Village of Holiday City,
116 Ohio App.3d 482, 688 N.E.2d 571 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1996)
Fifth Third Bank of W. Ohio v. Freund,
113 Ohio App.3d 164, 680 N.E.2d 682 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1996)
In re Petition for Incorporation of Holiday City,
106 Ohio App.3d 458, 666 N.E.2d 327 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1995)
In re Petition for Incorporation of the Village of Holiday City,
70 Ohio App.3d 365, 639 N.E.2d 42 (Ohio 1994)
Nickloy v. Bryan Motor Speedway,
1992 WL 126092 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1992)
Goldman v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.,
33 Ohio St.3d 40, 514 N.E.2d 691 (Ohio 1987)
Anderson v. Ceccardi,
6 Ohio St.3d 110, 451 N.E.2d 780 (Ohio 1983)
Neiswender v. Edinger,
59 Ohio App.2d 25, 392 N.E.2d 580 (Ohio App.6.Dist. 1978)
Hammons v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America,
Local No. 20, 754 F.2d 177 (6th Cir. 1985)