Roni Sokol

Attorney Profile

At The Sokol Law Firm, I have extensive experience handling cases involving personal injury, insurance claims, civil disputes, and other injuries and losses. I have earned the appreciation of my clients and the respect of my peers in Ohio and California.

I’m Roni Sokol, Esq. founder and owner of The Sokol Law Firm. I have two decades of large firm experience representing and defending insurance companies and their policyholders as well as litigating general civil disputes in both Ohio and California. In addition, I have worked in-house for one of the largest insurance companies in the country managing severe bodily injury claims in litigation. Based upon that experience, I have an intimate understanding of the claims process and how insurance adjusters evaluate cases. I know what the insurance companies are required to do when you make a claim and when their actions constitute a breach of contract and/or a breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. I know how much a claim is worth and what the insurance companies will likely pay to resolve the claim. I know how to negotiate the best possible settlements and will not hesitate to take a case to trial in order to obtain exceptional results for my clients.

Education

• Southwestern University School of Law – Los Angeles, CA
  Juris Doctor – 1995
• Law clerk to the Honorable Judges Judith C. Chirlin and C. Bernard Kaufman  Los Angeles County Superior Court (1994)
• Law clerk for the licensing division of the Department of Justice – California Attorney General in Los Angeles, CA (1993)
• UCLA – Los Angeles, CA
  Bachelor of Arts, Sociology – 1989

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of the State of California – 1995; Bar No. 178139
• The Supreme Court of Ohio – 2006; Bar No. 0081329*
• United States District Courts for all Districts of California
• United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Central and Northern Districts of Ohio
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit- Ohio

*Bar exam score in the Top 25% of all 2006 Bar passers in the State of Ohio.

Activities / Volunteerism

• Court appointed public defender, Lyndhurst Municipal Court (2020-present)
• Presidential Designee to the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundations’ Board of Directors (2020-2021)

• Ohio Supreme Court Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program, Attorney Mentor

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s Ethics and Professionalism Committee; Committee Member
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service, oversight committee member
• Legal Aid Society of Cleveland; Volunteer Attorney
• CMBA, Women in the Law Section, Member
• Ohio Association of Justice (OAJ); Member
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association; Member
• Susan G. Komen Foundation, fundraising volunteer 
• Jewish Federation of Cleveland, fundraising volunteer