MEET CIVIL LITIGATION ATTORNEY EDMOND J. MACK
Edmond J. Mack focuses his legal practice on prosecuting and defending complex litigation matters.
Edmond represents corporations, municipalities, and individuals in a wide range of disputes, including sales governed by the Uniform Commercial Code, real estate matters, and employment litigation. As a civil litigation attorney, he has also litigated matters involving close corporations, trade secrets, fiduciary duties, antitrust and monopolization, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, governmental liability, and class actions.
Edmond has successfully prosecuted and defended multi-million dollar claims. The clients he serves range from Fortune 500 companies and family-owned businesses to disadvantaged individuals.
Edmond received his law degree from the University of Akron School of Law graduating cum laude and his undergraduate degree from Kent State University, graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and history. During law school, he was recognized for his work in civil litigation and oral advocacy, and gained experience as a law clerk for the Honorable Elinore Marsh Stormer of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas.
Edmond previously served the City of Canton as a councilman for six years and as a trustee for the Stark County Library for three years. He currently serves as one of three commissioners with the City of Canton’s Civil Service Commission and a director for the Downtown Canton Land Bank.
Edmond resides in the historic Ridgewood neighborhood in Canton and raises three daughters. He is a proud supporter and product of the Minerva Local School District.
“The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.”
- Clarence Darrow
ADMISSIONS
Ohio Bar, 2007
United States Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 2007
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2010
United States Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2012
United States Supreme Court, 2019
COMMUNITY, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS
Canton City 7-F Committeeperson, Democratic Precinct Central Committee, 2024 - present
Assistant Law Director, Law Department of the City of Massillon, Civil Division, 2022 – present
Commissioner, Civil Service Commission of the City of Canton, 2022 – present
Director, Downtown Canton Land Bank, DCLB Corp., 2021 – present
Trustee, Stark County District Library, 2012 – 2023
Director, ArtsinStark, 2018 – 2020
Member, Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, City of Canton, 2016 – 2020
Member, Ohio ACLU, 2006 – present
Member, NAACP, Canton Ohio Branch, 2015 – present
Member, Kent State University Alumni Board, Stark Chapter, 2006 – 2014
Councilman, Judiciary Committee Chair, City Council of the City of Canton, 2012 – 2018
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member, American Bar Association, 2005 – present
Member, Ohio State Bar Association, 2005 – present
Member, Stark County Bar Association, 2007 – present
Member, Akron Bar Association, 2009 – present
Member, Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter, 2019 – present
Member, American Association for Justice, 2007 – present
Member, Ohio Association for Justice, 2007 – present
Member, Stark County Association for Justice, 2007 – present
Trustee, Stark County Association for Justice, 2015 – 2017
Member, Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2022 – present
PUBLICATIONS
REPORTED DECISIONS
Minerva Dairy, Inc. v. Village of Minerva, Ohio, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2023CV00901, 2023 WL 5917284 (Sept. 5, 2023)
ForeverLawn, Inc. v. Funt, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2022CV02029, 2023 WL 5310607 (Aug. 15, 2023)
ForeverLawn, Inc. v. Funt, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2022CV02029, 2023 WL 3919385 (June 5, 2023)
Jackson v. Fornash, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Carroll Cty. No. 2022CVH29990, 2023 WL 1338668 (Jan. 24, 2023)
Great Southland Limited v. Landash Corporation, S.D.Ohio No. 2:17CV00719, 2022 WL 3442548 (June 29, 2022)
Arminco, Inc. v. Robinson, D.D.S., Va. Cir. Ct., Loudoun Cty. No. CL 21-389, 2022 WL 4010592 (Mar. 6, 2022)
Peter Sworak dba Camper Care v. Great Lakes Recreational Vehicle Association, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Summit Cty. No. CV 2020 11 3137, 2021 WL 5494397 (Sept. 29, 2021)
Abington Emerson Capital, LLC v. Adkins, S.D.Ohio No. 2:17CV0143, 2021 WL 1087312 (Mar. 22, 2021)
Wilson v. Polaris Leasing, LLC, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2018CV00298, 2021 WL 2388841 (Mar. 4, 2021)
Shutte v. Strittmatter, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Summit Cty. No. CV 2015 04 2129, 2021 WL 506269 (Feb. 2, 2021)
Abington Emerson Capital, LLC v. Adkins, S.D.Ohio No. 2:17CV0143, 2021 WL 611998 (Jan. 22, 2021)
ForeverLawn, Inc. v. Harkrider, D.N.M. No. 1:19CV0655, 2019 WL 6329797 (Nov. 26, 2019)
Abington Emerson Capital, LLC v. Landash Corporation, S.D.Ohio No. 2:17CV0143, 2019 WL 3521649 (Aug. 2, 2019)
Krabill v. Kauth Custom Builder, Inc., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2017CV01704, 2018 WL 6272346 (Nov. 15, 2018)
Abington Emerson Capital, LLC v. Adkins, S.D.Ohio No. 2:17CV0143, 2018 WL 4771526 (Oct. 3, 2018), on recons. in part, 2018 WL 6427683 (Dec. 7, 2018)
Galambos v. Hayberg, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Tuscarawas Cty. No. 2018 CT 03 0230, 2018 WL 3635766 (July 26, 2018)
Bortz v. Freedom USA, Inc., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Summit Cty. No. CV 2017 06 2566, 2017 WL 7803763 (Dec. 6, 2017)
Diaz v. New Work City, Inc., N.D.Ohio No. 5:16-CV-2319, 2017 WL 4682345 (Oct. 18, 2017)
Dean v. Hostetler Heritage Homes Ltd., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2015CV02494, 2017 WL 1483099 (Apr. 18, 2017)
Frazzitta v. Cheryl L. Venarge Tr. U/A/D June 5, 1995, N.D.Ohio No. 5:16CV746, 2017 WL 1078963 (Mar. 22, 2017)
Modzelewski v. D.A. Peterson, Inc., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2016CV01354, 2017 WL 877214 (Mar. 1, 2017), adopted by, 2017 WL 1051156 (Mar. 16, 2017)
Dean v. Hostetler Heritage Homes Ltd., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2015CV02494, 2017 WL 877215 (Feb. 28, 2017)
Dean v. Hostetler Heritage Homes Ltd., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2015CV02494, 2017 WL 384287 (Jan. 26, 2017)
Premier Homes, Inc. v. Hanna Commercial, LLC, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2016CV00019, 2017 WL 379002 (Jan. 9, 2017)
HEJ Enterprise LLC v. Hensley Transport LLC, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2016CV01395, 2016 WL 7077022 (Nov. 30, 2016)
Shutte v. Strittmatter, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Summit Cty. No. CV 2015 04 2129, 2016 WL 5372656 (Sept. 20, 2016)
Dean v. Hostetler Heritage Homes Ltd., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2015CV02494, 2016 WL 2989571 (May 23, 2016)
Huntington Nat. Bank v. Patriot Concrete Pumping Ltd., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2014CV02805, 2016 WL 8078318 (May 16, 2016)
Sentry Life Ins. v. Chuchanis, 2016-Ohio-183, 57 N.E.3d 396 (Ohio App. 5th Dist.)
DLH Industries, Inc. v. Dallas Design & Technology, Inc., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2014CV00922, 2016 WL 214117 (Jan. 15, 2016)
Maximus Media LLC v. Arthur Middleton Capital Holdings, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Summit Cty. No. CV 2015 08 3895, 2015 WL 12990106 (Dec. 30, 2015)
Rice v. Myers Power Products, Inc., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2015CV00018, 2015 WL 13123024 (Oct. 2, 2015)
State ex. rel. Schulman v. Stark County Bd. of Elections, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2015CV1545, 2015 WL 4778351 (July 24, 2015)
Sentry Life Ins. v. Chuchanis, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2013CV01591, 2015 WL 1062170 (Mar. 10, 2015)
Kozel v. Andrews, 2014-Ohio-4793, 22 N.E.3d 278 (Ohio App. 5th Dist.)
Anderson v. Massillon, Ohio App. 5th Dist. No. 2013CA00144, 2014-Ohio-2516
Bourlas Constr., Inc. v. Paxos, Ohio App. 5th Dist. No. 2013CA00076, 2014-Ohio-289
Angiulo v. Kissenberger, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2009CV00200, 2012 WL 13257926 (June 6, 2012)
Anderson v. Massillon, 134 Ohio St.3d 380, 2012-Ohio-5711, 983 N.E.2d 266
In Re Twin City Hosp., N.D.Ohio Bkrtcy. Adv. No. 12-6005, 2012 WL 1790292 (May 16, 2012)
Morris v. Heat Surge, LLC, N.D.Ohio No. 5:11CV00223, 2012 WL 832732 (Mar. 9, 2012)
Davis v. Meyers, Ohio App. 5th Dist. No. 2011CA00103, 2012-Ohio-1518
CSAHA/UHHS-Canton, Inc. v. Aultman Health Found., Ohio App. 5th Dist. No. 2010CA00303, 2012-Ohio-897
Pilgrim v. Universal Health Card, LLC, 660 F.3d 943 (6th Cir 2011)
Euro Development, Ltd. v. Capital City Energy Group, Inc., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2011CV00593, 2011 WL 13157047 (Aug. 31, 2011)
Community Surgical Supply of Toms River, Inc. v. Medline DiaMed, LLC, D.N.J. No. CIV.A. 11-00221, 2011 WL 3235706 (July 28, 2011)
Medline Diamed, LLC v. Diamed USA, LLC, N.D.Ohio No. 5:11CV0093, 2011 WL 1666934 (May 3, 2011)
Anderson v. Massillon, 193 Ohio App.3d 297, 2011-Ohio-1328, 951 N.E.2d 1063 (Ohio App. 5th Dist.)
Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Rafi, N.D.Ohio No. 5:09CV0777, 2010 WL 4181021 (Oct. 19, 2010)
Catherine S. Blate Revocable Trust v. AMC Land Co., Ltd., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2010CV03176, 2010 WL 11489001 (Oct. 4, 2010)
Mercy Medical Center, Inc. v. Aultman Health Foundation, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2007CV05277, 2010 WL 8309445 (June 15, 2010)
CSAHA/UHHS-Canton, Inc. v. Aultman Health Foundation, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2007CV05277, 2010 WL 8309444 (Mar. 29, 2010)
Pilgrim v. Universal Health Card, LLC, N.D.Ohio No. 5:09CV879, 2010 WL 1254849 (Mar. 25, 2010)
Tomtreyco Uhrichsville, Inc. v. Dana Lewis McDonalds, LLC, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2007CV03835, 2009 WL 10449141 (Dec. 2, 2009), modified in part, 2009 WL 10449140 (Dec. 7, 2009)
Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Rafi, N.D.Ohio No. 5:09CV0777, 2009 WL 3600273 (Oct. 26, 2009)
Hometown Health Plan v. Aultman Health Foundation, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Tuscarawas Cty. No. 2006 CV 06 0350, 2009 WL 1806759 (Apr. 15, 2009)
Hoopingarner v. Kohl, Ohio App. 5th Dist. No. 2008 AP 050035, 2008-Ohio-6893
Tomtreyco Uhrichsville, Inc. v. Dana Lewis McDonalds, LLC, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2007CV03835, 2008 WL 10921932 (Oct. 24, 2008)
Medal v. Medal, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2008CV03098, 2008 WL 11313310 (Sept. 19, 2008)
Medal v. Medal, Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Stark Cty. No. 2007CV01606, 2008 WL 11313311 (Aug. 26, 2008)
Marcus Gant, Executor of the Est. of Josephine Evans v. Malay K. Mody, M.D., et al., Ohio Ct. Cmn. Pleas, Summit Cty. No. CV-2005-03-1907, 2006 WL 5436580 (Oct. 27, 2006)