In the past two decades Richard L. Stoper, Jr. has acquired the professional skills and experience to be regarded as an expert in dealing with matters involving allegations of business crime to the contesting of labor issues. Stoper was a partner with Rotatori, Gragel & Stoper when it was formed in 1999 and specialized in civil litigation and white-collar criminal defense work. He began his legal career as a law clerk for Judge Leroy J. Contie, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, following graduation from Cleveland Marshall Law School. He earned his undergraduate degree at The Ohio State University. Following his work with the federal court, Stoper spent more than two years with the firm of Burke, Haber & Berick, where he concentrated on commercial litigation. He joined the firm of Gold, Rotatori & Schwartz, where he handled complex civil and criminal litigation. Stoper characterizes one of the firm’s strengths as the ability to form litigation teams in quick response to complex legal situations. He cites the firm’s attention to detail as its hallmark. “White-collar crime is not a field that many firms specialize in,” Stoper says. “You need lawyers with the experience to contest these cases, and that experience can only be gained by doing this work consistently.” Stoper also plays a key role in the firm’s labor practice. He believes that the ready availability of technology for research and information management has lessened the advantages that larger law firms previously possessed. Cases today, he says, hinge more on the skill and ability of the individual lawyer than ever before. Contact Richard L. Stoper, Jr.: email: RStoper@Rotatori.com, telephone: 216.928.1010, ext. 205