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

Accolades

Firm News

Sokol Law Firm retained to represent family in burial plot mix up

September 9, 2014

BEDFORD HEIGHTS — A local family is threatening to sue a cemetery after a burial plot mixup. The Hopkinses lost…

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Testimonials

George M.

October 21, 2013

“Ms. Sokol met with us regarding an extremely sensitive and personally hurtful matter.  Within moments of our initial meeting, Ms. Sokol…

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