James P. Hanratty joined MDWC&G as a shareholder 2006. He concentrates his practice in automobile litigation, products liability litigation, and premises liability litigation.

Jim began his career in an Akron, Ohio, plaintiff's personal injury litigation firm. However, since 1993, he has been a partner in two defense litigation firms. He brings to his practice the experience of well over 100 civil jury trials. He has tried matters in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia involving medical malpractice, products liability, auto, construction, and premises liability claims.

Jim's recent successful representations have included:

With respect to industry group and professional representations, Jim's clients have included insurance carriers in direct actions involving coverage issues and underinsured/uninsured claims, hospitals in all aspects of hospital operation, manufacturers of construction equipment and industrial machinery in product liability matters, quarry operators, and oil and gas producers in products liability and general negligence matters.

Jim is a frequent lecturer on trial advocacy and case handling, and he sits as Vice Chair of the Trial Tactics Committee of the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA), a statewide defense organization. He is the former Chair of the Insurance Relations Committee of the OACTA, and as such, has been a speaker at several seminars directed toward the defense of civil matters. Jim has written two Amicus Curiae briefs for the Ohio Supreme Court on insurance-related matters.

Outside of his practice, Jim is the President of the Atwood Ridge Condo Association, the Immediate Past President of the Walsh University Alumni Board of Trustees, a member of the Walsh University Advisory Board, and of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Stark County.