Michael Pascoe and Robert Port Join Ice Miller’s Newest Ohio Office from Hahn Loeser

Ice Miller is pleased to announce that partner Michael Pascoe and of counsel Robert Port have joined the firm’s recently established Cleveland office. Both seasoned litigators bring decades of experience managing a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters, with a strong focus on construction disputes. Collectively, their background spans high-profile trial work, class actions, large-scale development projects, and national Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)-related matters, among other areas of law.

“We are thrilled to welcome Mike and Rob to the Ice Miller team,” said Ice Miller Chief Managing Partner Michael Millikan. “They represent two stellar hires for our fast-growing Cleveland office, launched just a few months ago and already making waves in the region. They also fortify our national construction litigation practice, rounding out an already strong bench in that space.”

Pascoe represents clients across the country in state and federal court, as well as before the American Arbitration Association (AAA). He focuses on the full gamut of commercial litigation matters, handling construction disputes, breach of contract claims, facilities management litigation, and business claims. He also provides strategic counsel to clients on contract negotiation, commercial lease negotiations, and construction contracts, with a particularized focus in dispute avoidance during construction projects.

“Mike and Rob add significant muscle to Ice Miller’s litigation capabilities in Cleveland and beyond,” added Ice Miller Cleveland Office Managing Partner Joshua A. Klarfeld. “Their collaborative nature and depth of knowledge in construction and engineering will make an immediate positive impact on the firm and its clients.”

Additionally, Pascoe frequently represents clients across the country before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. He also counsels clients on OSHA enforcement response strategies and helps negotiate and resolve citations prior to litigation. Pascoe also regularly presents on new and emerging issues in OSHA rulemaking and enforcement in the construction industry.

Port focuses on business litigation, construction litigation, complex commercial disputes, and construction law, and has represented clients nationally in class-action lawsuits. In the construction space, he handles claims regarding additional costs and scheduling impacts, pre-litigation claims management to mitigate risk and reserve the client’s potential future claims for additional compensation or contract time extensions, assisting clients in obtaining certification under various Ohio and federal programs for minority or disadvantaged business entities, and defending clients against decertification for state and federal programs. His experience also includes business tort litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants, nationally, including breach of contract, tortious interference with contractual relations, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of fiduciary duty, as well as analyzing business financial information and developing damages models based on both lost profits and business valuation.

Of particular note, Port holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and worked as a research-and-design engineer for over a decade, equipping him with a unique perspective in his approach and counsel.

Ice Miller’s Litigation Practice boasts extensive experience at all levels of state and federal courts, as well as mediation and arbitration in front of various state and federal agencies. The firm’s litigators represent individuals, companies large and small, and state and municipal organizations in complex matters every day—all while working with clients to gain a deep understanding of the legal and business issues at hand and the stakes involved, as well as the customers, employees, and families they want to protect.

Ice Miller’s Construction Practice Group offers full-service counsel to help support clients at any and every point of the lifecycle of a construction project. From conception and funding to design, procurement, and construction, Ice Miller lawyers bring to bear the insight and experience necessary to help navigate clients through the myriad unforeseen opportunities and challenges that inevitably develop over the course of a project, and further help them address construction needs and achieve their overall business goals.

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