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Phone: (419) 241-1200

Fax: (419) 242-9606

Email:
czarnecki@cooperwalinski.com

Areas of Practice:
White-Collar Criminal Defense & Corporate Compliance

Licensed:
Ohio 

Education:
The University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio, 1972, J.D.

The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 1968, B.B.A.

 

 

John Czarnecki
John practices primarily in criminal law, most often representing defendants charged with such white collar crimes as tax fraud, antitrust violations, mail fraud, and health care fraud. He handles criminal matters in both state and federal courts.  John has litigated numerous cases involving First Amendment issues and media-related disputes. He argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in Marshall v. Lonberger, 103 S.Ct. 843.  He carries Martindale-Hubbell's AV rating.

John lectures frequently on issues of federal criminal law. He has served on the Criminal Justice Task Force for the Northern District of Ohio and has served as a Commissioner on the Ohio Public Defender Commission.  

John is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been listed in the annual editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of White-Collar Criminal Defense, First Amendment Law and Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense.  He is also listed in annual editions of Ohio Super Lawyers.

He received an undergraduate degree in 1968 and a law degree in 1972, both from The University of Toledo.   John was Articles Editor of The University of Toledo Law Review

Publications:

  • Due Process Rights in Prison Disciplinary Proceedings, University of Toledo Law Review, 1974

Honors and Awards: 

  • Listed in annual editions of The Best Lawyers in America in areas of Criminal Law and First Amendment law
  • Listed in annual editions of Ohio Super Lawyers
  • Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers

Professional Memberships: 

  • Toledo Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Association of Federal Defense Attorneys
  • Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, life member

Representative Cases:

  • Marshall v. Lonberger, 459 U.S. 422 (1983)
  • Judy v. Ohio Department of Motor Vehicles, 100 Ohio St. 3d 122 (2003) (class action against State of Ohio recovering approximately $12,000,000 for fees unlawfully assessed against drunk drivers)
  • In re: subpoena/Attorney Potts, 100 Ohio St. 3d 97 (2003) (successfully representing attorney who resisted subpoena for client records)
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