Jonathan D. Mester
Managing Partner
Partner Contact Info:
Phone: (216) 694-5225
Email: jmester@nphm.com
Case Manager Contact Information:
Rachel Nemeckay
Phone: (216) 694-5245
Email: rnemeckay@nphm.com
Registered Nurse Paralegal Contact Information:
Nancy Sustar, RN, BSN
Phone: (216) 694-5259
Email: nsustar@nphm.com
Areas of Practice
Birth Injuries
Construction Accidents
Product Liability
Employer Intentional Tort
Medical Malpractice
Nursing Home Neglect
Personal Injury
Truck Accidents
Wrongful Death
Jonathan D. Mester
Managing Partner
Jonathan D. Mester focuses his practice on representing victims of medical malpractice, including obstetrical malpractice cases in which the baby suffers severe deficits at birth including Cerebral Palsy and Erb’s Palsy. Jonathan also handles construction accident cases involving serious injury and death.
Jonathan joined Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy in 1998 as an associate and today is the managing partner with the firm, and a member of the firm’s board of directors. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Jonathan has also been selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers® by Law & Politics Media since 2010. In 2021, Jonathan was included in The Best Lawyers in America publication for both medical malpractice and personal injury litigation.
Jonathan is proud to represent individuals who need assistance in taking on hospitals, corporations, and large insurance companies. He is most proud of the jury verdicts he has obtained. Jonathan has obtained multiple jury verdicts more than a million dollars, including the first medical malpractice verdict in several years in Columbus, Ohio on behalf of a four-year-old girl in 2013. In each of these cases, the wrongdoer offered little or nothing to settle the case, leaving Jonathan’s clients no choice but to take the case to trial.
Testimonials
Achievements
Bar Admissions:
- Ohio, 1998
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Education:
- Syracuse University, B.A., 1992
- The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., 1998
- National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition, Recipient of First Place Overall and Best Brief Award, 1998
- Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Chief Managing Editor, 1997-1998
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Association for Justice
- Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Board of Trustees
- Cleveland Bar Association
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Ohio Association for Justice
- Ohio State Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- William Thomas Inn of Court
- Ohio Association for Justice, Advocates Circle Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Board Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Litigation Committee
- Board Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 3 R’S Program
Speaking Experience
- NBI: Advanced Issues in Personal Injury Litigation, 2013
- Best Lawyers ® “Lawyer of the Year” (2024)
- Best Lawyers® (2016-Present)
- Super Lawyers Inclusion (2010-Present)
- Ohio Super Lawyers: Top 50 (2021)
- Ohio Super Lawyers: Top 100 (2021)
- Champion Silver Award (2017)
- America’s Top 100 Attorneys (2017)
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Ohio Super Lawyers Inclusion – Rising Stars (2006 – 2009)
- Martindale-Hubbell® Client Distinction Award recipient, 2013
Blogs by Jonathan D. Mester
Download Articles:
- King V. ProMedica Health System, Inc.
- “The Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996: Will the New Era of ADR in Federal Administrative Agencies Occur at the Expense of Public Accountability?” 13, Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, 167, 1997.
Publications:
- NP Blog: Birth Defect or Birth Injury? (April 2015)
- NP Blog: Why Confirming Placement of a Nasogastric Tube is so Important (May 2015)
- NP Video Blog: What is a High Rick Pregnancy? (May 2015)
- NP Video Blog: What is Hypoxic-Ischmic Encephalopathy? (July 2015)
- NP Video Blog: What is a Brachial Plexus Injury? (July 2015)
- NP Video Blog: Cerebral Palsy – Was is a Result of a Birth Injury? (January 2017)
- NP Video Blog: Erb’s Palsy Possibly Caused by an Injury at Birth (February 2017)
2013
- William Thomas Inn of Court
- OAJ: Advocates Circle
- CMBA: Litigation Committee
- CMBA: 3 R’s Program
2014
- CMBA: Board of Trustees
Live on Lakeside – Guest Speaker: Birth Injury FAW (September 2015)
- A woman who suffered from bacterial meningitis causing hydrocephalus after birth later received malfunctioning shunt treatment at an emergency room at the age of 14, which led to herniation of the brain and quadriplegia. Case settled for $3,500,000.
- A worker fell off a roof while working and suffered a burst fracture in a vertebra, which left him with severe bowel and bladder dysfunction and a life-long inability to walk without assistance. Jury verdict for $3,300,000.
- Plaintiff died weeks after childbirth from an undiagnosed infection. Case settled for $3,000,000.
- Baby born with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and mild to moderate hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). The allegations in the case were delays in evaluating the mother who had presented to her doctor with complaints of decreased fetal movement on the morning of the emergency c-section delivery, and failure to diagnose IUGR during the prenatal period. Case settled for $3,000,000.
- A 59-year-old truck driver suffered permanent head injuries while assisting to dismantle a crane at a job site in Michigan, resulting in a serious seizure disorder that rendered him unable to work as a truck driver. Jury verdict of $2,800,000.
- Plaintiff died while working on a construction site when a heavy object was dropped on his head. Case settled for $2,200,000.
- A 23-year-old got her wisdom teeth extracted at the dental clinic of a major hospital, and she suffered major swelling days after the operation. Surgery was suggested in which a tube that would become her lifeline was placed in her nose and trachea to assist breathing. The tube became dislodged causing 10 minutes without oxygen and permanent brain damage. Case settled for $2,000,000.
- A child’s delivery was complicated by shoulder dystocia (when one or more of the baby’s shoulders gets stuck in the mother’s pelvis) and excessive pulling and traction applied by the midwife nurse caused nerve ruptures at three levels of the brachial plexus. Jury verdict for $1,400,000.