Career Highlights. Jerry Todaro began his career with the Franklin County
Prosecutor's. Office in 1974 as an Assistant Prosecutor, where he tried over 75
cases.
ARNOLD TODARO & WELCH Gerald J. Todaro 2075 Marble Cliff Office Park Columbus, Ohio 43215 p: 614.324.4510 f: 614.324.4511
[email protected] Career Highlights Jerry Todaro began his career with the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office in 1974 as an Assistant Prosecutor, where he tried over 75 cases in a three-year period. In less than two years, he was lead counsel in a death penalty case and obtained a conviction under Ohio’s new death penalty statute. He entered private practice in 1977, after taking courses in gross anatomy and clinical pathology at The Ohio State University School of Medicine. Since that time, he has concentrated on professional negligence cases. Jerry joined Arnold Todaro & Welch as a partner in 2002, where he has been engaged in the defense of medical and legal malpractice claims. Although he has represented an array of medical specialists, he has a special interest in the interaction between the pathophysiology of medical conditions and the natural course of diseases that impact a jury’s understanding of the actual cause of adverse medical outcomes. Jerry has served as an instructor of law and medicine at The Ohio State University School of Medicine and on several occasions, has been an invited lecturer at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He has been appointed special prosecutor on two occasions involving rape/murder and child rape DNA prosecutions. In 2008, Jerry was appointed to serve a five-year term on the Board of Bar Examiners by the Supreme Court of Ohio. Jerry has published several peer-reviewed articles in both legal and medical journals. Of interest recently: Revisiting Postoperative Vision
Loss Following Nonocular Surgery: A Short Review of Etiology and Legal Considerations; Journal Perspective, Front. Surg. Neurosurgery, Front Surg., 26 June 2017 [Mendel E, Stocea N, Rao R, Niermeyer W, Revilla S, Cluse M, Sandhu G, Todaro, GJ, Bergese SD].
He served on the Editorial Board of Physicians in Sports Medicine from 1989-2001. Jerry has also served as both Program Chairman and lecturer for the Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the Ohio Judicial Conference on law, medicine and scientific evidence. Recognized by Best Lawyers in both 2014 and 2102 as "Lawyer of the Year" in the practice area of Legal Malpractice Law ~ Defendants, Columbus, Ohio.
Education Georgetown University Law Center, L.L.M., 1992 Capital University School of Law, J.D., 1974 University of Tennessee, B.S., 1970 Admissions and Certifications State of Ohio U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit U.S. Supreme Court Memberships and Affiliations Ohio State Bar Association Columbus Bar Association Defense Research Institute Recognitions Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers for: Legal Malpractice Law ~ Defendants, Columbus, Ohio (2014) Legal Malpractice Law ~ Defendants, Columbus, Ohio (2012) Recognized in Best Lawyers in America® (1993 – Present) Best Lawyers in Central Ohio Ohio Super Lawyers®
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