Nicholas DiCello
About Nicholas DiCello
Nicholas A. DiCello joined Spangenberg Shibley & Liber in 2004 after clerking for Senior Judge John M. Manos in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He focuses his practice on medical malpractice, law enforcement misconduct, car and truck crash cases, and insurance coverage disputes. A former Division I collegiate and professional soccer player who won the 1998-1999 NPSL championship with the Cleveland Crunch, Nick brings the same competitive drive to litigation. He has obtained numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts for his clients, including a $17.675 million wrongful death verdict against a nursing home and a $18.5 million wrongful death settlement against a hospital. He is a frequent speaker on trial practice throughout Ohio and nationally, and currently serves as President of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. He graduated magna cum laude from Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 2002 and is admitted in Ohio state and federal courts and the Sixth Circuit.
Notable case results
Wrongful death verdict against a nursing home corporation for the death of a 54-year-old woman
Wrongful death settlement against a hospital for the death of a 29-year-old mother whose anticoagulation medication was mismanaged
Against the State of Ohio for a young man paralyzed by prison guards
Against an apartment complex for a carbon monoxide death and poisoning
Wrongful death jury verdict against a nursing home for a 79-year-old patient not timely treated for infection
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
