Margaret M KoeselMargaret M. Koesel is a
partner with Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP in Cleveland, Ohio. For more
than 20 years, Ms. Koesel has practiced in the areas of employment, business,
and commercial litigation, devoting a substantial portion of hr practice to
counseling and defending companies in employment discrimination and wrongful
discharge litigation, and representing clients in pension and welfare benefit disputes,
as well as, in trade secret and non-compete disputes. She has significant trial
experience and has argued appeals in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,
various Ohio courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Ms. Koesel also has
substantial experience as a neutral mediating and arbitrating employment and
ERISA cases. She serves on the panel of employment mediators and arbitrators
for the American Arbitration Association and under private and court-annexed
dispute resolution procedures.

Ms. Koesel is an adjunct
professor at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, where she teaches Ohio Civil
Procedure. She also has lectured on appellate advocacy at Case Western Reserve
University Law School.

Ms. Koesel graduated
from Baldwin-Wallace College with a degree in business administration. She
received her law degree from Cleveland Marshall College of Law (magna cum laude), where she served as
an editor on the law review. Before she entered private practice, Ms. Koesel
served as a law clerk for the Honorable Ann McManamon of the Eighth Appellate
District of the Ohio Court of Appeals in Cuyahoga County.

Ms. Koesel is a member
of the American Bar Association, the Ohio Bar Association, the Cleveland
Metropolitan Bar Association, the Ohio Women's Bar Association, and the Defense
Research Institute. She has published numerous articles on mediation,
employment, and spoliation related topics and is a frequent speaker on
employment law and destruction of evidence issues.

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