About Curtis Fifner
Curtis M. Fifner joined Elk & Elk in 2021, focusing on medical and nursing negligence, wrongful death, trucking and car crashes, and serious personal injury. A third-generation attorney, he earned his law degree from Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law and his bachelor's degree in Government from Centre College. He completed the intensive three-week program at Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College in 2016 and was invited to join the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in January 2019, remaining one of the youngest members of the Ohio chapter.
He has been recognized as a Rising Star or Super Lawyer every year since 2014 and was named one of the Top 10 Under 40 by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys. In 2024, he received the Ohio Association for Justice President's Award and led the Clawson Task Force, which helped pass House Bill 179 codifying common law agency. He was elected Secretary of the Ohio Association for Justice in 2025.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Elk & Elk Co Ltd
These results are credited to Elk & Elk Co Ltd. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A Cuyahoga County jury awarded $39 million to the widow of a highway paving inspector struck and killed on Interstate 271 after the paving contractor failed to follow its court-approved safety plan.
A Fulton County jury awarded $2,761,228 to the widow and estate of James Worman after a fabricated axle shaft sold by Hart's Machine Service fractured beneath the couple's 1973 Honda trike, killing James and severely injuring his wife Pamela.
A Hamilton County, Ohio, jury awarded $2,063,255.51 to the family of Judy Helen Collins, 73, who died in November 2019 after complications of a hiatal hernia repair. Jurors found surgeon Robert Bradley, MD, liable for medical malpractice and wrongful death after he did not obtain a CT scan a radiologist had recommended and did not recognize signs of re-herniation. The same jury cleared the radiologist and his imaging group. The verdict came on Oct. 24, 2024, after a two-week trial.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
