Martin Kraft

Attorney at Elk & Elk Co Ltd
Mayfield Heights, OHAdmitted 2008

About Martin Kraft

Martin J. Kraft joined Elk & Elk as a Cincinnati injury attorney in 2016. He has over nine years of experience representing disability claimants, guiding them through the Social Security disability claims process, representing them at hearings in the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, and handling appeals in federal district court. Martin also has experience with class action settlement distribution, personal injury, probate, and tax law.

He was selected as an Ohio Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2021, 2022, and 2023. He holds a National Social Security Advisor certificate from the National Social Security Association. Martin graduated from Miami University (OH) and then attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law in Northern Kentucky, graduating in 2008.

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.

$12.1 millionVerdict

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.

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio · 2014Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$2.76 millionVerdict

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.

Fulton County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio · 2015Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$2.06 millionVerdict

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.

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Cincinnati, Ohio · 2024Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Highland Heights, Kentucky
J.D., 2008
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio, admitted 2008
State Bar of Kentucky, admitted 2009

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