About Marco Bocciarelli

Marco G. Bocciarelli is a Strongsville, Ohio resident who attended Kent State University, graduating in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice. He received his Juris Doctor in 2003 from the University of Akron School of Law, where he earned the 2002 CALI Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy and competed on a nationally recognized trial team that won multiple local and regional competitions. After law school he spent several years at a Cleveland-area firm defending automobile manufacturers, hospitals, and medical providers. In 2009, Marco shifted his focus to representing injured clients.

He joined Friedman, Domiano & Smith as a Senior Partner in 2017, and became Managing Partner shortly after. His practice covers personal injury matters including wrongful death, motor vehicle and trucking accidents, nursing home negligence, natural gas explosions, premises and animal liability, and product liability. He has secured several million-dollar and multi-million-dollar results for clients. In 2020 he was named Litigator of the Year by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association, and The National Trial Lawyers.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Friedman Domiano & Smith

These results are credited to Friedman Domiano & Smith. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$3.5 millionVerdict

Jeffrey Friedman won a $3.5 million jury verdict for a Cleveland kettle operator who suffered third-degree burns to 23 percent of his body when a formic acid drum ruptured at an Ashland Chemical plant, a result described at the time as Ohio's largest employer intentional-tort verdict.

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (affirmed on appeal) · 1993Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$1.6 millionVerdict

Friedman, Domiano and Smith secured a $1.6 million verdict in Hillyer v. Painesville Township on behalf of the family of Christina Hillyer, a passenger who was fatally injured in a November 1994 accident in Lake County, Ohio.

Lake County, Ohio (Painesville Township)Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of Akron School of Law
J.D., 2003
Kent State University
Undergraduate, 2000

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio, admitted 2003

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Confidential (aggregate >$300 million total litigation) · Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Confidential Settlements for 18 Families in $300 Million-Plus Litigation
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$60.7 Million Settlement for Child Left with Brain Injury After Touching Downed FirstEnergy Power Line
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
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$50 million · Failure to Warn of Cancer Risk: Misny's Second Pharmaceutical Block Settles for $50 Million
Michael Hill Trial Law
Michael Hill Trial Law
$26 Million Verdict for Blind Nursing Home Resident Who Aspirated, Then Waited 42 Minutes for Ambulance

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