About C. Joseph McCoy

C. Joseph McCoy is a trial lawyer at Michael Hill Trial Law with a practice focused on nursing home neglect and abuse cases. Before entering plaintiff law, McCoy began his career defending cases against doctors, dentists, and nursing homes, experience that now informs his understanding of defense strategies. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he was a four-year letterwinner, three-year starter, and two-year captain on the basketball team and also competed in Steeplechase for the track team, remaining in the college record books for three-pointers made and free throw percentage. He received his Juris Doctor from Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University in 2014 and was admitted to the Ohio bar that same year.

During law school, he received multiple awards as the highest-achieving student in Constitutional Law, Property, Legal Writing, Professional Responsibility, and Trial Advocacy. He has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star annually from 2021 through the present and has served as a Trustee for the Ohio Association for Justice. McCoy lives in Granville, Ohio with his wife Tisha and four children.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Michael Hill Trial Law

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$26 millionVerdictTop 20 in Ohio · #17

A Trumbull County jury awarded $26 million to the estate of Stephen Tate, a blind, brain-injured resident of Signature HealthCARE of Warren who aspirated while eating lunch unsupervised and died after staff waited about 42 minutes to call an ambulance. The award, reported as the largest nursing home verdict in Ohio history, was won by Michael A. Hill, then of Eadie Hill Trial Lawyers and now of Michael Hill Trial Law.

Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio · 2023Medical 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

Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
JD, 2014
Grove City College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio

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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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Spangenberg Shibley & Liber
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The Becker Law Firm
The Becker Law Firm
$60.7 Million Settlement for Child Left with Brain Injury After Touching Downed FirstEnergy Power Line
Friedman Domiano & Smith
Friedman Domiano & Smith
$3.5 Million Verdict for Chemical Plant Worker Burned by Formic Acid
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
Semi Jackknife on Black Ice Kills Ronald Alleman; Misny Wins Settlement Including Trucking Safety Changes

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