Kristin Weinberg

Attorney, Litigation Attorney Manager at The Becker Law Firm
Cleveland, OH

About Kristin Weinberg

Kristin E. Weinberg earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law, where she concentrated on environmental law. Her career began in St. Louis at Brown & James PC, handling construction law and toxic tort matters, then at Polsinelli PC, where she gained experience in business litigation, telecommunications law, and trademark disputes in state and federal court. Licensed in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio, she built a practice defined by rigorous advocacy and a deep commitment to clients, developing a strong aptitude for managing complex, high-stakes cases and coordinating legal teams. At The Becker Law Firm, Kristin oversees the firm's litigation attorneys, workflow, and trial preparation to ensure the team operates at the highest standard of excellence.

She is devoted to helping families who have suffered catastrophic injuries, birth injuries, and medical negligence, and she provides close attention to clients throughout every stage of their cases. She finds this work the most rewarding of her legal career. Outside the office, she is a busy mother to two sets of twins, and in her free time enjoys yoga, watching Netflix with her children, and reading.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Becker Law Firm

These results are credited to The Becker Law Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A 12-year-old Cleveland girl suffered a profound brain injury and partial limb loss after touching an energized, downed Cleveland Electric Illuminating power line that had been left unrepaired for days following Hurricane Sandy; her family settled all claims for $60.7 million, the largest individual personal injury settlement in Ohio history.

Cuyahoga County, Ohio · 2016Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$14.5 millionVerdict

A Cuyahoga County jury awarded $14.5 million to a boy born at 25 weeks with cerebral palsy and developmental delays after MetroHealth Medical Center's staff refused his mother's repeated requests for a C-section and watched the baby's condition deteriorate for more than three hours before performing an emergency delivery.

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Cleveland, Ohio · 2015Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$11.35 millionVerdict

A Summit County jury awarded $11.35 million to a family whose son sustained permanent brain damage after their obstetrician used forceps rather than performing a cesarean section, and the verdict survived four years of appeals.

Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Akron, Ohio · 2018Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$4.53 million

Brooks Davison, a husband and father of three who had kept six years of sobriety on Suboxone, died within about two days of leaving Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center after spinal fusion surgery. The Court of Claims found the hospital breached the standard of care by discharging him on a very high oxycodone dose plus diazepam, and awarded his widow, as administrator of his estate, $4,531,700.50. The Tenth District affirmed on October 1, 2026.

Court of Claims of Ohio, Columbus (affirmed, Tenth District Court of Appeals) · 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

University of Miami School of Law
J.D., 2000
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate, 1997

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio
State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Kansas

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Cleveland firms

Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy
Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy
Confidential (aggregate >$300 million total litigation) · Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Confidential Settlements for 18 Families in $300 Million-Plus Litigation
Spangenberg Shibley & Liber
Spangenberg Shibley & Liber
$650 million · Lake and Trumbull Counties Win $650 Million Opioid Abatement Against CVS, Walgreens and Walmart
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
$50 million · Failure to Warn of Cancer Risk: Misny's Second Pharmaceutical Block Settles for $50 Million
Friedman Domiano & Smith
Friedman Domiano & Smith
$3.5 Million Verdict for Chemical Plant Worker Burned by Formic Acid
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.