Ralph E Cascarilla

Practice Areas

Antitrust Regulation

Appellate Proceedings

Commercial Litigation

Environmental Regulation & Waste Management

Environmental Regulation Enforcement Actions

False Claims & Qui Tam Actions

Federal, State, & Local Tax Disputes

Internal Corporate Investigations

Litigation

Professional Liability & Discipline

Real Estate & Construction Litigation

White-Collar Criminal Defense

Career

Sources say Ralph is “very tactical, a very keen thinker and well-versed in the law.”

Ralph is the Managing Partner of Walter Haverfield, that has experienced record growth. Under his leadership, the firm has added four new practice groups, dozens of lawyers, and specific experience in areas of intellectual property, public and structured finance, loan workouts, and hospitality and liquor control law. A former chief of the White-Collar Crime section of the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, clients say Ralph is strategically tactical, a very keen thinker and well-versed in the law. He represents individuals and businesses in a wide range of governmental white-collar criminal investigations, including environmental, health care, securities fraud, antitrust, tax, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), federal elections and government procurement matters. In addition, a major portion of Ralph’s practice involves complex commercial disputes, environmental litigation matters and defense of professional negligence claims. Ralph also has extensive experience in construction and real estate disputes.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Ohio State Bar Association

Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society

Master Bencher, The Judge John M. Manos Inn of Court

Life Member, Conference of the Eighth Judicial District of Ohio

Member, Judicial Advisory Committee to the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Ohio)

Member of Panel of Mediators for Commercial Disputes – Cuyahoga County, Ohio Common Pleas Court