Frantz Ward Attorney Angela D. Lydon Named to FDCC Ladder Down Cleveland Class of 2019

Frantz Ward is pleased to announce that attorney Angela D. Lydon has been named to the 2019 Cleveland Federation of Defense Corporate Counsel (FDCC) Ladder Down program. The program will begin on January 24, 2019.

FDCC Ladder Down is a year-long program dedicated to empowering female attorneys by providing coaching in the critical areas of leadership, business development, and mentoring. Ladder Down was founded in 2012 by Phoenix attorneys Alison Christian and Beth Fitch and has run programs in Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco and other cities.

Angela handles a broad mix of general litigation issues, with a focus on commercial disputes, business torts, products liability, and insurance. She is experienced in all aspects of civil litigation, including conducting discovery, taking and defending depositions, dispositive briefing, and negotiating favorable settlements. She has handled matters as a second-chair trial attorney in several phases of trial, including voir dire questioning, expert and fact witness cross examination, and argument of key evidentiary trial motions. Angela is named to the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. She earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and her B.A., cum laude, from Miami University.