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Videos/Audio
February 19, 2010 Patrick Perotti,Barbara A. Marlowe and Representative Mark Schneider on Glenn Mertz 1220 AM
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January 15, 2010 Patrick Perotti on WMJI
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March 02, 2010 — About Patrick Perotti of Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A. and Ohio Lawyers Give Back
February 09, 2009 Patrick Perotti on Fox and Friends
March 27, 2008 WEWS Channel 5 News Cleveland, Ohio
Press Releases
May 29, 2012 PRWeb
Northeast Ohio Law Firm, Dworken & Bernstein Co., Continues to Support Local Charities With Millions of Dollars in Unclaimed Class Action Funds. November 22, 2009 PLAIN DEALER OPINION
Ohio lawmakers should pass bill to turn uncollected lawsuit settlements into charity -- Brent Larkin April 24, 2009 News-Herald
United Way marks success April 16, 2009 LawyersandSettlements.com
Patrick Perotti -- The Good Lawyer April 3, 2009 News-Herald
United Way of Lake County's 2008 fundraising campaign began with a bang, but when the economy faltered so did contributions. March 20, 2009 Cleveland Jewish News
Cavs' 'Big Z' Ilgauskas supports efforts by law firm to give millions to charities March 20, 2009 Poetic Justice - Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Cy Pres Events Scheduled for 2009 March 17, 2009 News-Herald
Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas asks for unclaimed funds to go to charity March 16, 2009 NBA.COM
Cavs' Zydrunas Ilgauskas Calls on Lawyers to Use the Legal System to Give Millions to Save Nation's Charities March 16, 2009 Cleveland.com
Ilgauskas and his wife, Jennifer, have joined with the Northeast Ohio law firm Dworken & Bernstein to encourage lawyers, judges and corporations in class-action lawsuits to direct millions of dollars in unclaimed class-action settlements to charities. February 23, 2009 Plain Dealer
Whatever happened to the Ohio Lawyers Give Back initiative that astonished 34 local nonprofits by handing out checks totaling $14 million last summer? February 19, 2009 Plain Dealer
Aid headed to free legal service February 19, 2009 Plain Dealer
Lawyers give $90,000 to free legal service group December, 2008 Cleveland Metro Bar Journal
Creative philanthropy for attorney using the cy pres doctrine for charitable purposes June 12, 2008 New-Herald
Funds from settlement going to nonprofits July 24, 2008 Cleveland Jewish News
Ohio charities share millions of unclaimed funds July 14, 2008 Crains Cleveland Business
$14M in unclaimed class action funds set for charities July 12, 2008 Cleveland Plain Dealer
Charities to share in historic legal settlement March 27, 2008 Press Release
Charities To Receive Millions From Class Action Reverter
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