Carter E. Strang

Carter E. Strang is a Partner in the Cleveland office of Tucker Ellis & West LLP. He has handled a broad range of matters in both state and federal court with a primary focus on environmental, mass tort, and product liability litigation.

He maintains an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell National Law Directory, its highest rating based on extensive and confidential peer review of legal ability and ethical standards by members of the bar.

Carter is President-Elect of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA).

He is Immediate Past President of the Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter (FBA-NDOC). He was FBA-NDOC President (10/1/09 – 9/30/10), during which the Chapter won the FBA’s Outstanding Chapter and Outstanding Newsletter Awards.

Carter is the 2011 Kent State University Distinguished Honors College Alumni, and was selected as a member of the Ohio State Bar Association Foundation Class of 2011.

Carter is a member of the Advisory Group to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio.

He is the 2010 CMBA Volunteer of the Year and the 2009 Distinguished Contributions to the Community Award winner, given by the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA).

He originated the CMBA’s Green Initiative and served as chair of its Green Initiative Committee. He also chaired the CMBA’s 3Rs Committee and co-authored its curriculum. 3Rs received the Ohio State Bar Foundation’s Outstanding Program Award (2008) and received several American Bar Association awards.
 

Carter is TEW’s Pipeline Diversity Program Co-coordinator. He initiated and administers TEW’s partnership with Cleveland’s John Hay Early College (JHEC) H.S. (3Rs instruction, mock trial coaching and internships). He also serves as Chair of the JHEC’s Advisory Committee. Carter has overseen expansion of Tucker Ellis & West LLP’s Pipeline Diversity Program to its Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco offices. The Los Angeles program won the Pillar Partnership Spotlight Award in 2010.

He is a member of TEW’s Diversity and Green Initiative Committees and spoke at the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Diversity Summit.

His most recent legal publications are: 

    "Notice, Selection, Preparation, and Privilege Issues for Corporate Representative  Depositions," published in DRI's In-House Defense Quarterly (Spring 2010)
    "'Take-Home’ Premises Liability Asbestos Exposure Claims - 2010 Update," published in DRI’s Toxic Torts Newsletter (Summer 2010)
     "'Arranger' Liability and Apportionment after Burlington,"  published in The Federal Lawyer (2010);
     "'Take-Home’ Premises Liability Asbestos Claims—2009 Update," published in Mealey's Litigation Report; Asbestos (2009) and that same year in the DRI Toxic Tort and Environmental Law and OACTA Newsletters;
    "Supreme Court Narrows ‘Arranger’ Liability in CERCLA Litigation," published in Inter Alia (2009); 
  "''Take-Home’ Premises Liability Asbestos Claims—2009 Update," published in Mealey's Litigation Report; Asbestos (2009) and that same year in the DRI Toxic Tort and Environmental Law and OACTA Newsletters
   '"Corporate Representative Depositions: Notice Provision of Rule 30 (b)(6)," published in Inter Alia (Spring 2009);
   "Corporate Representative Depositions: Selection and Preparation," published in Inter Alia (Fall 2009);
  "RCRA Citizen Suits in a Post-Cooper Era," published in Inter Alia (2007), The Federal Lawyer (2006), and the Cleveland Bar Journal (2006);

Carter’s most recent lectures on legal topics are:
   "30(b)(6) Depositions: A Trap for the Unwary" OACTA (March 2010)
   "Corporate Representative Depositions-an Overview of Rule 30 (b) (6)," FBA N. Dist. of Ohio Chapter, Advance Federal Practice CLE, November 2009 and to The Cleveland Bar Association (CBA) Litigation Institute (2007);
   "Going Green-Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's Green Initiative," Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries Annual Convention (2009)
  "Houston We Have a Problem-Use of RCRA Citizen Suits for Injunctive Relief," CBA Environmental Law Section (2006).

Selected Reported Cases Since 2000:
-Gumnitsky v. Delta, 411 F. Supp. 2d 756 (2005)
-Bob’s Beverage v. Acme, 264 F. 3d 692 (6th Cir. 2001)
-Advanced Technology Corp. v. Eliskim, 87 F. Supp. 2d, 780 (2000).

Carter was an Associate and Partner with Arter & Hadden LLP (1984-2003). He is a graduate of the International Association of Defense Counsel Academy.

Civic & Professional Involvement

CMBA
President-Elect
Committees: Bench-Bar; Section & Committee Oversight; Diversity Funding; 8th Judicial District Conference Planning; Executive; Membership Committees; Green Initiative; 3Rs, High School Internship; and Strategic Planning;
Co-Chair of “Kent State Shootings 40 Year Retrospective” CLE

FBA-NDOC
Immediate Past President
Chair, Third Annual State of the Court Luncheon Committee and the “Advanced Federal Practice” Seminar
Committees: Newsletter, CLE, Membership, and Joint Memorial Committee
FBA National Delegate
Co-Chair, “Whole Trial in 3 Hours” CLE

Ohio State Bar Association
Member, Ohio State Bar Foundation 2011 Class
Member, Federal Bench/Bar Conference Planning and Courts & Federal Practice Committees
Annual Convention (2009) CLE Planning Committee and Panel Moderator

Carter is a member of the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, the Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, and the Defense Research Institute. Additionally, Mr. Strang is a member of the City of Shaker Heights Safety and Public Works Committee.

Alumni Activities

Carter is actively involved in support of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (C-M):
Originator and sponsor, Joel J. Finer Criminal Procedure Award
C-M Alumni Association Life Member, Board of Trustees, and Membership Committee Co-Chair
Mentor to 1st yr. students
Former C-M Visiting Committee member (2003-2009)

He is also actively involved with Kent State University (KSU):
KSU Alumni Association Life Member
Honors College Advisory Board and Honors Alumni Association member
Originator of the Leo E. Strang (father/former KSU Head Football Coach) Student Athlete Award and Bettie Strang (mother/former Honors College employee) Award for Excellence in the Arts
 

Personal Information

Carter is married to Deedra (Siegel) Strang, a speech therapist with the Shaker Heights Public Schools and has three adult sons (Steven, Carson and Kevin).

He is a member of the “TEW Wheelers”, which participates in Cleveland’s Bike to Work Day and the MS 150 “Pedal to the Point” MS fundraiser. He was a member of the Team Benjamin Triathlon Team, which participated in the Cleveland Triathalon and raised money for Cerebral Palsy.

He is a former high school teacher and coach (Jennings Scholar and Taft Fellow teaching awards) He was President of the Shaker Heights Youth Hockey Association and a volunteer youth sports coach.

At KSU, Carter was a member of the football and ice hockey teams; was selected for membership in the Phi Alpha Theta (History) and Kappa Delta Pi (Education) Honorary Societies; was a housing rehabilitation program volunteer in Akron; and, he held leadership positions in various political campaigns.

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