INTRODUCTION
PRACTICE AREA: Litigation
Rachelle Zidar is Co-Chairperson of the Litigation Department and serves on the Firm’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Since her admission to the Ohio Bar in 1996, she has practiced regularly before the Federal District Courts, Ohio Appellate District Courts, and Ohio Supreme Court. Her practice includes representing clients in complex business litigation, contract disputes, fiduciary and shareholder litigation, and employment law. She is an accomplished trial lawyer in the areas of eminent domain and defamation law. Rachelle is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© (Litigation – Labor and Employment) and has been selected to the 2020-2025 Ohio Super Lawyers© List (Business Litigation).
Rachelle is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Rachelle is also a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan and Lorain County Bar Associations. Rachelle is actively philanthropic. She has worked with several charitable organizations over the years including Second Harvest Food Bank, the YMCA of Greater Cleveland, French Creek Branch and actively serves on the Board of Trustees of the Karen P. Nakon Breast Cancer Foundation.
Contact:
p: 440.695.8096
f: 440.695.8098
RZidar@WickensLaw.com
LEARN MORE ABOUT RACHELLE
What are your hobbies, interests, or talents outside of law?
I love to travel, especially to the National Parks.
Why did you begin practicing in your area of law?
Litigation has ability to pair down even the most complicated disputes to basic principles of wrong and right. I enjoy tackling matters and analyzing them until these principles are made clear.
What quote resonates with you?
"To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."
- Frederick Douglass, 1860
What is your favorite thing about living in Northeast Ohio?
Nothing beats living on the Great Lakes. It has a little bit everything- great summers and fall, and the occasional blizzard in the winter to make you really look forward to spring. Lake Erie is a treasure trove all year round.
1996 - Cleveland-Marshall School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
1993 - Bowling Green State University (B.A., magna cum laude)
State of Ohio
Litigation Counsel of America (Fellow)
Karen P. Nakon Breast Cancer Foundation (Board of Directors, 2003-Present)
Genesis House (Board of Directors, 2016-2019)
Holy Trinity Development Team (2016)
YMCA of Greater Cleveland, French Creek Branch (Community Advisory Board, 2018-Present)
Lorain County Chamber of Commerce
Lorain County Bar Association
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers© List (2020-2025)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© (2025)
Moot Court Board of Governors; National Order of Barristers
Benton National Moot Court Competition Championship Team
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