Rich Creighton is an AV rated trial attorney. His current practice is concentrated in general civil litigation, with particular emphasis on complex commercial, antitrust and tort litigation, including class actions. Over the past 25 years, he has served as lead plaintiffs class counsel in several class action cases, including antitrust price-fixing, fraud and consumer rights actions, and as defense counsel in antitrust litigation against Visa, MasterCard, and a number of banks.
Representative Work
Defense of Fifth Third Bank in In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation
Montgomery Air Crash Litigation where, as co-lead counsel for plaintiffs, a verdict of $1.6 million was obtained on behalf of the victims of an airplane crash
Dun & Bradstreet Credit Services Customer Litigation where, as one of several lead counsel, a settlement of $19 million was obtained on behalf of over 1,000 business customers
Thrope v. Ohio where, as lead counsel, a settlement of over $6.0 million was obtained on behalf of a class of over 500,000 Ohio citizens for violations of the ADA
KDI v. Weinstein, a securities fraud case which arose in the context of a hostile takeover attempt
Connaughton v. Harte-Hanks – defense of a newspaper and its employees in a libel case
New Steel Drums Antitrust Litigation and Steel Pails Antitrust Litigation (Cincinnati) in which settlements totaling $14.0 million were achieved
Residential Door Antitrust Litigation (Philadelphia) – settlements totaling in excess of $15.0 million
Graphite Electrodes Antitrust Litigation (Philadelphia) – settlements totaling in excess of $134.0 million
Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation (Pittsburgh) – settlements totaling in excess of $120 million
Carbon Fiber Antitrust Litigation (Los Angeles) – settlements totaling in excess of $168 million
Automotive Refinishing Paint Antitrust Litigation (Philadelphia) – settlements of in excess of $105 million
Extruded Graphite Antitrust Litigation (Philadelphia) – settlement in excess of $8.0 million
Labelstock Antitrust Litigation (Scranton) – settlements in excess of $46.0 million
OSB Antitrust Litigation (Philadelphia) – settlements in excess of $20.0 million
Defense of the recording artist “Prince” in a copyright infringement case in Cincinnati
Defense of Stewart Film Screen Company in a patent case in Indianapolis
Representation of world class recording artist (piano) Peter Donahoe for injuries sustained to his hand in a Cincinnati hotel
Defense and settlement of two multiple fatality truck accidents in Missouri and Texas
Professional and Community Involvement
Board on The Unauthorized Practice of Law of the Supreme Court of Ohio, Board Member, 2017-2021
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Cincinnati Bar Association, Grievance Committee
Ohio State Bar Association
Cincinnati Athletic Club, President (2010) and Member of the Board of Trustees (2008-2010)
Experimental Aircraft Association, Member
LifeLine Pilots, Volunteer Pilot
