Zukerman, Daiker & Lear Co., L.P.A.

Sebastian E. Proels, M.D., J.D.

Sebastian E. Proels, M.D., J.D. graduated from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1999 with Honors, and was a recipient of the Max Gustin Academic Scholarship and Hergenroeder Trial Tactics Award.  He was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Ohio in 1999.  He received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1994 and completed all requirements for permanent licensure to practice medicine in the State of Illinois.  He joined the firm to assist in developing a specialized, technical plaintiff’s personal injury and tort practice after successfully prosecuting and defending thousands of civil cases at one of Ohio’s largest litigation firms.   

Sebastian Proels has over twenty years of experience in the physical sciences, medicine, and the law.  He has successfully prosecuted and defended thousands of toxic tort, medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability, intentional tort, and workers’ compensation cases.  He has substantial, deep experience in preparing and taking various types of civil cases to trial, including all aspects of discovery, motion practice, and general trial preparation.  Sebastian Proels has deposed hundreds of lay and expert witnesses, with particular emphasis on deposing and examining medical and scientific experts in discovery proceedings and at trial, including cardiothoracic surgeons, pulmonologists, oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, industrial hygienists, B-readers, treating physicians and other experts.  His medical and scientific background provides indispensable insight into case assessment, case strategy and success at trial.

Sebastian Proels has diverse teaching experience, including the presentation of continuing legal education seminars for professional groups, including lawyers and paralegals, on a variety of legal and medical subject matters.  He has published numerous articles and chapters in professional journals, trade journals and university textbooks. 

Sebastian Proels is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in the State of Ohio, including Ohio’s trial and appellate courts, the Ohio Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.