Biography
Reichard joined Kelley Ferraro, LLC in 2002 where she functioned as the firm’s senior litigation paralegal and litigation manager. Reichard became an Associate in 2017. Reichard was named partner in 2023. She graduated from Notre Dame College of Ohio in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in paralegal studies and in 2016 from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law with a Juris Doctor and Health Law Certificate.
Reichard has successfully handled benefit compensation claims for many of our U.S. Veterans and has negotiated large settlement awards for clients in the areas of workers’ compensation and personal injury. Reichard has second and third-chair jury trial experience involving multimillion dollar jury verdicts for mesothelioma victims and their families. Additionally, Reichard has argued before the 9th District Court of Appeals, Administrative Law Judges with the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, has testified before the Ohio House of Representatives, and has extensive experience in lien resolution between individuals and private healthcare insurers and healthcare providers, Medicaid, Medicare, and the Veterans Administration. Reichard focuses her practice on multidistrict litigation, personal injury, products liability, and asbestos litigation.
Reichard has been appointed to leadership roles by judges in various states, including Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee positions in In re: Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level Pap, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Liability Litig. (W.D. Pennsylvania); In re East Palestine Train Derailment Consolidated Class Action (N.D. Ohio); In re: Suboxone (Buprenorphine/Naloxone) Film Products Liability Litigation (N.D. Ohio); and In re Insulin Pricing Litigation (S.D. New Jersey) (self-funded payer track).
In 2021, Reichard was appointed by then President of the American Bar Association to serve as a member of the Standing Committee on Paralegals where she assisted with the creation and modification of guidelines for the effective utilization of paralegal services, monitored trends in the paralegal field, voted on important matters involving the paralegal education approval process and the approval of paralegal programs throughout the United States, co-authored and edited blog posts for the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Paralegals webpage, and assisted with drafting The Economic Benefits of Paralegal Utilization, 2nd Edition (McClure, 2022).
Reichard is a member of the American Bar Association, Ohio Association for Justice and West Shore Bar Association. Reichard is admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio; United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; and United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Reichard also has provisional admission in many other district courts throughout the United States.
Reichard is a volunteer for the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland’s Veterans Legal Clinic and previously served as an adjunct faculty member for the Ursuline College Legal Studies Program. Reichard has been named to the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for six consecutive years, from 2019 to 2025.
Reichard is a life-long resident of Cleveland’s west side and during her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends and traveling.
Education
- Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
- J.D. – 2016
- Honors: Health Law Certificate from The Center for Health Law and Policy
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Notre Dame College of Ohio, South Euclid, Ohio
- B.A. – 2001
- Major: Paralegal Studies
- Crossroads Christian Academy, Cleveland, Ohio
- 1993
- Honors: Class Salutatorian
Bar Admission
- Supreme Court of Ohio, 2017
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 2017
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 2020
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 2024
Honors
- Selected To Rising Stars: 2019 – 2025
- Veterans Administration Accredited Attorney
- LexisNexis Student of the Year (Community Health Law Advocacy)
- CALI Excellence for Future Award (Law Practice Management)
- CALI Excellence for Future Award (Legal Writing and Litigation)
- CALI Excellence for Future Award (Legal Writing)
Past Positions
- Kelley & Ferraro, LLP, Senior Paralegal and Litigation Manager
- Kahn & Associates, Senior Paralegal
- Premier Farnell Corporation, Legal Administrative Specialist to the Vice President and General Counsel
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- Ohio Association of Justice
- West Shore Bar Association
Pro Bono Activities
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Veterans Legal Services Clinic, 2021 to Present
