Joseph Frate
Joe is a passionate advocate for justice, committed to helping clients receive favorable results in personal injury, medical malpractice, and civil rights cases.
Joe is a passionate advocate for justice, committed to helping clients receive favorable results in personal injury, medical malpractice, and civil rights cases.
Joe Frate’s compassion, diligence, and effective communication result in successful case outcomes for his clients.
As an associate in DiCello Levitt’s Cleveland office, Joe has made important contributions to victories in numerous personal injury, product liability, and civil and human rights cases, including the landmark $20.75 million jury verdict in the precedent-setting case against global bank BNP Paribas for financing genocide in Sudan. He helped secure a $102.6 million jury verdict against General Motors in a rare class action trial—and a subsequent $175 million settlement—for thousands of vehicle owners affected by defective GM engines.
Joe received his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. During his time at Case Western, he was a member of the Milton Kramer Health and Human Trafficking Law Clinic, where he represented and assisted disenfranchised citizens in receiving Social Security benefits and criminal record expungements. Joe was also named to the Dean’s list during his time at Case Western.
Prior to law school, Joe graduated from Ohio University, cum laude, where he was elected to serve as Commissioner for off-campus students for the University’s Student Senate.
