Gerhardt "Gage" Gosnell II

Gage has represented clients in a variety of matters in state and federal trial courts throughout Ohio, the Ohio Courts of Appeal, the Ohio Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Gage has a practice focused on complex commercial and tort litigation, with an emphasis in appellate advocacy. In 2012, Gage was victorious in the Ohio Supreme Court on behalf of the Knox County Commissioners and the County Risk Sharing Authority, in a case in which the Ohio Supreme Court held that the Ohio Constitution allows the use of motor vehicle and gas tax (MVGT) revenues to pay the portion of the county's insurance premium covering the county engineer's highway department. The Court's unanimous (7-0) decision reversed the Court of Appeals and effectively overruled the results of a prior 2006 decision. In that same year, Gage was part of the legal team that won a hard-fought appeal in the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in favor of Columbus-based shoe retailer, DSW Inc -- a victory that resulted in an award of over $7.1 million against National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA. 2009, Gage was the lead counsel representing the Ohio Grocers Association in the Ohio Supreme Court in a constitutional challenge to Ohio's commercial activities tax, a case Columbus Business First called "one of [the court's] most important cases of the year." In 2010, Gage represented retail natural gas suppliers in the United States Supreme Court in a constitutional challenge to Ohio's taxation of natural gas sales. Gage has represented numerous clients in amicus briefs to the Ohio Supreme Court including three former Ohio attorneys general in an amicus brief to the Ohio Supreme Court in 2010 relating to the power and authority of the attorney general to represent the state of Ohio in matters pending before the courts. Gage has represented plaintiffs in high-profile defamation cases at both the trial and appellate level. In 2012, Gage was designated a Best Lawyers® for Appellate Advocacy, and in 2019, was awarded Appellate Practice "Lawyer of the Year" for Columbus, Ohio. Prior to joining Arnold & Clifford in May 2011, Gage was a partner at the Columbus law firm of Chester Willcox & Saxbe LLP in their litigation section. He began his legal career in 1995, when he joined the Columbus office of Jones Day. Gage served four years as a judicial law clerk for Judge Cynthia Lazarus on the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Gerhardt "Gage" Gosnell II included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Columbus CEO Magazine, Best Lawyers in Columbus, Litigation-Commercial, Appellate Law, 2022 – 2023 Best Lawyer, Appellate Advocacy, 2022 – 2025 Best Lawyer, Appellate Practice and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs, 2026 Lawyer of the year (Best Lawyers), Appellate Practice, 2019 Top Lawyers, Columbus CEO Magazine – Appellate Law, 2025 – 2026 Ohio Business Leading Lawyers, The Ohio Business Magazine, Business Litigation and Medical Malpractice, 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers, Rising Star Ohio Super Lawyers (Top 50 Columbus (2016-18), Top 100 Ohio (2017)) & 2022-2024 AV Preeminent, Martindale Hubbell Pro Bono Award, Legal Aid Society of Columbus Ohio Other Sources of Feedback About Gerhardt "Gage" Gosnell II Included on the 2026Ohio Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2017 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2016 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2015 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2014 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2007 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2006 Ohio Super Lawyers list 2005 Ohio Super Lawyers list

• Ohio Grocers Association v. Levin, 123 Ohio St.3d 303 (Ohio Supreme Court 2009)
• Stockberger v. Henry, 2012-Ohio-5392 (Ohio Supreme Court 2012)
• Retail Ventures, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co, 691 F.3d 821 (6th Circuit 2012)

• Legal Aid Society of Columbus Writing Mentorship Program, 2009 - 2011
• Columbus Dance Theatre, Board of Directors, 2013 - 2016
• Capital University, Alumni Advisory Board, 1998 - 2001
• OSU Moritz & More, Mentoring Program, 2011 - 2012
• Representative Clients
• County Risk Sharing Authority
• DSW, Inc
• Redbubble

• Ohio, 1995
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1996
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 2004
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2004
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2007
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2023

• Ohio State Bar Association
• Columbus Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Thomas J. Moyer Inn of Court, 2006 - 2010 (Executive Committee)
• CBA Judicial Screening Committee, 2009 - 2011
• Berwick Civic Association, 2000 - 2002 (Board of Trustee)
• CBA Judicial Campaign, Advertising Committee, 2013