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Dean Valore

Dean Valore

Partner

1100 Superior Avenue
Suite 2000
Cleveland, OH 44114
dean.valore@nelsonmullins.com

Dean focuses his practice on corporate governance, compliance, internal investigations, federal white collar criminal defense, complex civil litigation, and corporate cybersecurity matters. A former Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, he brings substantial courtroom and investigative experience to matters involving white collar crime, public corruption, cybercrime, national security, and government investigations.

Throughout...

Dean focuses his practice on corporate governance, compliance, internal investigations, federal white collar criminal defense, complex civil litigation, and corporate cybersecurity matters. A former Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, he brings substantial courtroom and investigative experience to matters involving white collar crime, public corruption, cybercrime, national security, and government investigations.

Throughout his distinguished career, Dean has handled complex matters involving securities and mortgage fraud, public corruption, money laundering, organized crime, and cybercrime, and has significant first-chair trial experience in both state and federal courts. His background provides clients with valuable insight into government enforcement strategies, internal investigations, regulatory risk, and crisis management in sensitive and fast-moving matters.

Dean is known for his strategic, practical approach and his ability to help clients navigate complex legal and business challenges efficiently and effectively.

Dean Valore

his distinguished career, Dean has handled complex matters involving securities and mortgage fraud, public corruption, money laundering, organized crime, and cybercrime, and has significant first-chair trial experience in both state and federal courts. His background provides clients with valuable insight into government enforcement strategies, internal investigations, regulatory risk, and crisis management in sensitive and fast-moving matters.

Dean is known for his strategic, practical approach and his ability to help clients navigate complex legal and business challenges efficiently and effectively.

Dean focuses his practice on corporate governance, compliance, internal investigations, federal white collar criminal defense, complex civil litigation, and corporate cybersecurity matters. A former Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, he brings substantial courtroom and investigative experience to matters involving white collar crime, public corruption, cybercrime, national security, and government investigations.

Throughout... his distinguished career, Dean has handled complex matters involving securities and mortgage fraud, public corruption, money laundering, organized crime, and cybercrime, and has significant first-chair trial experience in both state and federal courts. His background provides clients with valuable insight into government enforcement strategies, internal investigations, regulatory risk, and crisis management in sensitive and fast-moving matters.

Dean is known for his strategic, practical approach and his ability to help clients navigate complex legal and business challenges efficiently and effectively.

Experience

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Previous Professional Experience

  • Assistant Law Director, City of Westlake, Ohio (2025-Present) 
  • Magistrate, Berea Municipal Court (2024–2026)
  • Partner, Cleveland-based law firm (2023–2026)
  • Magistrate, South Euclid Municipal Court (2012–2024)
  • Partner, Ohio-based law firm (2012–2023)
  • Assistant United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice (2007–2012)
  • Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor (2000-2007)

Education

  • Cleveland State University College of Law, JD (1999)
  • Miami University, BS, Finance (1993)

Admissions

  • Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Clerkships

  • U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Practice Areas

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•    Certificate of Commendation, Director F.B.I. (Feb. 2011)
•    Award of Excellence in Prosecution, Department of Homeland Security (Aug. 2010)

  • Member, Ohio State Bar Association
  • Honorary Trustee, Cleveland State University Law Alumni Association 
  • Treasurer, Justinian Forum Bar Association 
  • Life Member, Ohio’s Eighth District Judicial Conference
  • Member, Ohio Association of Magistrates