Andrew E. Rudloff
Subashi & Wildermuth, Partner
arudloff@swohiolaw.com
Drew Rudloff’s practice is, in a word, unique. As a
partner in the firm, he focuses on defending serious
personal injury claims, insurance matters, and other
complex litigation. He has significant first- and secondchair trial and hearing experience, and extensive
experience authoring briefs and arguing in state and
federal courts. But, a large part of Drew’s practice is
devoted to schools. He trains and counsels school
districts on special education issues under the IDEIA and
related anti-discrimination laws, including Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the ADA, and he
represents boards of education and educational service
centers in related administrative and judicial
proceedings.
A unique practice means unique cases. Drew has
successfully defended a Dayton-area board of education
from seven-figure exposure stemming from time-delay
claims in the construction of a school, obtained a not
guilty verdict for a cattle rancher criminally prosecuted after his herd damaged neighboring properties,
and helped navigate the nuances of behavioral programming and outside placements for disabled
students under the IDEIA. Other representations range from successfully resolving an urban board of
education’s alleged exposure under CERCLA for environmental site clean-up costs estimated at upwards
of $75 million, to defending one of the largest educational service centers in Ohio in a federal suit alleging
disability discrimination, unlawful restraint and seclusion, and civil rights violations. Drew’s efforts in
these matters and others have led Super Lawyer’s Magazine to recognize him as an Ohio “Rising Star” for
four years running.
In addition to his practice, Drew is active in the Ohio legal community. He was appointed by the justices
of the Ohio Supreme Court to two terms on the Court’s state-wide Commission on the Certification of
Attorneys as Specialists, an entity responsible for approving and regulating agencies that certify lawyers
as specialists in Ohio. He is the current chair of the Commission, which is comprised of approximately 18
attorneys, judges, and law professors. Also, he is an active member of other local and statewide legal
organizations, including the Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court, the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys,
and the Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys.
Drew is a former law clerk to Judges Robert Cupp and Vern Preston at the Ohio Third District Court of
Appeals. A graduate of the Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law, in Ada, Ohio, Drew was
named by his peers as the law review editorial board member of the year in 2005, graduated third in his
law school class, and was inducted into the Frank B. Willis Society (top 10%) and Phi Kappa Phi (top 5%).
Drew is also a 2002 graduate of Westminster College, in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
Drew resides in Kettering with his wife, a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and surgical resident in the greater
Dayton area.