Paul W. Steele III is a partner at DWS Law - Dittmer, Wagoner & Steele, LLC, located in Gahanna, Ohio, serving clients throughout Franklin County and the broader Columbus metropolitan area. He focuses his legal practice on representing injured plaintiffs in complex personal injury matters, motor vehicle negligence, premises liability, catastrophic trauma, and wrongful death litigation.
Mr. Steele earned his Bachelor of Arts from Ohio Northern University in 2003 and went on to complete his Juris Doctor, *cum laude*, at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2006. He gained early litigation experience working as a law clerk at Columbus-area law firms and serving as trial counsel for the Hamilton County Public Defender's Office in 2007.
Admitted to practice in Ohio in 2006, Mr. Steele was subsequently admitted to the Kentucky Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 2014. Throughout his career, he has successfully recovered millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for individuals impacted by motor vehicle crashes, commercial truck collisions, motorcycle accidents, animal attacks, slip-and-fall incidents, and severe bodily injuries.
Mr. Steele is a Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has been named among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers of America. He was also selected as an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star for multiple years between 2009 and 2016. Professionally, he maintains active memberships in the American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, American Association for Justice, and the Ohio Association for Justice.