• Cathedral Latin High School - First Honors - 1974
• John Carroll University - Magna Cum Laude - B.S. - 1978
• Cleveland Marshall College of Law - Magna Cum Laude - J.D. - 1984
• Admitted to the Ohio Bar - 1984
• Admitted to the Federal Bar, Northern District of Ohio - 1985
• Admitted before the United State Supreme Court - 1992

• Trustee and Member - Lake County Bar Association
• Member - Geauga County Bar Association
• Member - Ohio State Bar Association
• Member - American Bar Association
• Member - American Association of Justice
• Member - Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Fellow - Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation
• Founding Member - Irish-American Law Society of Cleveland
• Member - National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Ohio Chapter

Jim Carrabine has conducted over 500 mediations as a private mediator hired by various plaintiffs’ attorneys, defense attorneys, insurance companies throughout the State of Ohio over the past two decades or so. He takes great pride in diligently working toward achieving a compromised settlement desired by the parties to the mediation and has achieved a success rate of settling approximately 90% of the cases he has mediated. Jim believes his background as an experienced personal injury/wrongful death litigator and trial lawyer on both sides of the personal injury fence uniquely qualifies him as a mediator in personal injury/wrongful death cases.

Mr. Carrabine's fee for conducting a mediation is $350.00 per hour to be split equally by the parties, unless agreed upon otherwise. He does not charge a cancellation fee, even if cancelled the day of the mediation.