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Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3666 (Hamilton Co.)
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 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) Providing superior legal services with passion and commitment for half a century. Statement of PracticeCivil Litigation, Breach of Contract, Construction Defect and Delay Claims, Commercial Real Estate Transactions, Residential Real Estate Transactions, Representation of Employees and Employers in Employment Contract Disputes. Non-compete Agreements, Representing Health Care Providers in Business and Employment Contract, Employer Representation, Enforceability of Agreements Not to Compete, Wrongful Termination, Severance Agreements, Overtime Claims under FLSA Regulations, Claims under FLMA. Business Litigation, Representation of Companies, Partners, Shareholders, Officers, and Directors in Business Disputes, Partnership Dissolution, Mergers and Acquisitions, Tortuous Interference, Fraud, Employment Disputes, Probate Litigation, Litigation in Estates or Management of Trusts, Will Contests, Prenuptial Agreements, Probate Litigation involving Charitable Trusts and Foundations, Employee Claims, Wrongful Termination, Defense of Employees in Non-compete Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Representation of Buyers and Sellers in Sale or Purchase Contract Disputes, Boundary Disputes. Commercial Real Estate, Representing Clients in Litigation involving Administrative Matters, Easement, Right of Way, Variance Requests, Zoning, Environmental Liability, Construction Defects, Condemnation Actions, Commercial Lease Disputes, Defense of Premises Liability Claims, Commercial Litigation, Representation of Large and Closely Held Corporations, Partnerships and Sole Proprietors in Disputes, Involving Commercial Leases, Fiduciary Obligations, Buy-Sell Agreements, Eminent Domain, 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges, Health Care Litigation, Stark Law Violations, Abusive Referrals, Illegal Kickbacks and Financial Relationships, Defense of Healthcare Fraud Claims, including Claims of Medicare Billing Fraud, Over-Billing, Billing for Services Not Provided, Disciplinary Hearings, Ohio State Medical Board representation in License Suspension Hearing, Insurance Coverage Disputes, Contract Disputes, Dissolution of Partnerships, Shareholder and Member Disputes, Hospital Privileges, Unfair Competition, Enforceability of Covenants Not to Compete and other Employment Contract Disputes, Federal and State Administrative Hearings, Family Law, Divorce, Dissolution, Child Custody, Visitation, Child Support, Joint Custody, Sole Custody, Physical and Legal Custody, Division of Marital Assets, Alimony (Spousal Support), Prenuptial Agreements, Local, National, and International Adoptions, Paternity, Premarital Agreements, Post-decree Custody, Visitation, and Support Matters. Selecting and Hiring Appropriate Professionals in Related Areas including Appraisers and Counselors. All related Tax Matters, Property Transfers, including Retirement Benefits and Real Estate, Fathers' Rights and Grandparents' Rights, Collaborative Divorce/Dissolution, Constitutional Litigation, Asserting Business Client's First Amendment Rights in Disputes with Municipalities Involving Commercial Advertising, Automobile Accidents and Personal Injury Claims, Wrongful Death Lawsuits, Car, Truck and other Vehicle Accidents, Intentional Torts, Premises Liability Claims, Bad Faith Litigation, Construction Litigation, Representation of General Contractors and Owners in Commercial Construction Disputes with Subcontractors, Representation of Property Owners in Construction Defect and Delay Claims Against Builders and Remodelers, Moisture/Water Issues and Structural Defects. Estate Planning, Basic Estate Plan, Will, Health Care Directive, Living Will, Durable Power of Attorney, Estate Plan for your working years, Prenuptial Agreement, Specific Provisions for your Children, Life Insurance Trusts, 529 College Savings Plan, Vehicles to Save for Retirement. Business Succession Planning, Providing for Vulnerable Adult, Special Needs Trust for a Child with Disabilities, Guardianship for a Vulnerable Adult, Estate Plan for Retirement, Trusts and Investment Strategies, Long-term Medical Care, Preserving Wealth for Heirs, Gift and Estate Taxation, Establishment of Charitable Trusts and Foundations, Post-death Planning, Adjustments to Wills and Trusts that Optimize the Benefits of Estates, Pet Trusts, Employment Law, Employer Drafting, Review, and Negotiation of Employment Contracts, Covenants Not to Compete, Severance Agreements, Executive Compensations Packages, Advice and Training to Remain in Compliance with the Family Medical Leave Act (FLMA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Regulations, and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Regulations for Overtime, Drafting Employment Evaluations, Training on Termination Procedures, Drafting Employee Handbooks, Employment Litigation involving Claims of Wrongful Termination, Enforcement of Non-compete Agreements, Injunction and Other Equitable Relief, Enforcement of Theft of Trade Secrets, Defense of Claims of Discrimination, Employee Injunction and Other Equitable Relief, Drafting and Review of Employment Contracts, Litigation and Enforceability of Non-compete Agreements, Drafting and Review of Severance Agreements, Litigation of Wrongful Termination Claims, Construction Law, Change Orders, Contract Performance Issues, Changed Conditions, Interpretation of Plans, Disputes among Architects and Home Buyers with Builders over Defective Drawings and Specifications, Prompt Payment Claims, Home Defects Builders' and Manufacturers Warranties Construction Defects, Structural Leaks and Moisture Intrusion, Settling Foundations, Defective Brickwork Window Installation, Nonpayment and Mechanics' Liens, Business Law Formation and Reorganization of Business Organizations, Medical Group Representation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Employment Law, Employee Agreements, Compliance Training, Counsel on Hiring Practices, Commercial Real Estate Leases, Sales, and Purchases, Business Succession Planning, Contract Review, Drafting, and Negotiation, Creation of Stock Shares, Share Issuances, Partnership and Shareholder Disputes, Regulatory Compliance Training, Employee Benefit Plan Creation and Distribution, 401k and Profit Sharing Planning, Business Planning, Taxation, Minimizing Our Clients' Federal, State, and Local Income Tax Burdens and Assisting Clients with Tax Compliance Issues. Year Established: 1958
Firm Size: 12
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AddressOne West Fourth Street, Suite 2400
Cincinnati, OH 45202-3666, (Hamilton Co.)
PhonePhone: 513-621-8210
Fax: 513-621-5444
Website
http://www.drewlaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Richard J. Ruebel (1948-2006).
Frederic L. Goeddel (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1970); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1973). Omicron Delta Kappa. Named Ohio "Super Lawyer," 2004-2009. Member, National Moot Court Team. Author: "Family Law Issues (Divorce vs. Dissolution, Child Support, Spousal Support/Alimony, Collaborative Family Law, and Legal Fees)," Trained Collaborative Lawyer. Former Mayor, Wyoming, Ohio, 1981-1985. Former Councilman, Wyoming, Ohio, 1979-1981. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Estate Planning; Civil Litigation; Wills; Contested Wills; Inheritance; Missing Heir Searches; Living Wills; Successions; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Bankruptcy; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; International Estate Planning; International Trusts; International Trusts and Estates; Living Trusts; Offshore Trusts; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Unclaimed Property; Wealth Preservation; Probate; Probate Litigation; Probate Administration; Probate Taxation; International Probate; Ancillary Probate; Business Law; Business Arbitration; Business Associations Law; Business Cooperatives; Business Crimes; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Enterprises; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Fraud; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Syndication; Business Taxation; Business Torts; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Business Valuation; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Emerging Business Law; Complex Business Litigation; Cooperative Taxation; Emerging Growth Companies; Family Business Law; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Mediation; Family Business Successions; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law; Pass-Through Entities; Private Business Law; Privatization; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Alimony; Annulment; Cohabitation Agreements; Collaborative Family Law; Community Property Law; Divorce; Divorce Arbitration; Divorce Mediation; Divorce Taxation; Domestic Partnerships; Domestic Relations; Domestic Torts; Domestic Violence; Equitable Distribution; Family Arbitration; Family Mediation; Gay and Lesbian Family Law; International Family Law; Interstate Support; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Bankruptcy Law; Military Divorce; Matrimonial Law; Name Changes; Non-Traditional Family Law; Paternity; Palimony; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Restraining Orders; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Adoption Law; Agency Adoptions; Assisted Reproductive Technology; Child Abduction; Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Advocacy; Child Care; Child Custody; Child Custody Mediation; Child Dependency; Child Protection; Child Sexual Abuse; Childrens Rights; Day Care; Fathers Rights; Child Support; Child Welfare; Grandparents Custody; Foster Care; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Independent Adoptions; International Adoptions; International Child Abduction; International Child Custody; Interstate Adoptions; Interstate Child Custody; Juvenile Criminal Law; Juvenile Dependency; Juvenile Delinquency; Juvenile Law; Orphans Court Practice; Parental Kidnapping; Parental Rights; Parenting Time; Private Adoptions; Step Parent Adoptions; Surrogacy Law; Termination of Parental Rights; Third Party Custody; Visitation Rights; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Adult Guardianship; Advance Directives; Conservatorship; Dependent Adult Abuse; Elder Guardianship; Guardian Ad Litem; Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Incompetency Proceedings; Mental Disability Law; Personal Injury; Accidents; Animal Attacks; Aquatic Injuries; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Catastrophic Injury; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Cumulative Trauma; Dog Bites; Electrical Injury; Electromagnetic Field Litigation; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Pedestrian Injuries; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Power Line Contact Injury; Psychological Injury; Repetitive Stress Injury; Rental Vehicle Litigation; School Bus Accidents; Severe Burns; Spinal Injury; Third Party Wrongful Death; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Collaborative Law; Mediation.
Anthony G. Covatta, Jr. (Partner) born Louisville, Kentucky; admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio; 1997, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Bellarmine College (B.A., 1966); Columbia University (M.A., 1967; Ph.D., 1971); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1979). Named Ohio "Super Lawyer," 2004-2005 and 2007-2008. Chairman, Contemporary Arts Center. President: Literary Club; Cincinnati Country Club. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate Law; Health Care; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Labor and Employment; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Banking Law; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Control Contests; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Criminal Law; Corporate Ethics; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Corporate Finance; Corporate Formation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Income Tax; Corporate Insurance; Corporate Insurance Defense; Corporate Investigations; Corporate Litigation; Corporate Organization; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Planning; Corporate Real Estate; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Successions; Corporate Tax Controversies; Corporate Tax Planning; Corporate Taxation; Corporate Trusts; Corporate Workouts; Family Corporations; Foreign Sales Corporations; Hostile Takeovers; Incorporation; International Corporate Finance; International Corporate Law; International Corporate Taxation; Nonprofit Corporations; Offshore Corporations; Professional Corporations; Proxy Contests; Public Corporations; S Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Takeovers; Tender Offers; Transfer Pricing; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Collaborative Law; Mediation; Defense Litigation; U.S. Supreme Court Litigation; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Bankruptcy; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate Syndication; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Industrial Real Estate Law; Retail Development; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law; Personal Injury; Accidents; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Animal Attacks; Aquatic Injuries; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Boating Accidents; Brain Injury; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Catastrophic Injury; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Cumulative Trauma; Dog Bites; Electrical Injury; Electromagnetic Field Litigation; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Pedestrian Injuries; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Power Line Contact Injury; Psychological Injury; Rental Vehicle Litigation; Building and Public Safety Codes; Franchises and Franchising; Franchise Arbitration; Franchise Distribution; Dealership Law; Franchise Law; Franchise Licensing; Franchise Litigation; Franchise Mediation; Franchise Regulation; Franchise Taxation; Franchise Termination; International Franchising; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Business Acquisitions; Business Divestitures; Merger Reorganization; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mergers and Acquisitions Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions Taxation; Premerger Notification; Shareholder Agreements; Shareholder Derivative Actions; Shareholder Disputes; Shareholder Rights; Shareholders Law; Tax Exempt Securities; Real Estate; Adverse Possession; Boundary Disputes; Common Interest Community Law; Community Association Law; Condominium Association Law; Condominium Conversions; Condominium Development; Condominium Law; Condominium Timeshares; Conservation Easements; Conveyancing; Cooperative Housing Association Law; Cooperative Conversions; Cooperative Housing Law; Easements; Historic Conservation Easements; Homeowners Association Law; International Real Estate; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Land Trusts; Manufactured Housing Law; Mobile Home Law; Planned Unit Development Law; Property Management; Real Estate Acquisitions; Quiet Title; Real Estate Arbitration; Real Estate Banking Law; Real Estate Bankruptcy; Real Estate Brokerage Law; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Real Estate Brokers Licensing; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice Defense; Real Estate Collections; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Errors and Omissions; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Fraud; Real Estate Investment; Real Estate Investment Taxation; Real Estate Investment Trusts; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Mediation; Real Estate Partnerships; Real Estate Restructuring; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Secured Lending; Real Estate Securities; Real Estate Settlements; Real Estate Syndication; Real Estate Tax Appeals; Real Estate Tax Assessment; Real Estate Tax Foreclosure; Real Estate Tax Liens; Real Estate Taxation; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Estate Trade Association Law; Real Estate Valuation; Real Estate Workouts; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Real Property Finance; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Residential Real Estate Sales; Right of Way Easements; Waterfront Development; Eminent Domain; Condemnation; Inverse Condemnation; Land Annexation; Property Rights; Employee Benefits; COBRA; Deferred Compensation; Disability Benefits; Employee Benefit Taxation; Employee Benefit Trusts; Employee Benefits Litigation; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; Employee Compensation; Employee Stock Ownership Trusts; Equity Compensation; Executive Compensation; Executive Compensation Taxation; Fringe Benefits; Multi-Employer Benefits; Non-Qualified Benefits; Qualified Retirement Plans; Taft-Hartley Plans; Unemployment Compensation; Unemployment Compensation Taxation; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Charitable Gambling; Charitable Giving; Charitable Limited Partnerships; Charitable Organizations Law; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Private Foundations; Nonprofit Tax Law; Public Charities; Tax Exempt Organizations; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; International Commercial Contracts; International Contracts; Limited Liability Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Partnership Syndication; Partnership Taxation; Family Partnerships; Family Limited Partnerships; Partnership Law.
Michael D. McNeil (Partner) born Redondo Beach, California; admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1986); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1991). Named, Ohio "Super Lawyer," 2009. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Collaborative Law; Mediation; Arbitration; Annulment; Asset Protection; Business Arbitration; Business Associations Law; Business Cooperatives; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Enterprises; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Family Business Law; Family Business Mediation; Family Business Successions; Private Business Law; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Adoption Law; Child Advocacy; Child Custody; Child Custody Mediation; Child Dependency; Child Protection; Child Support; Child Welfare; Fathers Rights; Grandparents Custody; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Juvenile Law; Parental Rights; Parenting Time; Step Parent Adoptions; Termination of Parental Rights; Third Party Custody; Visitation Rights; Collaborative Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Community Property Law; Divorce; Divorce Arbitration; Divorce Mediation; Divorce Taxation; Domestic Partnerships; Domestic Relations; Domestic Torts; Domestic Violence; Equitable Distribution; Family Arbitration; Family Mediation; Gay and Lesbian Family Law; Interstate Support; Legal Separation Agreements; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Bankruptcy Law; Matrimonial Law; Military Divorce; Name Changes; No Fault Divorce; Non-Traditional Family Law; Palimony; Paternity; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Restraining Orders; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Adult Guardianship; Advance Directives; Conservatorship; Dependent Adult Abuse; Elder Guardianship; Guardian Ad Litem; Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Incompetency Proceedings; Inheritance; Family Limited Partnerships; Family Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Partnership Syndication; Partnership Taxation; Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Bodily Injury; Boating Accidents; Bus Accidents; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Cumulative Trauma; Dog Bites; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Mediation; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Ancillary Probate; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Probate Taxation; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Bankruptcy; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; Living Trusts; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Unclaimed Property; Wealth Planning; Wealth Preservation; Contested Wills; Living Wills; Missing Heir Searches; Successions.
Robert M. Smyth (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1991); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1994). Named, Ohio "Super Lawyer-Rising Star," 2005-2009. Member, Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers, Class VII. Member: Cincinnati (Member, Young Lawyers Section; Court of Appeals Committee Secretary) and Ohio State (Co-chairman, Social Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Asset Protection; Business Arbitration; Business Associations Law; Business Cooperatives; Business Crimes; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Enterprises; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Fraud; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Syndication; Business Taxation; Business Torts; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Business Valuation; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Complex Business Litigation; Cooperative Taxation; Emerging Business Law; Emerging Growth Companies; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Law; Family Business Mediation; Family Business Successions; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law; Pass-Through Entities; Private Business Law; Privatization; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Bad Faith; Commercial Constitutional Law; Commercial Crimes; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Liability; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Torts; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Commercial Trusts; Complex Commercial Litigation; Negotiable Instruments; Retail Liability; Sale of Goods; Secured Transactions; Uniform Commercial Code; Warehousing; First Amendment Law; Fifth Amendment Law; Construction and Surety Law; Construction Arbitration; Construction Claims; Construction Contracts; Construction Defects; Construction Equipment Liability; Construction Labor Law; Construction Liability; Construction Liens; Construction Litigation; Construction Mediation; Construction Products Liability; Construction Safety; Construction Workouts; Contractor Performance Bonds; Contractors Liability; Materialmens Liens; Mechanics Liens; Public Construction Law; Public Works; Structural Work Act; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Banking Law; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Control Contests; Corporate Criminal Law; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Ethics; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Corporate Finance; Corporate Formation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Insurance; Corporate Insurance Defense; Corporate Investigations; Corporate Litigation; Corporate Organization; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Planning; Corporate Real Estate; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Successions; Corporate Tax Controversies; Corporate Tax Planning; Corporate Taxation; Corporate Trusts; Corporate Workouts; Family Corporations; Incorporation; Nonprofit Corporations; Professional Corporations; S Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Condemnation; Inverse Condemnation; Land Annexation; Property Rights; Executive Compensation; Inheritance; Age Discrimination in Employment; Affirmative Action; Americans with Disabilities Act; Confidentiality Agreements; Covenants Not To Compete; Disability Discrimination; Employer Intentional Torts; Employer Liability; Employer Rights; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Class Actions; Employment Contracts; Employment Defense; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Mediation; Employment Practices Liability Insurance; Employment Rights; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Executive Employment Law; Executive Severance Contracts; Executive Transfers; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Federal Employment Law; Harassment; Human Resources Law; Management Employment Law; Management Labor Law; Noncompete Litigation; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Agreements; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Reductions in Force; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Whistleblower Litigation; Workplace Violence; Wrongful Termination Defense; Employee Discipline; Employee Rights; Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Litigation; Family Limited Partnerships; Family Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Partnership Syndication; Ancillary Probate; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Probate Taxation; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Bankruptcy; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; Living Trusts; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Unclaimed Property; Wealth Planning; Wealth Preservation; Contested Wills; Living Wills; Missing Heir Searches; Successions; Building and Public Safety Codes; Cemetery Law; Improvement Districts; Land Conservation; Land Development; Land Entitlement; Land Use; Land Use Litigation; Land Use Permitting; Land Use Regulation; Rezoning; Special Districts; Subdivisions; Water Districts; Zoning Law; Zoning Variances; Workers Compensation Appeals; Workers Compensation Arbitration; Workers Compensation Defense; Workers Compensation Mediation.
Mark W. Jordan (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio; 1995, Kentucky. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., cum laude, 1977); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1980). Phi Betta Kappa. Certified as a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI), a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU). Adjunct Professor, Mt. St. Joseph. Lecturer, Nation on Estate Planning. Member: Cincinnati and Kentucky Bar Associations; Cincinnati Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Contracts; Breach of Contract; Domestic Partnerships; Gay and Lesbian Family Law; Non-Traditional Family Law; Business Estate Planning; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Trusts; Business Taxation; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Family Business Law; Family Business Mediation; Family Business Successions; Private Business Law; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Adult Guardianship; Conservatorship; Elder Guardianship; Guardian Ad Litem; Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Generation Skipping Tax; Inheritance Tax; Personal Property Taxation; Property Tax; Property Tax Abatement; Property Tax Appeals; Property Tax Assessments; State Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Transfer Tax; Insurance; Aged and Aging; Age Discrimination; Elder Abuse; Elder Care; Elder Law; Elder Rights; Asset Protection; International Asset Protection; Business Law; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Formation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Start-Ups; Business Valuation; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Pass-Through Entities; Privatization; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Formation; Corporate Insurance; Corporate Organization; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Planning; Corporate Successions; Corporate Tax Planning; Corporate Taxation; Corporate Trusts; Family Corporations; Nonprofit Corporations; Professional Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Employee Benefits; Deferred Compensation; Disability Benefits; Employee Benefit Trusts; Employee Stock Ownership Trusts; Executive Compensation; Executive Compensation Taxation; Flexible Benefit Plans; Health Benefits; Cohabitation Agreements; Community Property Law; Divorce Taxation; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Premarital Agreements; Advance Directives; Commercial Insurance; General Liability; Insurance Contracts; Insurance Trusts; Trust Investment; Medicaid Planning; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Charitable Gambling; Charitable Giving; Charitable Limited Partnerships; Charitable Organizations Law; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Nonprofit Tax Law; Private Foundations; Public Charities; Tax Exempt Organizations; Partnership Law; Family Limited Partnerships; Family Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Partnership Syndication; Partnership Taxation; Probate; Ancillary Probate; International Probate; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Probate Taxation; Fiduciary Income Tax; Tax Shelters; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; International Estate Planning; International Trusts; International Trusts and Estates; Living Trusts; Offshore Trusts; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Unclaimed Property; Wealth Preservation; Wills; Contested Wills; Living Wills; Missing Heir Searches.
James R. Schaefer (Partner) born Zanesville, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio; 1993, Colorado; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (B.A., 1989); Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio (J.D., 1992). Registered Land Examiner, Hamilton County, Ohio. Licensed Title Insurance Agent. Home Ownership Center of Cincinnati, "Presenter of the Year." Member, Southwest Ohio Land Title Association. Member: Cincinnati Bar Association Member Ohio State Bar Association Member. (Certified Specialist in Residential Real Property Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Bankruptcy; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate Syndication; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Retail Development; Industrial Real Estate Law; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law; Business Arbitration; Business Associations Law; Business Cooperatives; Business Crimes; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Enterprises; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Fraud; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Syndication; Business Taxation; Business Transactions; Business Torts; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Business Valuation; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Complex Business Litigation; Cooperative Taxation; Emerging Business Law; Emerging Growth Companies; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Law; Family Business Mediation; Family Business Successions; International Business Law; International Joint Ventures; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law; Minority Business Law; Pass-Through Entities; Private Business Law; Privatization; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Commercial Law; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Bad Faith; Commercial Constitutional Law; Commercial Liability; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Torts; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Commercial Trusts; Complex Commercial Litigation; Negotiable Instruments; Retail Liability; Sale of Goods; Uniform Commercial Code; Warehousing; Secured Transactions; Eminent Domain; Condemnation; Inverse Condemnation; Land Annexation; Property Rights; Housing Law; Housing Development; Leases and Leasing; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Leasing; Evictions; Industrial Leasing; International Leasing; Landlord and Tenant Law; Lease Finance; Lease Terminations; Leasing; Leveraged Leasing; Office Leasing; Rent Control; Retail Leasing; Shopping Center Leasing; Unlawful Detainer; Adverse Possession; Common Interest Community Law; Boundary Disputes; Community Association Law; Condominium Association Law; Condominium Conversions; Condominium Development; Condominium Law; Condominium Timeshares; Conservation Easements; Cooperative Housing Association Law; Cooperative Conversions; Cooperative Housing Law; Easements; Historic Conservation Easements; Homeowners Association Law; International Real Estate; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Land Trusts; Manufactured Housing Law; Mobile Home Law; Planned Unit Development Law; Property Management; Quiet Title; Real Estate Arbitration; Real Estate Banking Law; Real Estate Brokerage Law; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Real Estate Brokers Licensing; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice Defense; Real Estate Collections; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Errors and Omissions; Real Estate Fraud; Real Estate Investment; Real Estate Investment Taxation; Real Estate Investment Trusts; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Mediation; Real Estate Partnerships; Real Estate Restructuring; Real Estate Secured Lending; Real Estate Securities; Real Estate Settlements; Real Estate Tax Appeals; Real Estate Tax Assessment; Real Estate Tax Foreclosure; Real Estate Tax Liens; Real Estate Taxation; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Estate Trade Association Law; Real Estate Valuation; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Real Property Finance; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Development; Residential Real Estate Finance; Residential Real Estate Sales; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Right of Way Easements; Waterfront Development; Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Construction Contracts; Construction Defects; Construction Equipment Liability; Construction Liens; Construction Mediation; Construction Litigation; Contractors Liability; Contractor Performance Bonds; Mechanics Liens; Highways; Highway Construction Law; Partnership Law; Family Limited Partnerships; Family Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Partnership Syndication; Partnership Taxation; Land Development; Rezoning; Wills; Contested Wills; Inheritance; Living Wills; Missing Heir Searches; Successions; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Building and Public Safety Codes; Cemetery Law; Environmental Land Use; Fire Districts; Improvement Districts; Land Conservation; Land Entitlement; Land Use; Land Use Litigation; Land Use Permitting; Land Use Regulation; Special Districts; Subdivisions; Water Districts; Zoning Law; Zoning Variances.
Eric C. Holzapfel (Partner) born Sandusky, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1972, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Supreme Court; 1975, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 2007, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1968); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1971). Named Ohio "Super Lawyer," 2007-2009. Lecturer: Fraud in the Sale of Real Estate, Ohio State Bar Association; Eichley Damages in Commercial Construction Cases; Water Intrusion Issues, Residential and Commercial Structures; Insurance Coverage for Defective Construction; Relative Merits of Various Alternative Dispute Resolutions; Construction Defects. Member: Cincinnati (Member, Construction Law, Common Pleas, and Joint Cincinnati Board of Realtors Committee), Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Bribery; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Bad Faith; Commercial Constitutional Law; Commercial Crimes; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Liability; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Torts; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Commercial Trusts; Complex Commercial Litigation; International Commercial Arbitration; International Commercial Law; Negotiable Instruments; Retail Liability; Sale of Goods; Secured Transactions; Uniform Commercial Code; Warehousing; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Bankruptcy; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate Syndication; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Industrial Real Estate Law; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Retail Development; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law; Business Law; Business Arbitration; Business Associations Law; Business Cooperatives; Business Crimes; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Enterprises; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Fraud; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Syndication; Business Taxation; Business Torts; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Business Valuation; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Complex Business Litigation; Cooperative Taxation; Emerging Business Law; Emerging Growth Companies; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Law; Family Business Mediation; Family Business Successions; International Business Law; International Joint Ventures; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law; Pass-Through Entities; Private Business Law; Privatization; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Employee Benefits; Cash Balance Plans; COBRA; Deferred Compensation; Disability Benefits; Employee Benefit Taxation; Employee Benefit Trusts; Employee Benefits Litigation; Employee Compensation; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; Employee Stock Ownership Trusts; Equity Compensation; Executive Compensation; Executive Compensation Taxation; Flexible Benefit Plans; Fringe Benefits; Health Benefits; Multi-Employer Benefits; Non-Qualified Benefits; Unemployment Compensation; Unemployment Compensation Taxation; Construction Law; Architectural Law; Construction Accidents; Construction and Design Law; Construction and Surety Law; Construction Arbitration; Construction Claims; Construction Contracts; Construction Defects; Construction Equipment Liability; Construction Finance; Construction Insurance; Construction Insurance Defense; Construction Labor Law; Construction Liability; Construction Liens; Construction Litigation; Construction Mediation; Construction Products Liability; Construction Safety; Construction Workouts; Contractor Performance Bonds; International Construction Contracts; Contractors Liability; Environmental Construction Law; International Construction Law; Materialmens Liens; Mechanics Liens; Public Construction Law; Public Works; Roof Industry Liability; Scaffolding Liability; Structural Work Act; Stucco Litigation; Adverse Possession; Boundary Disputes; Common Interest Community Law; Community Association Law; Condominium Association Law; Condominium Conversions; Condominium Development; Condominium Law; Condominium Timeshares; Conservation Easements; Cooperative Housing Association Law; Cooperative Conversions; Cooperative Housing Law; Easements; Historic Conservation Easements; Homeowners Association Law; International Real Estate; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Land Trusts; Manufactured Housing Law; Mobile Home Law; Planned Unit Development Law; Quiet Title; Property Management; Real Estate Arbitration; Real Estate Banking Law; Real Estate Brokerage Law; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Real Estate Brokers Licensing; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice Defense; Real Estate Collections; Real Estate Errors and Omissions; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Fraud; Real Estate Investment Taxation; Real Estate Investment; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Investment Trusts; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Mediation; Real Estate Partnerships; Real Estate Restructuring; Real Estate Secured Lending; Real Estate Securities; Real Estate Settlements; Real Estate Tax Appeals; Real Estate Tax Assessment; Real Estate Tax Foreclosure; Real Estate Tax Liens; Real Estate Taxation; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Estate Trade Association Law; Real Estate Valuation; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Real Estate Workouts; Real Property Finance; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Development; Residential Real Estate Finance; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Residential Real Estate Sales; Right of Way Easements; Waterfront Development; International Arbitration; International Dispute Resolution; International Mediation.
Nancy J. Dameron-Frazier (Partner) born Greendale, Indiana; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1989); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., 1992). Recipient, "Hometown Hero" Award. Participant, Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mediation; Children; Adoption Law; Agency Adoptions; Assisted Reproductive Technology; Child Abduction; Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Advocacy; Child Custody; Child Care; Child Custody Mediation; Child Dependency; Child Protection; Child Sexual Abuse; Child Support; Child Welfare; Childrens Rights; Fathers Rights; Day Care; Foster Care; Grandparents Custody; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Independent Adoptions; International Adoptions; International Child Abduction; International Child Custody; Interstate Adoptions; Interstate Child Custody; Juvenile Criminal Law; Juvenile Dependency; Juvenile Delinquency; Juvenile Law; Orphans Court Practice; Parental Kidnapping; Parental Rights; Parenting Time; Private Adoptions; Step Parent Adoptions; Surrogacy Law; Termination of Parental Rights; Visitation Rights; Third Party Custody; Family Law; Alimony; Annulment; Cohabitation Agreements; Collaborative Family Law; Community Property Law; Divorce; Divorce Arbitration; Divorce Mediation; Divorce Taxation; Domestic Partnerships; Domestic Relations; Domestic Torts; Domestic Violence; Equitable Distribution; Family Arbitration; Family Mediation; Gay and Lesbian Family Law; International Family Law; Interstate Support; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Law; Military Divorce; Name Changes; Non-Traditional Family Law; Palimony; Paternity; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Restraining Orders; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Asset Protection; International Asset Protection; Successions; Missing Heir Searches; Living Wills; Inheritance; Contested Wills; Wills; Personal Injury; Accidents; AIDS Litigation; Animal Attacks; Aquatic Injuries; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bicycle Accidents; Boating Accidents; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Catastrophic Injury; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Cumulative Trauma; Dog Bites; Electrical Injury; Electromagnetic Field Litigation; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Neurolaw; Pedestrian Injuries; Personal Injury Appeals; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Power Line Contact Injury; Psychological Injury; Rental Vehicle Litigation; Repetitive Stress Injury; School Bus Accidents; Severe Burns; Sexual Abuse; Slip and Fall; Spinal Injury; Subway Accidents; Third Party Wrongful Death; TMJ Dysfunction; Tourist Injuries; Transfusion Associated AIDS; Unintended Acceleration; Whiplash; Wrongful Death; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Adult Guardianship; Advance Directives; Conservatorship; Dependent Adult Abuse; Elder Guardianship; Guardian Ad Litem; Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Incompetency Proceedings; Mental Disability Law; Powers of Attorney.
George J. Zamary (Partner) born Youngstown, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio; 2007, Kentucky. Education: Ohio University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1995); Capital University (J.D., 1998). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Arbitration; Business Associations Law; Business Cooperatives; Business Crimes; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Enterprises; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Fraud; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Syndication; Business Taxation; Business Torts; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Business Valuation; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Complex Business Litigation; Cooperative Taxation; Emerging Business Law; Emerging Growth Companies; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Law; Family Business Mediation; Family Business Successions; International Business Law; International Joint Ventures; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law; Private Business Law; Privatization; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Bad Faith; Commercial Constitutional Law; Commercial Crimes; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Liability; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Torts; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Commercial Trusts; Complex Commercial Litigation; Negotiable Instruments; Secured Transactions; Sale of Goods; Retail Liability; Uniform Commercial Code; Warehousing; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Administrative Lobbying; Campaign Ethics; Election and Campaign Finance; Election Law; Executive Lobbying; Legislative Lobbying; Legislative Redistricting; Lobbying; Voting Rights; General Practice; Inheritance; Civil Litigation; Family Limited Partnerships; Family Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Partnership Syndication; Partnership Taxation; Probate Administration; Probate Litigation; Probate Taxation; Ancillary Probate; Adverse Possession; Boundary Disputes; Common Interest Community Law; Community Association Law; Condominium Association Law; Condominium Conversions; Condominium Development; Condominium Law; Condominium Timeshares; Conservation Easements; Conveyancing; Cooperative Housing Association Law; Cooperative Conversions; Cooperative Housing Law; Easements; Historic Conservation Easements; Homeowners Association Law; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Land Trusts; Mixed Use Development; Planned Unit Development Law; Property Management; Quiet Title; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Arbitration; Real Estate Banking Law; Real Estate Bankruptcy; Real Estate Brokerage Law; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Real Estate Brokers Licensing; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice Defense; Real Estate Collections; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Errors and Omissions; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Fraud; Real Estate Investment; Real Estate Investment Taxation; Real Estate Investment Trusts; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Mediation; Real Estate Partnerships; Real Estate Restructuring; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Secured Lending; Real Estate Securities; Real Estate Settlements; Real Estate Syndication; Real Estate Tax Appeals; Real Estate Tax Assessment; Real Estate Tax Foreclosure; Real Estate Tax Liens; Real Estate Taxation; Real Estate Trade Association Law; Real Estate Valuation; Real Estate Workouts; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Real Property Finance; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Development; Residential Real Estate Finance; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Residential Real Estate Sales; Right of Way Easements; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Bankruptcy; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; Living Trusts; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Unclaimed Property; Wealth Planning; Wealth Preservation; Contested Wills; Living Wills; Missing Heir Searches; Successions.
ASSOCIATESybil B. Mullin (Associate) born Saratoga Springs, New York; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 1996, Kentucky. Education: Denison University (B.A., cum laude, 1987); Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Highland Heights (J.D., 1995). Named Ohio "Super Lawyer- Rising Star," (2005, 2006). United Way National Philanthropy Day, Honoree (2006). Member: Cincinnati Bar Association Member Kentucky Bar Association Member Ohio State Bar Association Member. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Fiduciary Law; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; International Estate Planning; International Trusts; International Trusts and Estates; Living Trusts; Personal Planning; Offshore Trusts; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Unclaimed Property; Trust Planning; Wealth Preservation; Property Management; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Arbitration; Real Estate Banking Law; Real Estate Brokerage Law; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Real Estate Brokers Licensing; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice Defense; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice; Real Estate Collections; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Errors and Omissions; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Fraud; Real Estate Investment; Real Estate Investment Taxation; Real Estate Investment Trusts; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Mediation; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Partnerships; Real Estate Restructuring; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Secured Lending; Real Estate Securities; Real Estate Settlements; Real Estate Syndication; Real Estate Tax Appeals; Real Estate Tax Assessment; Real Estate Tax Liens; Real Estate Taxation; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Estate Valuation; Real Estate Workouts; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Real Property Finance; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Development; Residential Real Estate Finance; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Residential Real Estate Sales; Business Law; Business Arbitration; Business Associations Law; Business Cooperatives; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Enterprises; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Syndication; Business Taxation; Business Torts; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Business Valuation; Buy-Sell Agreements; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Complex Business Litigation; Emerging Business Law; Emerging Growth Companies; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Law; Family Business Successions; Family Business Mediation; Private Business Law; Privatization; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Adoption Law; Children; Agency Adoptions; Grandparents Custody; Foster Care; Independent Adoptions; Interstate Adoptions; Orphans Court Practice; Parental Rights; Private Adoptions; Parenting Time; Termination of Parental Rights; Step Parent Adoptions; Wills; Contested Wills; Inheritance; Living Wills; Missing Heir Searches; Successions.
OF COUNSELGeorge Raymond Drew (Of Counsel) born Boston, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1940, Massachusetts; 1950, Ohio. Education: Columbia University; Suffolk University (LL.B., with honors, 1939). Named Ohio "Super Lawyer," 2004-2006. Chairman: Hamilton County Hospital Commission; Deaconess Hospital. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. [Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force, 1941-1945]. Practice Areas: Corporation Law; Probate Law; Hospital Law; Probate; Probate Litigation; Wills; Inheritance; Living Wills; Contested Wills; Missing Heir Searches; Successions; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; International Estate Planning; International Trusts; International Trusts and Estates; Living Trusts; Offshore Trusts; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Unclaimed Property.
James H. Coogan (Of Counsel) born Cincinnati, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1961, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1959); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1961). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Trustees' Award, Cincinnati Bar Association, 2004. Named Ohio "Super Lawyer," 2004. Editor, The Restatement, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1960-1961. Author: "Joint Accounts Ohio Bar Report," February, 1982. Lecturer on Law, University of Cincinnati, College of Business, 1971-1980. Member: Cincinnati (Committee Chairman) and Ohio State (Committee Chairman, Council on Alcoholism of Greater Cincinnati Board of Trustees) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Probate; Probate Litigation; Closely Held Business Law; Labor and Employment; Business Law; Business Arbitration; Business Associations Law; Business Cooperatives; Business Dissolutions; Business Crimes; Business Development; Business Enterprises; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Fraud; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Syndication; Business Taxation; Business Torts; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Business Valuation; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Taxation; Cooperative Taxation; Complex Business Litigation; Emerging Business Law; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Successions; Family Business Mediation; Family Business Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Pass-Through Entities; Private Business Law; Privatization; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Litigation; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Age Discrimination in Employment; Civil Service; Child Labor Law; Collective Bargaining; Confidentiality Agreements; Covenants Not To Compete; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employee Leasing; Employee Privacy; Employee Rights; Employer Intentional Torts; Employer Liability; Employer Rights; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Class Actions; Employment Contracts; Employment Defense; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Mediation; Employment Practices Liability Insurance; Employment Rights; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Executive Employment Law; Executive Severance Contracts; Executive Transfers; Fair Employment Practices; Federal Employment Law; Harassment; Human Resources Law; Labor Antitrust; Labor Arbitration; Labor Law; Labor Legislation; Labor Relations; Management Labor Law; Management Employment Law; National Labor Relations Act; National Origin Discrimination; Noncompete Litigation; Negligent Hiring; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation Agreements; Outsourcing; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Prevailing Wage Litigation; Public Sector Collective Bargaining; Public Sector Employment Law; Public Sector Labor Relations; Reductions in Force; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Security Clearances; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Unfair Labor Practices; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA); Union Contract Negotiations; Union Labor Law; Union Elections; Union Organization; Wage and Hour Law; WARN Act; Whistleblower Litigation; Workplace Violence; Wrongful Termination; Wrongful Termination Defense; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Family Trusts; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; International Estate Planning; International Trusts; International Trusts and Estates; Living Trusts; Offshore Trusts; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Unclaimed Property; Wealth Preservation; Wills; Contested Wills; Inheritance; Living Wills; Missing Heir Searches; Successions.
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