Of Counsel at the firm Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Areas of Practice
Public Finance(80%, 500); Municipal Finance; Municipal Law; Commercial Finance(10%, 20); Finance; Tax Exempt Securities; Nonprofit Organizations Law(5%); Government Contracts; Municipal Contracts; Business Law; Tax Exempt Organizations; Education Law; College and University Law; Public School Law; Ad Valorem Tax(3%); Election, Campaign and Political Law(2%); Securities; Municipal Bonds; Municipal Corporation Law
Admitted
1975, Ohio; 2000, District of Columbia
Law School
Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., 1975
College
Ohio University, A.B., 1971
Membership
Akron, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers.
Biography
Order of the Coif. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1996-1997; 1999-2007, received special recognition for 10 consecutive years or more listed. Recognized as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers, 2004, Cincinnati Magazine, as voted by his peers. Member: Leadership Akron; Leadership Akron Alumni Association. Past Member, Board of Trustees, President and Secretary, Weathervane Community Playhouse. Past Member, Board of Trustees, Member, Executive Committee and Secretary, Cascade Capital Corporation. Past Trustee, Past Chair, Taxation and Legislation Committee, Greater Akron Chamber. Past Member, Board of Trustees and Secretary, Greater Akron Musical Association. Past Member: Summit County Social Services Advisory Board; Summit/Akron Solid Waste Management Authority Board. Past Member and Draftsman, Summit County Charter Review Commission. Speaker: "The Vanilla Deal," Summit County Port Authority; "1986 Tax Reform Act," Certified Public Finance Officer Program, Kent State University; "Industrial Development Bonds," Ohio DOD Community Improvement Corporation Seminar; "More Money for Your School District," Ohio School Boards Association Capital Conference; "Port Authority Financing," Summit County Port Authority.
Born
Ohio, April 11, 1949
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