Statement of Practice

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Trade Regulation, Customs, Banks and Banking, Finance, Bankruptcy, Biotechnology, Business Law, Civil Rights, Debtors and Creditors Rights, Computers and Software, Congressional Investigations, Construction Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Disabilities, Election, Campaign and Political Law, Employee Benefits, Environmental Law, Probate, Guardianship and Conservatorship, General Practice, Health Care, Labor, Employment, Occupational Safety and Health, Workers Compensation, Corporate Law, Securities, Energy, Natural Resources, Franchises and Franchising, Government Contracts, Hospital Law, Immigration and Naturalization, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Litigation, Media Law, Medicare and Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Municipal Law, Telecommunications, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Railroad Law, Real Estate, RICO, Sports Law, Taxation, Technology and Science, Torts, Toxic Torts, Trade Secrets, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Unfair Competition, Utility Law, White Collar Defense, Wills, Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

Address

First National Tower
106 South Main Street, Suite 1100
Akron, OH 44308, (Summit Co.)

Phone

Phone: 330-208-1000
Fax: 330-208-1001

Website

http://www.vorys.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

PARTNERS

F. Daniel Balmert (Managing Partner) born Portsmouth, Ohio, January 3, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio; 1977, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., with honors, 1973); Capital University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). Member, Order of the Curia. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Member, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, United States District Court, The Northern District of Ohio; Life Member: Eighth Judicial District; Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member: Akron, Ohio State and Federal Bar Associations; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (Member, Executive Council).Email: F. Daniel Balmert

J. Bret Treier (Partner) born Columbus, Ohio, March 7, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1982); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Phi Delta Phi (President, 1984-1985; 1985-1987). Merit Scholar, 1982-1985. First Editor, 1984-1985 and Associate Editor, 1983-1984, Case Western Reserve University Law Review. Federal Judicial Clerk, The Honorable Leroy J. Contie, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Vice President, Leadership Akron, Class XVIII. President, University Park Development Corporation. Director: Akron General Partners, Inc.; Road Runner Akron Marathon. Trustee and Former President, American Cancer Society. Trustee, Akron Metro YMCA Endowment Foundation. Director, Ohio and Erie Canalway Association. Member: Akron, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Organizations; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures(20%); Closely Held Businesses(20%); Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Banks; Securities Law; Non-Profit and Tax-Exempt Organizations; Public Corporations(60%); Business Law; Limited Liability Companies.Email: J. Bret Treier

Thomas Richard Crookes (Partner) born Dowagiac, Michigan, September 16, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Sixth Circuits. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1984); University of Detroit (J.D., 1987). Member: Akron Bar Association; Akron Bar Foundation; Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association (Section of Labor and Employment Law). (Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment(100%).Email: Thomas Richard Crookes

Aaron S. Berke (Partner) born Ann Arbor, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Public Corporations; Municipal Bonds; Municipal Securities; Securities Disclosure; Securities Offerings; Tax Exempt Securities; Bond Finance; Tax Exempt Bonds; Tax Exempt Finance.Email: Aaron S. Berke

ASSOCIATES

Patricia M. Ochmann (Associate) born Akron, Ohio, October 6, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio. Education: Kent State University (B.S., 1994); University of Akron (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Associate Editor, Akron Law Review. Trial Team, Gourley Competition. Author: Comment, "Managed Care Organizations Manage to Escape Liability: Why Issues of Quantity vs. Quality Lead to ERISA's Inequitable Preemption of Claims," 34 Akron Law Review 571, 2001. Co-author: Article, "Heightened Scrutiny: Sarbanes-Oxley Implications Surface for Nonprofit Organizations," SmartBusiness Magazine, Akron/Canton, March, 2004. Co-author: Chapter 4, "Institutional Review Boards: Their Role and Responsibilities in Clinical Research Programs," Clinical Research Compliance Manual: An Administrative Guide, Aspen Publishers, 2006. Speaker: "Collaborating in a Competitive Marketplace: Deal Points and Regulatory Aspects of Physician and Hospital Joint Ventures," Ohio State Bar Association Healthcare Law Continuing Legal Education Conference, 2007; "Hospital and Physician Joint Ventures: Collaborative Models," Cleveland Bar Association Healthcare Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2008. Ohio Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (Health Care), 2005, 2006 and 2007. Member, American Health Lawyers Association, 2002-2007. Graduate, Leadership Akron Class XXIV. Member: Akron, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Health Law(100%).Email: Patricia M. Ochmann

Carolynn Coleman (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Ohio State University (B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, with honors and distinction, 2003); University of Akron School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: Akron and Ohio State Bar Associations.Email: Carolynn Coleman

Conrad R. Adkins (Associate) born Waukegan, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 2003); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif, Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Member: Akron and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law(100%).Email: Conrad R. Adkins

Katherine A. Albrecht (Associate) born Akron, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., cum laude, 2003); University of Akron School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Editor in Chief, Akron Law Review, 2007-2008. Editor in Chief, Akron Tax Journal, 2007-2008. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate(100%).Email: Katherine A. Albrecht

Stephanie S. Angeloni (Associate) born Mayfield Heights, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: Mount Union College (B.S., summa cum laude, 2005); University of Akron, School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Recipient: Donald M. Jenkins Award for Highest Scholastic Achievement, 2008; Deans Academic Achievement Award, 2006-2007; Earnest Karam Award for Academic Excellence, 2005. Member: Akron and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Health Care(100%).Email: Stephanie S. Angeloni

OF COUNSEL

Philip A. Lloyd (Of Counsel) born Youngstown, Ohio, February 13, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Ohio; 1996, Colorado. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., 1969); University of Akron (J.D., 1972). Member, Board of Directors: FirstMerit Corporation; Akron General Health System; Akron Art Museum. Practice Areas: Banking; Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Business; Corporate.Email: Philip A. Lloyd

John W. Solomon (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., May 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1966); University of Michigan (J.D., 1973). United States Department of State, 1967-1971. Foreign Service Officer, American Embassy in Quito, Ecuador and in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research in Washington, D.C. Member, Board of Trustees: Akron Law Library Association; Portage Path Behavioral Health; Akron Bar Association Foundation. Member: Akron, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Akron Bar Association Foundation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: John W. Solomon

Thomas R. Trotter (Of Counsel) born Ohio, April 11, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio; 2000, District of Columbia. Education: Ohio University (A.B., 1971); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1975). 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. Member: Akron, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: 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.Email: Thomas R. Trotter

Jay P. Porter (Of Counsel) born Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Grove City College (B.A., 1975); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1978). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 1995—. Member: Cleveland, Akron and Ohio State (Member, Real Property Section) Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers; American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance.Email: Jay P. Porter

J. Bruce Hunsicker (Of Counsel) born Akron, Ohio, November 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1977); University of Akron (J.D., 1980). Formerly with Brouse McDowell LPA. Former Adjunct Professor at The University of Akron School of Law. Member: Akron and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Litigation; Real Estate; General Business.Email: J. Bruce Hunsicker

STAFF ATTORNEY

Ashley M. Manfull (Staff Attorney) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Grove City College (B.A., 1996); University of Akron (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Member, Akron Law Review. Board Member, The Boys and Girls Club of Portage and Summit Counties, 1999-2007. Member: Akron Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1999—). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law.Email: Ashley M. Manfull