(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice in all Courts. Corporation, Probate and Estate Planning, Insurance Law, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Taxation, Municipal Law, Criminal Defense, Family/Domestic Relations and Trials.

Representative Clients:

Lugbill Bros., Inc.
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Miller Bros. Const., Inc.
Sauder Woodworking Co.
Sauder Manufacturing Co.
Allied Moulded Products, Inc.
Brookview Farms, Inc.
Archbold Medical Group, Inc.
Rupp Furniture Co.
German Mutual Ins. Co.

Reference:

The Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Archbold and Wauseon, Ohio.

Clients

APPROVED AGENTS: First American Title Insurance Company.

Address

302 North Defiance Street P.O. Box 178
Archbold, OH 43502-0178, (Fulton Co.)

Phone

Phone: 419-445-8815
Fax: 419-445-1080

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Harold H. Plassman (Managing Partner) born Deshler, Ohio, April 5, 1929; admitted to bar, 1957, Michigan; 1959, Ohio. Education: Capital University (A.B., 1951); University of Michigan (J.D., 1956). Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Regents, Capital University, 1977-1987. Member: Fulton County, Northwestern Ohio, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Probate and Estate Planning; Corporation Law; Taxation Law.Email: Harold H. Plassman

David P. Rupp, Jr. (Partner) born Wauseon, Ohio, July 23, 1941; admitted to bar, 1965, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., 1962; J.D., 1965). Phi Delta Phi. Part Time Magistrate, Williams County, Ohio. Member: Fulton County, Northwestern Ohio, Ohio State (Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1992) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Negligence Law; Trials; Personal Injury; Insurance; Family Law.Email: David P. Rupp, Jr.

Peter D. Short (Partner) born Wauseon, Ohio, June 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio. Education: Ohio Northern University (B.S., 1974); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1978). Solicitor Village of Archbold, 1989-1999. Mayor, Village of Archbold, 2000-2004. Member: Fulton County, Northwestern Ohio, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Municipal Law; Estate Planning; Corporate Law.Email: Peter D. Short

Mark D. Hagans (Partner) born Marquette, Michigan, November 12, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., 1989); University of Toledo (J.D., 1994). Solicitor, Village of Archhold and Village of Fayette, 2004—. Member: Fulton County, Northwest Ohio, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporation Law; Business Law; Probate; Estate Planning; Real Estate.Email: Mark D. Hagans

ASSOCIATE

Tennille E. Newton (Associate) born Wauseon, Ohio, October 3, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., 2000; J.D., 2005). Member: Fulton County, Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations.