 |   | | | Law Firm in Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| | (Frost & Jacobs LLP) (Brown, Todd & Heyburn PLLC) |
| | Address | | 2200 PNC Center, 201 East Fifth Street | | Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4182 | | (Hamilton Co.) | | | |
| | | Frost Brown Todd LLC practices in the following areas of law:
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Business Acquisitions, Business and Corporate, Commercial Finance, Commercial Litigation, Commercial/Real Estate, Construction, Copyright, Corporate Responsibility and Defense, Employee Benefits, Energy and Natural Resources, Entrepreneurial, Environmental, Equine, Estate Planning and Administration, Financial Institutions, Fire and Explosion, Health Care, Immigration, International, Intellectual Property, International Business, Internet and Electronic Commerce, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Media, Mold and Water Intrusion, Multi-District Litigation, Patent Litigation, Personal Planning and Family Business, Privacy and Information Security, Product Liability, Public Finance, Securities, Tax, Tort & Insurance Law, Trademark, Venture Capital, General Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. | | Year Established: 1919 | Firm Profile:
With offices throughout 5 mid-western states, Frost Brown Todd is one of the largest law firms in the country and represents many of America's best-known companies. With over 370 lawyers spanning 60+ integrated practice areas and industry groups, the firm leverages technical and legal knowledge with industry expertise to serve a diverse client base, ranging from global multinationals to small, entrepreneurial companies. 79 Frost Brown Todd lawyers are named to Woodward-White's The Best Lawyers in America (2007). Frost Brown Todd is listed as a "Go-to" law firm in Corporate Counsel's Directory of In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies (2005, 2006). The BTI Consulting Group has named Frost Brown Todd one of only 40 law firms "consistently introducing innovative changes into the legal services marketplace" in the Market Front Runners report (2006). Frost Brown Todd has strategic alliances with Wahlert Rechtsanwälte located in Stuttgart, Germany and is a member of Multilaw and the US Law Firm Group. | | Firm Size: 370 | Languages:
Languages: Afrikaans, Chinese, Cyrillic Script, Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, Japanese. | Law Firm Affiliations:
MULTILAW; UNITED STATES LAW FIRM GROUP | Representative Clients:
AAF-McQuay Inc.; AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.; AIG Insurance Group; AK Steel Corporation; Anthem Health Plans; Broadwing Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Catholic Healthcare Partners; Central Bank & Trust Company; Chapelthorp plc; Chiquita Brands International; ClubLink Corporation; Convergys Corporation; Coolmore Castlehyde and Associated Stud Farms; Federated Department Stores, Inc.; Firstar/U.S. Bank; Taco Bell Franchise Management Advisory Council (FRANMAC); General Electric Company; ICI Paints World Group; Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services, Inc.; LensCrafters, Inc.; Lexis-Nexis; LG&E Energy Corp.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Group; Lightyear Communications, Inc.; MidAmerica Bancorp; New Horizon Resources, Inc.; NTS Development Company; OneBeacon Insurance Group; Progressive Insurance Company; PNC Bank Corp. and PNC Bank; Res-Care, Inc.; The Rouse Companies, LLC; Services Net Incorporated; Smithkline Beecham Clinical Lab; Terex Corporation; Turner Construction Company; Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op, LLC; United Parcel Service; Vincor International Inc.; Waste Management of North America; Western Southern Life Insurance Company. |
Other Office Locations of Frost Brown Todd LLC
New Albany, Indiana, U.S.A.
Covington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Middletown, Ohio, U.S.A.
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS | | Edwin R. Acheson, Jr. (Member) born Joplin, Missouri, September 14, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Indiana; 1989, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1977); Duke University (J.D., 1980). Adjunct Faculty, Univesity of Cincinnati Law School, 1997—. Practice Areas: Patents; Copyrights; Computer Law; Licensing; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Edwin R. Acheson, Jr. | | Deborah S. Adams (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, May 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio; 1983, Kentucky. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1977); Harvard University (M.A., 1979); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1982). Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Wrongful Discharge. Email: Deborah S. Adams | | Stephen R. Albainy-Jenei (Member) born Massillon, Ohio, November 7, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Dayton (B.S., 1986; M.S., 1988); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1995; Ph.D. Candidate, A.B.D., 1990). Designated one of Chambers & Partners' "America's Leading Business Lawyers," 2003-2006. Designated SuperLawyer Rising Star, 2005. Author: "Building and Managing University Patent Portfolios," IP Value 2005, Globe White Pages; "Early-Stage Companies Face New Challenges," National Law Journal, December 8, 2003. Speaker: "Commercialization 101, Intellectual Property," Life Sciences Without Boundaries: Bridges to Collaboration Conference, 2003; "Software Licensing Agreements," Multilaw Americas Regional Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2003; "Emerging Legal Issues in Intellectual Property," Attorney General's Annual Conference of Public College and University Attorneys, 2000. Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Director, Intellectual Property for the University of Cincinnati, 1995-2000. Acting Director, Intellectual Property and University Patent Officer, 2000. Member, Leadership Council, CincyTechUSA, 2003—. Presenter's Committee, Greater Cincinnati Venture Association, 2004—. Life Member, University of Cincinnati College of Law Alumni Association. Member: Cincinnati and American (Member, Intellectual Property Section) Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Biotechnology Committee); Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association; Licensing Executive Society. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law; Patents; Patent Prosecution; Biotechnology; Licensing; Copyrights; Computer Technology. Email: Stephen R. Albainy-Jenei | | Kimberly S. Amrine (Member) born Lansing, Michigan, May 25, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1993); George Washington University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member, Moot Court Board. Editor, Public Contracts Law Journal. Chair, Cincinnati Bar Association Women Lawyer's Committee. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Advertising Law(40%); Commercial Litigation(60%). Email: Kimberly S. Amrine | | Thomas D. Anthony (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, July 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1974); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1977). Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate Law. Email: Thomas D. Anthony | | John H. Appel (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, June 1, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1971); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1974). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits. Email: John H. Appel | | G. Randall Ayers (Member) born New Castle, Indiana, August 9, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio; 1996, Kentucky. Education: Earlham College (A.B., with honors, 1984); The Ohio State University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2006-2007. Member: Ohio State (Member, Labor and Employment Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Section) Bar Associations. Special Agencies: NLRB; DOL; State Labor Agencies. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: G. Randall Ayers | | Gerald L. Baldwin (Member) born Dayton, Kentucky, July 10, 1946; admitted to bar, 1969, Ohio; 1971, Kentucky. Education: Thomas More College (A.B., 1966); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1969). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institution. [U.S. Army Reserve, 1969-1975]. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Commercial Litigation. Email: Gerald L. Baldwin | | David S. Bence (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, April 19, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., with distinction, 1987); The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Secured Transactions; Commercial and Construction Lending; Sale of Goods; Uniform Commercial Code; Commercial Law; Commercial Contracts. Email: David S. Bence | | Matthew C. Blickensderfer (Member) born Tuscola, Illinois, July 16, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2000, Ohio; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., with highest distinction, 1992); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Law Clerk, Honorable David A. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1996-1997. Editor-in-Chief, Sixth Circuit Practice Manual (Third Edition 2006). Adjunct Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2002-2006. Author: "Federal Trade Commission Rediscovers the Robinson-Patman Act," Corporate Counsel, May 2000; "Unleashing RICO," 17 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 867, 1994. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Antitrust; Trade Regulation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Matthew C. Blickensderfer | | Kasey Bond (Member) born Fort Thomas, Kentucky, January 1, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Georgia; 1999, Texas; 2004, Ohio. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Kasey Bond | | Scott R. Brown (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, July 28, 1956; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1978); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Order of the Curia. First Place, Kentucky Bar Association Student Writing Competition, 1994. Publications: Kentucky Bench and Bar, Vol. 58, No. 4, 1994; Northern Kentucky Law Review, Vol. 22, No. 2, 1995. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Jennings v. Univ. Bar Nose & Throat Specialists,1999 Ohio App. LEXIS 6329 (Ohio Ct. App. Dec. 30, 1999); Bargo v. R&L Transfer, 2000 Ohio App. LEXIS 3869 (Ohio Ct. App. Aug. 28, 2000); Houser v. Motorists Mutual, 2002 Ohio App. LEXIS 2913 (June 4, 2002); Kentucky Medical Ins. Co. v. Jones, No. 02AP-817 (Ohio Ct. App., June 24, 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Real Estate; Business Litigation; Construction. Email: Scott R. Brown | | Paul W. Casper, Jr. (Member) born Greensburg, Pennsylvania, November 14, 1946; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio; U.S. Federal District Court and U.S. Ditrict Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: St. Vincent College (B.A., 1968); University of Dayton (M.S., 1975; J.D., 1981). Honors: Best Lawyers in America; Ohio Super Lawyer; No. 1 ranking by Chambers U.S.A. as a leader in the field of Environmental Law. Recent Publications : "The Art & Science of Environmental Law," Aspatore Books(2004). Member: Greater Cincinnati Area Chamber of Commerce Environmental Law Committee; Energy Task Force, Governmental Affairs Committee; Cincinnati Climate Change Task Force. Past Chair, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Environmental Law Committee. Past Member: Steering Committee of Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Legislative & Governmental Affairs Committee. Additional Professional Experiences: U.S. Steel-Chemical Engineer; Instructor, University of Dayton. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. [U.S. Army, 18th Airborne Corps, 1969-1972]. Reported Cases: State, ex rel. Celebrezze v. National Lime & Stone Co. (1994), 68 Ohio St. 3d 377. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Alternative Energy. Email: Paul W. Casper, Jr. | | Kevin L. Cooney (Member) born 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana; 1998, Ohio. Education: Purdue University (B.S., Che.E., 1992); Washington University (J.D., 1997). Editor-in-chief, Washington University Law Quarterly. Member: Cincinnati, Indiana State, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Securities; Investment Company Law. Email: Kevin L. Cooney | | Grant S. Cowan (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, July 22, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio; 1987, Florida. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1981); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1985). Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, 1996. Leadership Cincinnati, Class XXII. President, BMF Pediatric Clinics, 1996-1999. Member, Board of Trustees: Cincinnati Parks Foundation; Cincinnati Nature Center. Member: Federal Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, Greater Cincinnati Chapter); The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Unfair Competition; Securities Litigation. Email: Grant S. Cowan | | Myron L. Dale (Retired Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio, May 19, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1971); Georgetown University (J.D., 1975). Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Commercial Litigation; Accountant Liability. Email: Myron L. Dale | | Joseph J. Dehner (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, November 28, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio; 1986, Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky. Education: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1970); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Recipient, Governor's E-Award, Excellence in Exporting, 2003. Chairman, Southern Ohio District Export Council, 2002—. Ohio Commodore, 2003—. Chair, firm's International Services Group, 1988—. Trustee, Princeton University, 1970-1974. Member, Ohio Historical Society, 1974-1978. Member, Heimlich Institute Foundation, 1980-2005; Chairman, Foreign Policy Leadership Council Cincinnati Chapter, 2005—. President, French-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cincinnati, 2004-2006. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American (Vice-Chair, International Litigation Committee, 2002-2004) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Cohen v. J.B. Oxford, No. C-1-02-571, S.D. Ohio 2002) (confirming punitive damage award against clearing broker); Wiepking v. Prudential Securities, (6th Cir. 1988) (ordering trial rather than arbitration of investor claims); Counterpart International, Inc. v. Freedom Farm International, Inc., International Arbitration (1998 decision by now Chief Justice John Roberts). Transactions: International transactions and counseling, including cross-border acquisitions; representation of parties in over 200 securities arbitrations; class-action victories for defrauded investors. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: International Business(50%); Securities Disputes(50%). Email: Joseph J. Dehner | | Douglas R. Dennis (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, March 28, 1963; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1985); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1995). Recipient: Mulligan-Moeller Negotiations Award; American Jurisprudence Prizes in Appellate Practice and Corporations. Member, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1994-1995. Law Clerk to the Honorable Mark P. Painter, Ohio Court of Appeals, First Appellate District, 1995-1997. Co-Author, Ohio Appellate Practice Handbook with Judge Mark P. Painter for West Publishing, 2004—. Member: Cincinnati Bar Association (Former Chair, Court of Appeals Committee; Member, Professionalism Committee), Ohio State Bar Association (Co-Chair, Court of Appeals Subcommittee to the Litigation Section; Member, Litigation Section Board of Governors) and American Bar Association. [Captain, Armored Cavalry, U.S. Army, 1985-1990.]. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Products Liability; ERISA; Insurance Defense. Email: Douglas R. Dennis | | Robert A. Dimling (Member) born Fort Worth, Texas, August 14, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Ohio. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.A., 1963); University of Michigan (J.D., 1966). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Occupational Safety and Health; Workers' Compensation. Email: Robert A. Dimling | | Richard J. Erickson (Member) born Pontiac, Michigan, July 16, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1968); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1971). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Creditors Rights. Email: Richard J. Erickson | | Susan Grogan Faller (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Claims Court; 1984, U.S. Tax Court; 1989, Kentucky; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972) University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Note Editor, Michigan Law Review. Author: "Media Law Resource Center Annual 50-State Survey of Current Developments in Media Libel Law"; "Annual 50-State Survey of Employment Libel and Privacy Law - Ohio Preparer". Member, Class XVII of Leadership Cincinnati. Member, Media Law Resource Center Defense Counsel Section (Charter Member), Membership Committee Chair, Former President of Executive Committee and Former Chair of Prepublication/Prebroadcast Review Committee, Multilaw International Media, Advertising and Entertainment Special Interest Practice Group (Leader). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State (Member and Former Chair, Media Law Committee), Kentucky and American (Member: Forum Committee on Communications; First Amendment & Media Litigation Committee; Sections on: Litigation; Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Media Law Resource Center (Chair, Membership Committee and Former President, Executive Committee, Defense Counsel Section); Potter Stewart American Inn of Court (Emeritus Master). Practice Areas: Media Law(25%); Commercial Litigation(25%); First Amendment Law(15%); Business Litigation(15%); Libel Litigation(10%); International Law(10%). Email: Susan Grogan Faller | | James C. Frooman (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, April 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Tax Court; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1985); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Certified Public Accountant. Scholar Athlete. Member: Tax Moot Court; Potter Stewart Inn of Court. Recipient: Ohio State Pacesetters Award; Exxon Award for Superior Scholarship; Stephenson Award for Scholastic and Athletic Accomplishments; Ambrose Lindhorst Scholarship for the Study of Law; Book Award-Torts. Executive Editor, Northern Kentucky Law Review. Past President, Alumni Board of Governors, Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate Law; Tax Law; Bankruptcy Law; Workers Compensation. Email: James C. Frooman | | Henry G. Frost (1875-1951). | | Neil Ganulin (Member) born New York, N.Y., July 20, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970); University of Michigan (J.D., 1973). Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate. Email: Neil Ganulin | | Joanne Wissman Glass (Member) born Covington, Kentucky, November 6, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; 1995, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Xavier University (B.A., 1991); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1994). Listed in various Who's Who publications. Nominated for Pro Bono Lawyer Award, Cincinnati Bar Association, 2006. Nominated for 40 under 40 Awards, Cincinnati Business Courier, 2005 and 2006. Named a Rising Star by Cincinnati Magazine, 2005 and 2006. Officer, Board of Directors, Transitions, Inc., 1996—. Volunteer, Kentucky Lawyers Assistance Program, 2003—. Member, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Member: Cincinnati (Secretary, Workers' Compensation Committee, Young Lawyers Section), Northern Kentucky (Member: Young Lawyers Section; Workers' Compensation Committee), Kentucky, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. (Certified Specialist in Workers Compensation Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation. Email: Joanne Wissman Glass | | Richard M. Goehler (Member) born Massillon, Ohio, November 29, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio. Education: Miami University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Notre Dame (J.D., magna cum laude, 1982). Recipient, International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award, 1982. Editor, Frost Brown Todd Media Law Advisory. Author: "The Media Law Handbook for Radio Broadcasters," Editor, National Association of Broadcasters; "Expansion of Tort Law at the Expense of the First Amendment: Has the Jones Court Gone Too Far?" Northern Kentucky Law Review, Symposium Issue 2000; MLRC 50-State Survey of Media Libel Law; MLRC 50-State Survey of Employment Libel & Privacy Law. Co-Author, "Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts," Chapter on Sales Litigation, The West Group, 1999, 2005. Member, Boards / Civic Association. Member, Board of Directors: The Ruth Lyons Foundation; Advertising Club of Cincinnati; Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau. Member, Media Law Resource Center, Defense Counsel Section, Advertising and Commercial Speech Committee. Member, Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers Steering Committee. Member, Communications Advisory Committee. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State (Member, Media Law Committee) American (Chair, Governing Board, Forum Committee on Communications; Member, Litigation Section; First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Practice Areas: Media Law; First Amendment; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Privacy Law; Advertising and Marketing; Litigation; Trademark; Copyright; Business Litigation. Email: Richard M. Goehler | | Ronald E. Gold (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois; 1993, Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1986); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights; Workouts. Email: Ronald E. Gold | | Steven J. Goldstein (Vice-Chair, Intellectual Property Department) born New York, N.Y., September 1, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1972); Boston University (J.D., 1975). Trustee, BioStart, Southern Ohio Biomed Incubator. Member, Research and Education Committee, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation. Member, MIT Educational Council. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Intellectual Property. Selected Leading IP Lawyers in Ohio, Chambers USA, 2004-2008. Member: Cincinnati Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patents(65%); Trade Secret(10%); International(25%). Email: Steven J. Goldstein | | D. Scott Gurney (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, April 28, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Ohio; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Indiana University (B.A., high distinction, 1983), Phi Beta Kappa; Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1986). Chair, Construction Law Group. Ranked Top Construction Lawyer in Cincinnati by Chambers USA Client's Guides 2003, 2004, 2005. Listed in Ohio Super Lawyers 2005 and CincyBusiness Leading Lawyers 2005 for construction. Member, Legislative Committee, Associated General Contractors of Ohio; Education Committee and Membership Committee, Allied Construction Industries. Member: Cincinnati (Past Chairman, Construction Law Committee) and American (Member: Forum on the Construction Industry; Committee on Construction Litigation) Bar Associations. Transactions: Represents national CM/constructor in multi-million dollar claims relating to building collapse during construction project. Represented national CM/constructor in successfully defeating a project owner's $5 Million delay and cost-overrun claim in a two-week arbitration hearing. Represented national CM/constructor in multi-party claims by hospital alleging defective design and construction of exterior insulated finish system ("EIFS"). Represented masonry contractor in multi-party litigation against public school owner and architect for equitable adjustment to contract resulting from schedule delays and acceleration. Represented national home builder in successful arbitration against panel manufacturer relating to breach of contract and defective workmanship. Represented electrical contractor and steel erector in acceleration and disruption claims against public owner relating to construction of new baseball park. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Construction Claims; Construction Litigation; Construction Arbitration and Mediation; Construction Liens; Construction Contracts; Construction Defects; Construction Insurance. Email: D. Scott Gurney | | Christopher S. Habel (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, October 14, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Cincinnati College of Engineering (B.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1992); The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1995). Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society. Engineer in Training, Ohio. Articles Editor, Ohio State Law Journal. Author, "Satsky v. Paramount Communications, Inc.: Mining The Ore From Consent Decrees In Environmental Cases," 55 Ohio St. L.J. 983. Listed in: Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2005; Best Lawyers in America, 2006. Member, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plan Steering Committee. Member, Hamilton County Earthworks Appeals Board. President, Valley View Foundation. Member, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber C-Change Leadership Program. Member: Cincinnati (Chair, Environmental Law Committee, 2004-2005) and Ohio State (Member, Environmental Law Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Construction Law. Email: Christopher S. Habel | | Walter E. Haggerty (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, December 23, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio; 1979, Kentucky. Education: Xavier University (B.S.B.A., 1973); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1978). Member: Northern Kentucky Bar Association; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and Kentucky Bar Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Law; FELA Defense. Email: Walter E. Haggerty | | Adam P. Hall (Member) born Glendale, West Virginia, August 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1986); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation. Email: Adam P. Hall | | Jack B. Harrison (Member) born Chattanooga, Tennessee December 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; 2001, Kentucky; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (B.A., 1978); St. Mary's Seminary (M.A., 1985); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1993). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Iowa Utilities Board v. FCC, 120 F.3d 753 (8th Cir. 1997); Southwestern Bell Tele. Co. v. FCC, 116 F.3d 593 (D.C. Cir. 1997); Kurczi v. Eli Lilly & Co., et al., 113 F.3d 1426 (6th Cir. 1997); Rochlin v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., Case No. 1:00-cv-1898-DFH-TAB (S.D. Ind.), United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division; Bouchard v. American Home Products Corp., 213 F. Supp. 2d 802 (N.D. Ohio 2002); Philpot v. Haviland, 880 S.W.2d 550 (Ky. 1994); Sutowski v. Eli Lilly & Co, et al., 696 N.E.2d 187 (Ohio 1998); Hicks v. Westinghouse Materials Co., 676 N.E.2d 872 (Ohio 1997). Practice Areas: General Litigation(10%); Product Liability Defense(55%); Employment Litigation(35%). Email: Jack B. Harrison | | Stephen N. Haughey (Member) born Dayton, Ohio, April 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appelas, Sixth Circuit. Education: Wright State University (B.S., 1978); University of Dayton (J.D., 1984). Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental; Occupational Safety and Health; Toxic Torts. Email: Stephen N. Haughey | | Jeremy A. Hayden (Member) born Henderson, Kentucky; admitted to bar, 2000, Kentucky; 2002, Ohio. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.A.); University of Kentucky (J.D.); University of Cincinnati (M.S.B.A., Taxation). Phi Delta Phi. Order of Omega. Articles Editor, Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law. Trial Advocacy Board. Member: Cincinnati (Section on Taxation), Ohio State, Kentucky, Northern Kentucky (Business and Tax Sections) and American (Section on Taxation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: State Tax Controversies; State Income Tax; Sales and Use Tax; Corporate Law; Estate Planning and Probate; Corporate Successions; Corporate Real Estate. Email: Jeremy A. Hayden | | John S. Higgins (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, January 11, 1966; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Sixth Circuits; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court; 2005 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.S., cum laude, 1993); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Recipient: Spangenberg Trial Practice Award; CALI, Excellence for the Future Award, Capital Punishment Law; Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Scholastic Excellence in Contracts; Dean's Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Past Law Clerk, Cleveland Municipal Court. Member, Board of Directors, Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Federal and American (Member, Forum of the Construction Industry) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: John S. Higgins | | Carl M. Jacobs (1886-1967). | | Frederick W. Kindel (Member) born Akron, Ohio, February 10, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio; 1987, Tennessee. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1974); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1979). Member: Ohio State, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development and Leasing; Real Estate and Off Balance Sheet Financing; Loan Restructuring; Loan Workouts; Tax Incentives Leasing and Development; Tax Credits. Email: Frederick W. Kindel | | John C. Krug (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, January 15, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1986); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Commercial Real Estate Transactions; Commercial Real Estate Finance. Email: John C. Krug | | Lori A. Landrum (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, August 15, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Wittenberg University (B.A., cum laude, 1990); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Lori A. Landrum | | Patricia D. Laub (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, November 6, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Ohio. Education: University of Dayton (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1983). Member, Executive Committee. Order of the Coif. Note Editor, University of Cincinnati Law Review. Author: "Uniform Trust Code Article 5 Creditors' Claims; Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts" March/April 2001 Probate Law Journal of Ohio. Chair Personal Planning and Family Business Department. Member, Board of Trustees, and Chiar of Development Committee, Cincinnati Association for the Blind. Member, Planned Giving Committee, Cincinnati Art Museum. Past Chair, Cincinnati Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section. Certified Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Specialist, Ohio State Bar Association. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State (Member: Emeritus Board of Governors Estate Planning; Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; Cincinnati Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Probate; Probate Litigation; Taxation; Business Succession Planning; Retirement Benefit Planning; Charitable Gift Planning. Email: Patricia D. Laub | | James K. L. Lawrence (Member) born New Rochelle, New York, October 8, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Ohio; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: The Ohio State University (A.B., 1962; J.D., 1965). (Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law(80%); Alternative Dispute Resolution(20%). Email: James K. L. Lawrence | | P. Reid Lemasters (Member) born Shelbyville, Indiana, July 28, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Indiana; 1972, Ohio; 1990, Kentucky. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1971). President, FBT's title agency, Multi-State Title Agency, Ltd. Agent for following Title Insurance Underwriters: Chicago Title; First America; Commonwealth; Lawyers Title; Stewart Title; Guaranty Title; Old Republic. Chairperson, Commercial Transactions and Real Estate Department, FBT. Member: Cincinnati, Indiana State, Kentucky and Ohio State Bar Associations. (Certified Specialist in Business, Commercial and Industrial Real Property Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Transactions: A $200 million synthetic lease financing credit tenant facility; A $25 million acquisition and assemblage involving several parcels of real estate; Numerous other routine and complex commercial real estate transactions and financings. Practice Areas: Commercial Loan; Real Estate Law; Title Insurance Law. Email: P. Reid Lemasters | | Douglas L. Lutz (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, August 1, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan; 1995, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1987); University of Toledo (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Douglas L. Lutz | | Bernard L. McKay (Member) born Maysville, Kentucky, July 3, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; 1995, Kentucky. Education: Morehead State University (B.B.A., 1991); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1994). Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law by the Ohio State Bar Association. Former Chair, Estate Planning and Probate Section, Cincinnati Bar Association. Member, Cincinnati Estate Planning Council. Member, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Institute Committee of the Cincinnati Bar Association. Chairman, Board of Governors of Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Member, Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers. President, Leadership Northern Kentucky Class of 2004. Member, Women's Crisis Center Board of Directors. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Kentucky, Northern Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration; Taxation; Charitable Giving; Family Business Succession. Email: Bernard L. McKay | | Kevin N. McMurray (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, January 7, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.S.ChE., 1986); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1989). Order of the Coif. Member, Executive Committee, 1998-2003; Chair, Client Relations Committee, 2000—; Member, Strategic Planning Committee, 2007—, Frost Brown Todd LLC. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2008. Selected as an "Ohio Super Lawyer" by Ohio Law & Politics, 2003-2008. President, Board of Trustees, Clermont Counseling Center, 2008—. Trustee, Cincinnati Parks Foundation, 2006—. Member, Hamilton County Integrating Committee Brownfield's Workgroup, 2003—. Member: Cincinnati (Member and Past Chair of Environmental Law Committee), Ohio State (Member, Environmental Law Committee) and American (Member, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources) Bar Associations; American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Practice Areas: Environmental Law(100%). Email: Kevin N. McMurray | | Jill P. Meyer (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, October 11, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 1997, Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Ninth Circuits, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio and Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of Mount St. Joseph (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Order of the Curia. Lead Articles Editor, Northern Kentucky Law Review, 1995-1996. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Media Law; Advertising Law; Business Litigation. Email: Jill P. Meyer | | Martin E. Mooney (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, October 24, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio. Education: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1974); University of Notre Dame (M.B.A., cum laude, J.D., cum laude, 1978); New York University (LL.M., 1982). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America 1995-2007; Ohio Super Lawyers, 2008. Presenter: Introduction to Tax Law, "Partnership Taxation"; "Allocation of Profits and Losse," Lorman Educational Services; "Operating Distributions and Payments to Partners," Southwestern Ohio Tax Institute; "Hot Topics in Flow-Through Entity Taxation"; "Multiple Entity Planning With S Corporations"; "A Primer on S Corporations In Kentucky: Tax and Non-Tax Issues"; "LLCs in Ohio: Counseling Start-Up and Emerging Growth LLCs," Lorman Educational Services; "Equity Interests for Employees in Pass-Through Entities," Southwestern Ohio Tax Institute. Instructor, University of Cincinnati-College of Business, Masters Program, Partnership Tax. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Tax with primary focus on Corporate and Partnership Transactions. Email: Martin E. Mooney | | Katherine Cook Morgan (Member) born Concord, North Carolina, December 26, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., with honors, 1992); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Recipient: John W. Peck Trial Practice Award; American Jurisprudence Book Award. Editor-in-Chief, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1996-1997. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law. Email: Katherine Cook Morgan | | Beth Schneider Naylor (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, June 7, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Wisconsin; 1989, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1982); University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Author, "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure," Cincinnati Business Courier, May 2002. DRI Products Liability Conference, "National Litigation Counsel Perspective," February 2001. Listed in: Outstanding Lawyers of America, 2003; International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers, 2003. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Preventive Product Safety Counseling; National Products Liability Management; Toxic Tort/Chemical Exposure Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Beth Schneider Naylor | | Raymond D. Neusch (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio. Education: Duquesne University (B.A., 1969); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1978). Practice Areas: Labor Law. Email: Raymond D. Neusch | | Sandra L. Nunn (Member) born Decatur, Indiana; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.S., 1987; J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif. Law Review Editor. University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 63, No. 2 and Vol. 63, No. 3. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW); CREW of Greater Cincinnati. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Law; Real Estate Transactions. Email: Sandra L. Nunn | | E. Richard Oberschmidt (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, April 28, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1975), Phi Beta Kappa; University of Virginia (J.D., 1978). Trustee, College of Mount St. Joseph. Member, Ohio Land Title Association. Member, Board of Zoning Appeals, Anderson Township, Ohio. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law and Mortgage Financing. Email: E. Richard Oberschmidt | | Michael J. O'Grady (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1992); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1995; M.B.A., 1996). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Real Estate; Commercial. Email: Michael J. O'Grady | | David C. Olson (Member) born Ashtabula, Ohio, June 27, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1971); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1978). Vice-Chair, ABA's Fidelity and Surety Committee. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Construction; Fidelity and Surety. Email: David C. Olson | | Bill J. Paliobeis (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, October 2, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 1997, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1998, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., 1992); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1996). Member: Cleveland, Kentucky and American Bar Associations; Northern Kentucky Bar Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Bill J. Paliobeis | | Scott D. Phillips (Member) born Dayton, Ohio, October 14, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A. and B.B.A., 1984); The Washington College of Law, The American University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Practice Areas: Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Land Use Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Scott D. Phillips | | T. Stephen Phillips (Member) born Tennyson, Indiana, October 1, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Ohio; 1967, Indiana. Education: DePauw University (A.B., 1963); Duke University (LL.B., 1966). Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Probate; Individual Income Tax Planning; Closely Held Business Representation. Email: T. Stephen Phillips | | Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson, III (Member) born Covington, Kentucky, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio; 1972, Kentucky; 1999, Tennessee. Education: University of Kentucky (J.D., 1971). Named Outstanding Lawyer in Kentucky, Kentucky Bar Association, 1989. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1999—. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Litigation; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice. Email: Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson, III | | Jeffrey S. Rosenstiel (Member) born Florence, Kentucky, September 13, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 1997, Kentucky, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky. Education: Kentucky State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Adjunct Professor, Chase College of Law (1996-2006). City of Ft. Thomas Planning Commission (1998-2006). Director: Girl Scout Council of Licking Valley (1999-2004). Member: Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Ohio State and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Financial Institution Litigation(50%); Bankruptcy Litigation(50%). Email: Jeffrey S. Rosenstiel | | Jeffery R. Rush (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, September 18, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio. Education: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1972); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1975). Listed in Woodward & White's The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Real Estate; Corporate; Workouts. Email: Jeffery R. Rush | | David E. Schmit (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, February 18, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal, Fourth and Sixth Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.S.E.E., 1969; M.S.E.E., 1976); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1975). Member: Cincinnati and Ohio Bar Associations; Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association. Reported Cases: Warner-Jenkinson v. Hilton Davis (United States Supreme Court); Ethicon v. Quigg; Mas-Hamilton Group v. La Gard; Senmed v. Richard-Allan Medical(Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit); Valco v. N&D Machining Service (Ohio Supreme Court). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation(90%, 12); Intellectual Property Counseling(10%, 75); Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition. Email: David E. Schmit | | Ann Gallagher Schoen (Chairperson, Intellectual Property Department) born Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, July 4, 1962; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S.Ch.E., 1984); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Prosecution. Email: Ann Gallagher Schoen | | Charles E. Schroer (Member) born Covington, Kentucky, August 11, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1980, Kentucky. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1976); St. Louis University (J.D., 1979). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, International Council of Shopping Centers. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and Kentucky Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Shopping Center Law; Public Incentives; Historic Preservation; Transportation Law. Email: Charles E. Schroer | | Philip J. Schworer (Member) born Covington, Kentucky, June 24, 1955; admitted to bar, 1986, Ohio; 1987, Kentucky. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.S., 1977; M.S., 1980); Northern Kentucky University (J.D., 1986). Order of the Curia. Author: "Overview of Brownfield Redevelopment Initiatives," No. R. Ky. Law Review, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Vol. 25, No. 1, 1997. Member: Cincinnati Bar Association (President, 2008-2009); Ohio Consortium of Metropolitan Bar Association (President, 2008-2009). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; OSHA Defense; Environmental Health and Safety. Email: Philip J. Schworer | | Samuel M. Scoggins (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, May 8, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio. Education: Denison University (B.A., with honors, 1972); University of Virginia (J.D., 1975). Member: Counselors of Real Estate. Reported Cases: Princeton City School Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Zaino (2002), 94 Ohio St.3d 66 (upheld township's tax increment financing of public improvements) Practice Areas: Corporate; State and Local Taxation; Property Tax Appeals; Real Estate; Real Estate Brokerage Law. Email: Samuel M. Scoggins | | Robert D. Shank (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, April 8, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Indiana; 1998, Ohio. Education: Xavier University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1992); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1996). Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1994-1996. Vanderbilt Moot Court Board. Member: Cincinnati Bar Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Labor and Employment; Unfair Competition; Trade Secrets. Email: Robert D. Shank | | David A. Skidmore, Jr. (Member) born 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1987); University of Kent at Canterbury (M.A., 1988); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law(50%); Wrongful Termination(20%); Covenants Not To Compete(30%). Email: David A. Skidmore, Jr. | | Christina M. Sprecher (Partner) born Wabash, Indiana, March 1, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio. Education: Indiana University at Bloomington (B.A., 1992); Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Moot Court Society, National Team - Valparaiso University School of Law. Recipient: Ohio Rising Star Award, Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars Edition, Cincinnati Magazine, 2006; Inspiring Fine Arts Volunteer Award, Inspire Magazine, Magazine Division of Cincinnati Enquirer, 2006. Member, International Council of Shopping Centers. Member, Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Cincinnati Ballet. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American (Member: ABA Real Property; Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Transactions; Shopping Center Law; Residential Real Estate Transactions; Leases and Leasing; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Commercial Real Estate Development. Email: Christina M. Sprecher | | Kevin S. Sprecher (Member) born Willingboro, New Jersey, February 24, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Purdue University (B.S.I.E., 1992); Valparaiso University (J.D., 1995). Delta Theta Phi. Notes Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); Institute of Industrial Engineers; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association; Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Prosecution and Litigation. Email: Kevin S. Sprecher | | Jeffrey R. Teeters (Member) born Jackson Center, Ohio, July 18, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: University of Dayton (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1993). Member, 1991-1993, Executive Editor, 1992-1993, University of Cincinnati Law Review. Author: Casenote, "Internal Consistency of Ohio Jury Interrogatories," 61 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 365. Co-Editor of ABA Litigation Section's "Business Torts Journal," 2004-2008. Member, Editorial Board, ABA's "Litigation News," 2008. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Antitrust; Litigation; Business Torts Litigation Committee). Reported Cases: Nilavar v. Mercy Health System-Western Ohio, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 19127 (6th Cir. Aug. 2007); Gentile v. Fifth Avenue Otolaryngology, Inc., et al., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60881 (N.D. Ohio 2006). Practice Areas: Covenants Not to Compete; Trade Secrets; Antitrust; Civil Litigation; Accountants Liability. Email: Jeffrey R. Teeters | | Douglas D. Thomson (Member) born Quantico, Virginia, June 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Ohio. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1983); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1986); New York University (LL.M., 1987). Practice Areas: Nonprofit Corporations and Associations; Corporate Law; Taxation. Email: Douglas D. Thomson | | H. Lawson Walker, II (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, February 10, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1976, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.B.A., 1972; J.D., 1975). Member, Board of Directors, Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati International Airport, 2001—. Member and Vice Chairman, Executive Committee, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, 1999—. Member, Board of Directors, University of Cincinnati Law School Alumni Association, 1999—. Director, Kentucky Historical Society 2003—. Member, Kentucky House of Representatives, 1987-1993. Vice Chair, Banking and Insurance Committee, 1989-1993. Director, University of Cincinnati Alumni Association, 1986-1994. Candidate for Lt. Governor of Kentucky, 1991. Chairman, Republican Party of the Fourth Congressional District, 1992-1997. Director and Member Emeritus, Northern Kentucky Easter Seal Society, 1982-1990. Director, Sanitation District, 1992-2001. President 1981, and Legislative Chair, Northern Kentucky. Member: Cincinnati, Kentucky (Life Fellow) and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Government Relations; Planning and Zoning; Civil Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Municipal Law; Civil Rights Litigation. Email: H. Lawson Walker, II | | David W. Walulik (Member) born Steubenville, Ohio, June 23, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999 Pennsylvania; 2003, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., Education, 1994; B.A., History, 1994; J.D., 1999). Order of the Coif Ohio State Moot Court Ohio State Law Journal. Member: Ohio State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage. Email: David W. Walulik | | Steven M. Wesloh (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, March 22, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1993); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1996). Member, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1994-1996. Co-author: "Short-Changing Short-Term Risk: A Study In Superfund Remedy Selection," 15 Yale J. Reg. 198 (1998). Member: Cincinnati (Chair, Environmental Law Committee) and Ohio State (Member, Environmental Law Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Steven M. Wesloh | | W. Russell Wilson (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, January 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Ohio. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1980); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Shopping Center Law. Email: W. Russell Wilson | | George E. Yund (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, April 15, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974), Phi Beta Kappa; University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law. Email: George E. Yund | | Hilla M. Zerbst (Member) born Florence, South Carolina, December 1, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1970); Capital University (J.D., 1978). Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. (Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense(90%); Labor and Employment(10%). Email: Hilla M. Zerbst | | SENIOR ASSOCIATES | | Eliot G. Bastian (Senior Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio; 2006, Kentucky. Education: Xavier University of Louisiana; Louisiana State University Medical Center; Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Kentucky Bar Association. Email: Eliot G. Bastian | | Stacy Christman Blomeke (Senior Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio; 2006, Kentucky. Education: Xavier University (B.S., cum laude, 1995); University of Cincinnati (M.S., 1996); University of Dayton (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Member: Mortar Board; Psi Chi Society, Xavier University. Recipient: Criminal Justice Department Honor Award, Xavier University; American Jurisprudence Award in Estate Planning, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Criminal Trial Practice; Walter H. Rice Moot Court Competition, Best Brief, University of Dayton. Associate Editor, University of Dayton Law Review, 1999-2000. Author: "A Surrogacy Agreement That Could Have and Should Have Been Enforced: R.R. v. M.H., 689 N.E.2d 790 (Mass. 1998)," University of Dayton Law Review, Vol. 24, issue 3, Spring 1999. Member: Cincinnati Bar Association (Member, Committees on: Estate Planning and Probate; Taxation; Women Lawyers; Fee Arbitration; Ethics); Butler County Bar Association; Warren County Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Estate Planning; Trust and Probate Law); American Bar Association (Member: Real Property; Probate and Trust; Young Lawyers Division; Family Law Section). (Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Practice Areas: Tax; Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Trusts and Estates; Trust Litigation; Wealth Preservation. Email: Stacy Christman Blomeke | | Julie M. Tomlinson Bruns (Senior Associate) born Dayton, Ohio, May 14, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1996); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation. Email: Julie M. Tomlinson Bruns | | Mary M. Godar (Senior Associate) admitted to bar, 1995, California; 1996, Virginia; 2002, Ohio. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 1992); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 1995). Phi Beta Kappa. Traynor Honor Society. Chair, Women Lawyers Committee, 2005-2007. Scholarship Co-chair, Purdue Club of Cincinnati. Member: American Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization. Email: Mary M. Godar | | Stephen M. Gracey (Senior Associate) born Covington, Kentucky, December 31, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio; 2004, Kentucky. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1999); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Stephen M. Gracey | | Kyle R. Grubbs (Senior Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, April 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Thomas More College (B.A., 1998); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 2001). Order of the Coif. Corporate Law Fellow, 1999-2001. Recipient: Lawrence Maxwell Award for Advocacy, 1999; William H. Lueders Prize for Wills, 2001. Casenotes and Comments Editor, Immigration & Nationality Law Review, 2000-2001. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Menninger v. First Franklin Financial Corp. (In re Fryman), 314 B.R. 137 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2004). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Financial Restructuring; Commercial Real Estate; Leases and Leasing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Bankruptcy; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Retail Development; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Leasing; Lease Terminations; Office Leasing; Retail Leasing; Shopping Center Leasing; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Commercial Bankruptcy. Email: Kyle R. Grubbs | | Kari K. Hall (Senior Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1996); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 2003). Order of the Coif. Corporate Law Fellow. Author, "How Big Is The MAC?," University of Cincinnati Law Review, Spring 2003. Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Kari K. Hall | | Catherine Ann Heitchue Reed (Senior Associate) born Mt. Clemens, Michigan, June 8, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 2000; J.D., 2003). Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment(100%). Email: Catherine Ann Heitchue Reed | | Kevin K. Malof (Senior Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, November 27, 1967; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1990); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 2000). Member, National Moot Court Board, 1998-2000. Speaker: "Commercial Real Estate Finance," Lorman Continuing Education Seminar, 2004, 2005, 2006; "Zoning and Land Use," Lorman Continuing Education Seminar, 2006; "Contractor's Guide to Getting Paid," ACI Seminar Series, 2006. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Loans; Construction Law. Email: Kevin K. Malof | | Mr. Joseph A. Tomain (Senior Associate) born Long Branch, New Jersey, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois; 2003, Ohio. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1998; J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Cincinnati, Chicago, Illinois State, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Complex Business Litigation; Media Law Litigation; Appellate. Email: Mr. Joseph A. Tomain | | Andrew B. Ulmer (Senior Associate) born Columbus, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., Physics, 1999); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 2003). Order of the Coif. Associate Member, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 2001-2002. Author: "Media, Advertising, & Entertainment Law Throughout the World," Andrew B. Ulmer ed., Thomson West 2008. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State and American (Member, Intellectual Property Section) Bar Associations; Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Computer and Software Patents; Electrical Patents; Electro-Mechanical Patents; Electronic Patents; International Patent Prosecution; Mechanical Patents; Medical Patents; Patent Applications; Patent Infringement; Patent Prosecution. Email: Andrew B. Ulmer | | ASSOCIATES | | Beth A. Buchanan (Associate) born Medina, Ohio, April 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Ohio State University (B.S.B.A., 1986); University of Dayton (J.D., summa cum laude, 1997). Phi Delta Phi. Executive Editor, University of Dayton Law Review. Author: "Liens Pass Through Bankruptcy Unaffected" - Or Do They? In re Penrod - Challenging on Adage, University of Dayton Law Review, Vol. 21, Winter 1996; "Use of Restraints in the Hospital Setting: Is the Law a Help or Hindrance to the Advancement of Changing Medical Ideology?" University of Dayton Law Review, Vol. 22, Fall 1996. Member: American Bankruptcy Institute; American Bankruptcy Law Forum; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditor's Rights; Workouts. Email: Beth A. Buchanan | | Amy L. Combs (Associate) born Jamestown, Ohio, July 2, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Cedarville University (B.A., Applied Psychology/Counseling, with high honors, 2000); Wright State University (M.S., Business and Industrial Management Counseling, 2002); University of Dayton (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Finalist, Walter Rice Moot Court Competition, 2005. Staff Writer and Notes and Comments Editor, University of Dayton Law Review, 2004-2005. Member, American Bar Association, 2005-2006. Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Email: Amy L. Combs | | Amy S. Crotty (Staff Attorney) born Boston, Massachusetts, June 7, 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio. Education: University of Miami (B.A., cum laude, 1993); The Ohio State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation. Email: Amy S. Crotty | | Neil Desai (Associate) born 1980; (Admission pending). Education: Miami University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Neil Desai | | Monica L. Dias (Associate) born Paducah, Kentucky, 1962; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio; 2002, Kentucky, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Western Kentucky University (B.A., 1984); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 2001). Legal Fellow, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA, 2001-2002. Member: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Northern Kentucky and Kentucky Bar Associations Practice Areas: Media Law; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Commercial Law. Email: Monica L. Dias | | Rodney E. Driscoll (Associate) born Holton, Kansas, April 6, 1965; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. (Not admitted in Ohio). Education: Kansas State University (B.S., magna cum laude; B.S.I.E., magna cum laude, 1988); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1997; LL.M., Employee Benefits, with honors, 2002). Phi Kappa Phi; Tau Beta Pi. Member: Illinois State (Council Member, Employee Benefits Section) and Northwest Suburban (Member, Employment Law Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: ERISA; Executive Compensation; Retirement Benefit Plans; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; Health Benefits; Employment Contracts; Unemployment Compensation. Email: Rodney E. Driscoll |
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