Cowden & Humphrey Co. LPA

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Law Firm in Cleveland, Ohio
 
Address
4415 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44103
(Cuyahoga Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 216-241-2880  
Telecopier: 216-241-2881
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http://www.cowdenlaw.com
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Cowden & Humphrey Co. LPA practices in the following areas of law:
Outsourced general counsel, Corporate and international, Corporate formation and structure, Finance and capital formation, Securities, mergers and acquisitions, Lender and borrower representation, Real estate and Urban Development, Litigation, Construction Law, Business succession counseling, Bankruptcy and creditors rights.
Year Established: 1991
Firm Profile:
CH Co. LPA was founded in 1991 as a law firm committed to providing legal guidance and counsel to the owners and managers of entrepreneurial and closely held businesses. Our firm blends experience, knowledge, wisdom, faith and perseverance to provide solutions for the unique business, legal and life decisions that our clients' success requires.

Our focus is to guide our clients from formation to growth to financing to success to succession and beyond.

We are proud to say that we are a law firm of entrepreneurs advising entrepreneurs.

Firm Size: 14
Office Hours:
Monday: 07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 07:30 AM - 06:00 PM
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Gerald W. Cowden (Member) born Monongahela, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., 1971); University of Akron (J.D., 1975). Member: Board of Editors, Akron Law Review, 1974-1975. Member: Akron (Member: Young Lawyers School Program 1975-1980, Corporate Section), Ohio State (Member: Corporation Section; Taxation Committee; Partnership Subcommittee) and American (Member: Corporation Law Committee; Taxation Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Corporate Finance; Banking Law; Securities. Email: Gerald W. Cowden
Robert M. Humphrey (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1985, U.S. Tax Court; 1989, Illinois. Education: University of Cincinnati; Bridgewater State College (B.A., 1978); Suffolk University (J.D., 1982); Georgetown University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1988). Author: Case Comment, "Indigents' Right to Appointed Counsel in Parental Rights Termination Proceedings - Lassiter v. Department of Social Services of Durham County, North Carolina, 101 S. Ct. 2153 (1981)," Suffolk University Law Review, Vol. XVI, Number 1; "Stumbling Over the Dog: Treatment of Withdrawing Employers Under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980," 359-2nd Tax Management Portfolio, Multiemployer Plans Special Rules, B-401. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Corporate Finance; Federal Taxation; International Transactions; Intellectual Property. Email: Robert M. Humphrey
Frank P. Nagorney (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.S., 1972); New York University (J.D., 1975). Member: Council of Smaller Enterprises, National Association of Metal Finishers, 1991-1995; Institute of Packaging Professionals, 1993-1995. Member, Ohio Organization for Recycling & Reuse; United States Fencing Association (USOC). Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Finance; Taxation; Bankruptcy; Environmental; Estate Planning; Intellectual Property; International Taxation; Real Estate. Email: Frank P. Nagorney
Terrence J. Steel (Member) born Akron, Ohio, March 3, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio; 1973, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1970). Member: Akron (Member, Executive Committee, 1981-1983; Treasurer, 1984-1985; President, 1992-1993; Member, Bankruptcy Section, 1989—; Vice-President, 1996-1997), Ohio State (Member: House of Delegates, 1989-1990; 1994-1996; Board of Governors, 1998-2000; Real Property & Litigation Sections) and American (Member, National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1991-1993.) Bar Associations. [With JAGC, USAF, 1972]. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Real Property; Probate; Estate Planning. Email: Terrence J. Steel
Norman R. Fisher, Jr. (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 14, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Ohio; 1973, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: University of Salzburg, Austria (Foreign Study Program, 1966); Bowling Green University (B.A., 1969); University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., 1972). Order of Barristers. Member, Moot Court. Licensed Commercial Pilot, 2000. Practice Areas: Corporate Law(50%); Litigation(50%). Email: Norman R. Fisher, Jr.
Karl E. May (Member) born 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio. Education: Ohio Northern University (B.A., with high distinction, 1971); The Ohio State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1974). Order of the Coif; Ohio State Law Journal. Co-Author: "The Sixth Circuit and Securities Laws: A Survey of Decisions from 1983 through 1985," 17 Univ. of Toledo Law Review 549, 1986. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Law; Business Law; Litigation.
Thomas J. Talcott (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, March 16, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1976, Ohio; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., summa cum laude, 1970); New York University (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, New York University Law Review, 1973-1974. Author: "Going Private and the Independent Director," National Association of Corporate Directors' Corporate Board Member Magazine, December 2003. Member: Cleveland and American Bar Associations; Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Finance; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Oil and Gas Law. Email: Thomas J. Talcott
James A. Sennett (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 11, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 1974); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1979). Geauga County Prosecutor Office, 1980. Geauga County Public Defender's Office, 1981-1983. Member: Cleveland, Akron and Ohio State Bar Associations; Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys; American Association for Justice; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability; Employment Law. Email: James A. Sennett
Mary Grace Balazs (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, December 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio. Education: John Carroll University (B.A., 1976); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1979). Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Federal Employment Law; National Labor Relations Act.
Frederic P. Schwieg (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1985). Moot Court. Member, Niagara International Moot Court Team. Journal of International Law. Member, Turnaround Management Association. Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Suhar v. Burns (In Re Burns), 322 F.3d 421(6th Cir. 2003). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Frederic P. Schwieg
Therese Sweeney Drake (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, January 16, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1979); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1984). Member: Cleveland (Member: Real Estate, Probate and Estate Planning Sections, 1995—) Bar Association; Ohio Women's Bar Association; The Cuyahoga County Law Directors Association; National Network of Commercial Real Estate Women; CREW Cleveland, Inc. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Transactions; Municipal Law; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Therese Sweeney Drake
Jeffrey L. Nischwitz (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Courts of Appeals, Sixth and Third Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ohio Northern University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1981); Ohio State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1984). Order of The Coif. Member, Ohio State University Law Review Board. Author: Note, "The Crumbling Tower of Architectural Immunity: Evolution and Expansion of Liability to Third Parties," 45 Ohio St. L.J. 217 (1984); reprinted in Legal Handbook for Architects, Engineers and Contractors (1985); "Think Again! Innovative Approaches to the Business of Law," American Bar Association (2007). Member: American Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association; Cleveland Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Business Mediation; ERISA Litigation. Email: Jeffrey L. Nischwitz
James D. Wilson (Member) born Sharon, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania; 1989, Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Collection Techniques, Law and Representation of Creditors in Bankruptcy Matters in Ohio," PSI, 2005. Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Creditors Rights; Creditor Bankruptcy; Intellectual Property Litigation; Employment Litigation.
Mary Jo Paulett-Toumert (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1956; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1979); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1987). Practice Areas: Employer Rights; Collective Bargaining; Employment Contracts; Employment Defense; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Federal Employment Law; Management Employment Law; Personnel Policies; Public Sector Collective Bargaining; Wage and Hour Law; Wrongful Termination Defense.
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John Storey (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: College of Wooster (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Banking Law; International Law.
Laura A. Reinstein (Associate) born October 24, 1979; admitted to bar, Ohio 2005; Michigan 2006. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 2002); The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Cleveland Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation.
Nathan J. Hudak (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 2000); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2006). Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Securities; Finance.


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