(Main Office)

Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP was established in 1994 by eight lawyers from the Columbus office of Jones Day. The Firm is a litigation boutique with an emphasis on complex and class action litigation primarily in the areas of business and commercial law, antitrust, banking and consumer finance, energy, First Amendment, government regulation, health care, libel, marketing and franchise law, professional liability defense, products liability, public policy, real estate/construction, securities, sports law, taxation, and white collar criminal defense.

The firm's lawyers have been recognized as comprising one of Ohio's outstanding litigation firms by various publications such as Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (areas: banking law; civil trial practice; commercial litigation; communication law; employment benefits law; franchise law; products liability law; professional liability); Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business; The Best Lawyers in America and Ohio's Super Lawyers.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Trial, Appellate and Federal Practice, Antitrust, Banking, Business, Commercial, Franchise Law, Employment, Energy, Media, First Amendment, Government Regulation, Health Care, Libel, Communications Law, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Public Policy, Real Estate/Construction, Sports Law, Taxation, White Collar Criminal Defense, Complex, Class Action and Multi-District Litigation.

Representative Clients:

American Electric Power
American Express Co.
American Honda Motor Co.
Bank of America
Capmark Affordable Realty Advisors, LLC
Care Source Management Group
Charter One Bank
Chelsea Title
Columbia Gas of Ohio
Developer Finance Corporation
DirecTV, Inc.
Dominion East Ohio
Evenflo Company, Inc.
Fairbanks Capital Corporation
Federal Express Corporation
Fifth Third Bank
First American Title Insurance Company, Inc.
General Motors Corporation
GMAC, LLC
GMAC Mortgage Corporation, LLC
Giant Eagle, Inc.
Green Mountain Energy Co.
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Hartford Financial Services Group
Homecomings Financial LLC
Huntington National Bank
Intralot, Inc.
Isuzu Motors America, Inc.
Kawasaki Motors Corp.
Kia Motors America
Massey Enterprises, Inc.
Meijer, Inc.
Nationwide Insurance
New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
Newell Rubbermaid
Nissan Motor Corp.
Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association
Ohio Electric Utility Institute
Ohio Licensed Beverage Association
Ohio Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association
Physician Weblink, Inc.
Residential Funding Company, LLC
Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.
Syntiro Healthcare Services, Inc.
Takata Corporation
Textron Financial Corporation
3M Company
TIAA-CREF
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
United States Steel Corporation
Vectren Corporation
Wholesale Beer and Wine Association of Ohio.

Address

280 Plaza, Suite 1300
280 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43215, (Delaware, Fairfield & Franklin Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 614-365-4100
Facsimile: 614-365-9145

Website

http://www.carpenterlipps.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Michael H. Carpenter (Member) born Huntington, West Virginia, March 3, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974; J.D., cum laude, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Class Actions; Multi-District Litigation.Email: Michael H. Carpenter

Jeffrey A. Lipps (Member) born Painesville, Ohio, August 23, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978; J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Student Articles Editor and Chairperson, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1980-1981. Practice Areas: Finance; Litigation; Securities.Email: Jeffrey A. Lipps

David J. Leland (Member) born September 18, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1975); Capital University Law School (J.D., 1978). Strickland-Fisher Inaugural Committee President/CEO, 2006-2007; Finance Chair, Ted Strickland for Governor, 2005-2006; Ohio State Democratic Party Chair, 1995-2002; Ohio State Legislator, 1983-1985.Email: David J. Leland

David A. Wallace (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio; 1991, District of Columbia. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., cum laude, 1981); George Washington University (J.D., 1985). Notes Editor, The George Washington Journal of International Law & Economics, 1983-1985. Law Clerk to Hon. David D. Dowd, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1985-1987.Email: David A. Wallace

Kort W. Gatterdam (Member) born Princeton, New Jersey, October 26, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio. Education: Ohio University (B.A., cum laude, 1984); University of Florida Law School (J.D., 1987).Email: Kort W. Gatterdam

Timothy R. Bricker (Member) born Salem, Ohio, December 20, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio. Education: University of Akron (B.S. cum laude, 1989); Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 1993). Member, Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution, 1992-1993.Email: Timothy R. Bricker

Angela Paul Whitfield (Member) born Ravenna, Ohio, June 11, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., with honors, 1993); University of Texas (J.D., 1997). Recent Developments Editor, Journal of Business Law, 1996-1997.Email: Angela Paul Whitfield

Mark A. Whitt (Member) born Alliance, Ohio, March 18, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio; 2006, Illinois. Education: The University of Akron (B.S., cum laude, 1993); The University of Akron School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Editor-in-Chief, Akron Law Review.Email: Mark A. Whitt

Katheryn M. Lloyd (Member) born Brandy Station, Virginia, June 25, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); Duke University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Member, National Moot Court Team. Member, Jessup Moot Court Team. Member, Rousseau International Moot Court Team. Staff/Style Editor, The Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, 2000-2002.Email: Katheryn M. Lloyd

ASSOCIATES

Christopher T. Kennedy (Associate) born Watertown, New York, June 24, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio; 2004, District of Columbia; 2009, New York. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); The Ohio State University (M.A., 1999); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Phi Beta Kappa. Managing Editor, Law and Contemporary Problems, 2001-2002.Email: Christopher T. Kennedy

Shana Ortiz See (Associate) born Fairfax, Virginia, February 23, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois; 2004, Ohio. Education: Kenyon College (B.A., with highest honors, 1998); Duke University (J.D., 2002); Northwestern University (LL.M., Taxation, 2003).Email: Shana Ortiz See

Joel E. Sechler (Associate) born Johnstown, Pennsylvania, November 12, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: Susquehanna University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2000); The Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 2003). Associate Editor, The Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, 2001-2003.Email: Joel E. Sechler

Karen M. Cadieux (Associate) born Batavia, New York, July 5, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 2002); Capital University Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Order of the Curia. Research Editor, Capital University Law Review, 2004-2005.Email: Karen M. Cadieux

Nichole M. Reiss (Associate) born Sidney, Ohio, March 7, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2000); Boston College Law School (J.D., 2005).Email: Nichole M. Reiss

Nicholas P. Zalany (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 5, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2002); Phi Beta Kappa; The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2005); New York University School of Law (LL.M., 2006). Articles Editor, The Ohio State Law Journal, 2004-2005. Member, Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, 2004-2005.Email: Nicholas P. Zalany

Colleen M. O'Donnell (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, February 10, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 2003); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2006).Email: Colleen M. O'Donnell

Bradley A. Strickling (Associate) born Marion, Ohio, January 7, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 2002); The University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2006).Email: Bradley A. Strickling

Barton R. Keyes (Associate) born Painesville, Ohio, November 23, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2005); The Ohio State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Order of the Coif. Chief Managing Editor, The Ohio State Law Journal, 2007-2008.Email: Barton R. Keyes

Erik P. Henry (Associate) born Akron, Ohio, February 25, 1984; (Admission pending). Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2005); Capital University Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 2009). Order of the Curia. Managing Editor, Capital University Law Review, 2008-2009.Email: Erik P. Henry

OF COUNSEL

Michael N. Beekhuizen (Of Counsel) born Dayton, Ohio, May 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1991); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Ohio State Law Journal, 1994-1995. Law Clerk to Hon. Monroe G. McKay, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1995-1996.Email: Michael N. Beekhuizen