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Address
100 East Broad Street, Suite 600
Columbus, Ohio 43215 (Delaware, Fairfield & Franklin Cos.)
Average Client Review Rating
Rating not available
Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
out of 5
Eastman & Smith Ltd. is the oldest firm in the Toledo, Ohio area and one of the oldest firms in the state of Ohio, having been in continuous existence through predecessor firms since 1844. We are committed to continued growth consistent with the training necessary to maintain professional standards. Our growth has been generated both internally and through merger, resulting in an expansion of capabilities which responds to our clients' needs. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice: Corporate, Business, Banking, Taxation, Real Estate, Securities, Antitrust, Environmental, Public, Labor and Employment, Civil Rights, Employee Benefits, Insurance, Hospital and Health Care, Estate Planning, Pension and Estate Planning, Probate, Workers Compensation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Immigration and Naturalization, Education Law. Year Established: 1844
Firm Size: 79
ClientsEDUCATION: Buckeye Community Hope Foundation Buckeye Online School for Success Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy Cleveland Entrepreneurship Preparatory School Constellation Community Schools EdVantages The Leona Group, LLC Lucas County Educational Service Center Mahoning Unlimited Classroom North Dayton School of Discovery Ohio Coalition for Quality Education Pathway School of Discovery Swanton Local School District Terra Community College Toledo School for the Arts University of Findlay
FINANCIAL SERVICES: The Farmers and Merchants State Bank Fifth Third Bank Financial Federal Credit Union Inc. Glass City Federal Credit Union The Huntington National Bank Signature Bank N.A.
FOOD INDUSTRY: Ballreich Bros., Inc. Cargill Incorporated Chief Super Markets, Inc. Consolidated Biscuit Co. The Fremont Pure Food Company Golden Heritage Foods, LLC Hickory Farms, Inc. Spartan Stores, Inc.
HEALTH CARE: Magruder Hospital Memorial Hospital (Fremont) The Toledo Clinic, Inc. Toledo OrthopaedicSurgeons, Inc. Toledo Radiological Associates, Inc. Van Wert County Hospital
MANUFACTURING: Art Iron, Inc. Black & Decker, Inc. Chrysler LLC Dana Corporation Deerfield Manufacturing Defiance Metal Products Glasstech, Inc. IMCO Carbide Tool, Inc. International Automotive Systems Group North America, Inc. Lear Corporation Lennox International Master Chemical Co. North Star BlueScope Steel Ltd. OmniSource Corporation Solar Cells, Inc. Tenneco Automotive United Technologies Corporation Winzeler Stamping Co. York International
PUBLIC SECTOR: Defiance, Fulton, Paulding, Williams, Joint Solid Waste Management District Delaware, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Joint Solid Waste Management District Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Joint Solid Waste Management District Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management District Solid Waste Management Authority of Central Ohio Erie County and the Erie County Solid Waste Management District Hancock County and the Hancock County Solid Waste Management District Lucas County Improvement Corporation Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Wood County Economic Development Commission.
SERVICES: American Empire Insurance American International Group Carrier Corporation Chicago Title Insurance Co. Danberry Co. Realtors Envirosafe Services of Ohio, Inc. Fidelity National Financial The Hartford Indiana Farm Bureau Lloyds of London Medical College of Ohio Foundation The Medical Protective Co. NCMIC Insurance Group OBS Financial Services Inc. Ohio Bar Liability Insurance Company Online Brokerage Services Inc. Physicians Insurance Co. of Ohio Pro Assurance, Inc. Santek Environmental of Ohio, Inc. Sky Insurance Systech Environmental Corp. Toledo Engineering Co., Inc.
TRANSPORTATION: Fed Ex Ground Transportation Inc. Roadway Express, Inc.
Address100 East Broad Street, Suite 600 Columbus, OH 43215, (Delaware, Fairfield & Franklin Cos.)
PhonePhone: 614-280-1770 Fax: 614-280-1777
Websitehttp://www.eastmansmith.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesToledo, Ohio: (Main Office) One Seagate Twenty-Fourth Floor P.O. Box 10032 43699-0032. Telephone: 419-241-6000. Fax: 419-247-1777.
Novi, Michigan: 28175 Haggerty Road 48337. Telephone: 248-994-7757. Fax: 248-994-7758
Findlay, Ohio: 725 South Main Street 45840. Telephone: 419-424-5487. Fax: 419-424-9860.
(For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at Toledo, Ohio)
MEMBERS OF FIRMAmy J. Borman (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1954; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio; 1991, Michigan. Education: Wittenberg University (B.Mus., cum laude, 1976); University of Michigan (M.Mus., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Toledo (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Author: "Procedural Due Process and 'The Mere Right of Reply' - Duchesne v. Williams," The University of Toledo Law Review, Sixth Circuit Review, V 20 N3 Spring 1989. Practice Areas: Education Law; Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Construction Law; Contracts; Corporate Law.Email: Amy J. Borman
Thomas A. Dixon (Member) born Chillicothe, Ohio, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., 1979); University of Toledo (J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Workers Compensation.Email: Thomas A. Dixon
Joseph Ross Durham (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio. Education: College of Wooster (B.A., 1987); Lewis and Clark College at Northwestern School of Law (J.D., 1990; Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law, 1990). Former Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Franklin County. Former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Ohio. Practice Areas: Environmental Law.Email: Joseph Ross Durham
Thomas J. Gibney (Member) born Iowa City, Iowa, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio; 1986, Michigan; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985).Email: Thomas J. Gibney
Joseph A. Gregg (Member) born Bloomington, Illinois, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Miami University (A.B., with honors, 1978); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1981). Member: Ohio State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Litigation.Email: Joseph A. Gregg
Michael P. Henry (Member) born Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio. Education: Marquette University (B.A., 1991); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1994); Capital University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1998). Practice Areas: Corporate; Estate Planning; Tax.Email: Michael P. Henry
Dirk P. Plessner (Member) born Toledo, Ohio, 1952; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.B.A., 1984; M.B.A., 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1987). Member: Organization of Solid Waste Districts of Ohio; Solid Waste Association of America. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Environmental Cleanup; Environmental Permitting.Email: Dirk P. Plessner
Richard T. Sargeant (Member) born Norwalk, Ohio, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Capital University (B.S., 1969); The Ohio State University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Public Law.Email: Richard T. Sargeant
Mark A. Shaw (Member) born Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio; 1996, Utah. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1988); University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Order of the Coif. Author, "Institutional Academic Freedom Fails to Protect Disclosure of Peer Review Evaluations: University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC," 22 U. Tol. L. Rev. 1089. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation; Labor and Employment.Email: Mark A. Shaw
ASSOCIATESGarrett Cravener (Associate) born Sharon, Pennsylvania, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2005; J.D., cum laude, 2008).Email: Garrett Cravener
Holly L. Papalia (Associate) born Coshocton, Ohio, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Ohio University (B.S., 2002); Capital University Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.Email: Holly L. Papalia
Rene L. Rimelspach (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001 Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., with honors, 2001). Publication: "Mediating Family Disputes in a World with Domestic Violence: How To Devise a Safe and Effective Court-Connected Mediation Program," 17 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. 95. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Government; Labor and Employment.Email: Rene L. Rimelspach
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