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Address
100 East Broad Street, Suite 600
Columbus, Ohio 43215 (Delaware, Fairfield & Franklin Cos.)
Average Client Review Rating
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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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