With offices throughout 4 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.

Statement of Practice

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.

Firm Affiliations

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.

Former Names

(Frost & Jacobs LLP) (Brown, Todd & Heyburn PLLC)

Address

One Columbus
10 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3484, (Delaware, Fairfield & Franklin Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 614-464-1211
Telecopier: 614-464-1737

Website

http://www.frostbrowntodd.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MEMBERS

Jack C. Butler (Member) born Waukesha, Wisconsin, August 12, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Ohio. Education: Miami University (A.B., 1969); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1972); University of Miami (LL.M., 1973). Member: Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Real Estate.Email: Jack C. Butler

John I. Cadwallader (Member) born Toledo, Ohio, March 25, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio; 1979, Florida. Education: Denison University (B.A., cum laude, 1974); University of Chicago (M.A., 1975); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1978). Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation. Co-Author: "Renovating and Expanding Existing Regional Shopping Centers," International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), 1999 ICSC National Law Conference; "Retooling REA's: Evaluation of the Critical Elements of the Typical REA," 2001 ICSC Regional Law Conference; "Expansions: Breathing New Life into Old Shopping Centers," 2003 ICSC Regional Law Conference. Contributing Author: "Crafting Lease Clauses, Volume III," ICSC, 2003. Member, International Council of Shopping Centers. Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America". Member: Columbus (Member, Real Property and Business Law Committees), Ohio State (Member, Board of Governors for the Real Property Law Section; Real Property Law and Corporate Counsel Sections) and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section); American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: John I. Cadwallader

Brian J. Downey (Member) born Santa Fe, New Mexico; admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia; 1998, Ohio. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., 1991); George Mason University (J.D., 1996). Symposium Editor, George Mason University Law Review. Co-Editor, 1997 Annual Survey of Letter of Credit Law and Practice (Institute of International Banking Law and Practice, Inc.). Member: Virginia State Bar.Email: Brian J. Downey

Steven J. Ellcessor (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, May 21, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio. Education: Miami University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1974); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, American Society of Corporate Secretaries. Member: Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Food and Agriculture.Email: Steven J. Ellcessor

William M. Harter (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, July 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 1999, West Virginia; 2000, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1996; J.D., 1999). Public Service Fellow. Reader, Ohio Board of Bar Examiners. Member: Columbus, Ohio State, West Virginia State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Insurance Coverage Disputes; Insurance Defense.Email: William M. Harter

Nicolette R. Hudson (Member) born Springfield, Ohio, March 8, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1994); University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Ohio State Bar Association (Member, IP Board of Governors, 2003); International Trademark Association. Practice Areas: Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition; Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Nicolette R. Hudson

Russell J. Kutell (Member) born New York, New York, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1993, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1997, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1989); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Financial Institutions Litigation.

Jeffrey N. Lindemann (Member) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 4, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., with highest distinction, 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1990). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Workers' Compensation.Email: Jeffrey N. Lindemann

Richard D. Rogovin (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1966, Pennsylvania; 1968, Ohio; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1962); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1965). Vice-Chair, Edison Welding Institute. Member, International Trade Advisory Council of the Ohio Department of Development. Chairman, U.S. Bridge. Member, Vistage 373, Columbus, Ohio. Former Member, Ohio Operations Improvement Task Force, assigned to the Ohio Department of Development with responsibility for the International Trade Division. With extensive experience in representing U.S. and foreign companies in business transactions, trade matters, arbitration of domestic and international disputes, mergers and acquisitions. Member of the Entrepreneurial and Venture Capital Practice Group of the Corporate Department of Frost, Brown, Todd and Chair of the Business Plan Committee of the Practice Group. Member: Philadelphia, Columbus (Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1975-1979), Ohio State, American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) and International Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law.

Jeffrey G. Rupert (Member) born Lima, Ohio, July 15, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 1996, Illinois; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1991); The Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 1995). Member: Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Jeffrey G. Rupert

Noel C. Shepard (Member) born Alliance, Ohio, November 22, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Mount Union College (B.A., 1993); Capital University Law School (J.D., 1996). Member: Columbus and Ohio State (Member, Workers Compensation Committee) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: State ex rel. Akers V. Robertshaw Controls (2002), 94 Ohio St.3d 36; State ex rel. Gauvey v. Indus. Comm. (2002), 94 Ohio St.3d 38; State ex rel. Wells v. Indus. Comm. (2001 WL 1607340, 10th Dist. Ct. App.); State ex rel. Continental Hose v. Swartz (2001), 92 Ohio St.3d 27; State ex rel. Sears Logistics Services, Inc. v. Cope (2000), 89 Ohio St. 3d 393. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation.Email: Noel C. Shepard

Thomas V. Williams (Member) born Lima, Ohio, May 7, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law; Employment Litigation.Email: Thomas V. Williams

Stephen Withee (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1998, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Miami University (A.B., 1992); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Construction; Commercial Litigation.Email: Stephen Withee

Michael K. Yarbrough (Member) born Jeffersonville, Indiana, July 7, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Chemical Exposure; Product Liability.Email: Michael K. Yarbrough

SENIOR ASSOCIATES

Kimera J. King Hall (Senior Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., high honors, 2001); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 2005). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate.Email: Kimera J. King Hall

Christine L. Robek (Senior Associate) born Youngstown, Ohio, December 24, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio. Education: Youngstown State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 2004). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Ohio State Law Journal, 2003-2004. Member: Columbus, Ohio State and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Young Lawyers) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.Email: Christine L. Robek

Erika J. Schoenberger (Senior Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: College of Wooster (B.A., 2001); The Ohio State University (J.D., 2004).Email: Erika J. Schoenberger

Kevin T. Shook (Senior Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 22, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2003; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Denison University (B.A., cum laude, 1995); The Ohio State University (J.D., 2001). Author: "State Sponsors of Terrorism Are Persons Too," The Ohio Law Journal. Member: Franklin Park Association; Advertising Federation of Columbus. Member: Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Media Law; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Property Law.Email: Kevin T. Shook

Bonnie Wolf (Senior Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Winthrop University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2003); Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2006). Member: American Bar Association; Ohio Bar Association; Columbus Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Bonnie Wolf

ASSOCIATES

Catherine Lacho (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1998); College of William & Mary (M.B.A., 2007; J.D., 2007).

Elizabeth Norton (Associate) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio. Education: Bard College (B.A., 1995); Ohio University (M.A., 1997); The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007).

Samantha Quimby (Associate) born 1971; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio. Education: Kenyon College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Capital University Law School (J.D., 2003).

Guylando Moreno (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 2001); The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish.Email: Guylando Moreno

COUNSEL

William T. Bodoh (Counsel) born Newark, Ohio, September 5, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, Ohio; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ohio University (B.S.C., 1961); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1964). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Mahoning County, Ohio State (Member, Labor Law Section) and American (Member, Labor Relations Law Section) Bar Associations.Email: William T. Bodoh

David E. Kauffman (Counsel) born Lancaster, Ohio, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio. Education: Capital University (B.A., cum laude, 1991); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1995). Member: Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration; Probate Litigation; Special Needs Planning; Elder Law.Email: David E. Kauffman

Lisa Weekley Coulter (Counsel) born Charleston, West Virginia, January 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Marietta College (B.A., cum laude, 1983); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1988). Delta Theta Phi. Associate Editor, Fidelity and Surety Digest for the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee. Author and Speaker, ABA Tips, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and The Surety Claims Institute. Former Partner, McNamara and McNamara, Columbus, Ohio. Volunteer Mediator and Arbitrator, Franklin County Pleas Court. Member, Board of Examiners, 2002—. Member: Columbus, Ohio State and American (Member, Fidelity and Surety Committee and Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Litigation; Insurance Defense; Fidelity and Surety; Negligence.Email: Lisa Weekley Coulter