(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

Agricultural Law, Agribusiness, Business Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Creditors Rights, Commodities, Agricultural Cooperatives, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Commercial Transactions, Antitrust, Trade Association Law, Environmental Law, Farm Program Issues, Crop Insurance, Corporate Insurance, Federal Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Civil Litigation, Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Probate, Taxation, Real Estate Exchanges, Estate and Gift Taxation, Like Kind Exchanges, Trusts and Estates Taxation, Tax Exempt and Charitable Organizations, Environmental Law.

Address

7269 Sawmill Road, Suite 100
Dublin, OH 43016, (Delaware, Franklin & Union Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 614-210-1840
Facsimile: 614-210-1841

Website

http://www.ohiocounsel.com

PARTNERS

David C. Barrett, Jr. (Partner) born Delaware, Ohio, January 17, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1983, U.S. Tax Court; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1990, District of Columbia; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; 2004, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2007, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2009, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., Agriculture and Economics, with honors, 1978); University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Phi. Instructor of Business Law and Real Estate Law, Owens Technical College, 1982-1985. Recipient, Young Professional Achievement Award, Ohio State University College of Agriculture Alumni Association, 1985. Author: Arbitrating Agricultural Disputes: The National Grain and Feed Association's Experience, 68 North Dakota Law Review 539 (1992); Hedge-to-Arrive Contracts, 2 Drake Journal Of Agricultural Law 153 (1997). Co-Author: Agricultural Law Update 2001 and 2002, Ohio CLE Institute. National Secretary/Administrator, National Grain and Feed Association Arbitration System, 1990-2000; London, England-based Grain and Feed Trade Association's Gafta Trade Foundation Course on international grain contracts and arbitration at Churchill College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1996. Active Arbitration Panelist Roster, National Futures Association, 2001—. Member, Executive Committee, Ohio Agricultural Council, 2003—. Selected by Law & Politics (R) as Ohio Super Lawyer, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Member: Bar Association of the District of Columbia; Ohio State (Chairman, 2005-2008, Agricultural Law Committee) Bar Association; American Agricultural Law Association; Federal Bar Association; Columbus Bar Association (Member, ADR Committee); Delaware County Bar Association (Member, Courts Committee). Fellow: Ohio State Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Agricultural Law; Agribusiness; Business Arbitration; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Bankruptcy; Commodities; Debtor and Creditor Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Commercial Transactions; Antitrust; Trade Association Law; Environmental Law; Federal Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: David C. Barrett, Jr.

Jeffrey A. Easterday (Partner) born Delaware, Ohio, August 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1983, Ohio; 1984, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Ohio State University (B.S., 1976); Capital University (J.D., 1983).

Russell N. Cunningham (Partner) born Columbus, Ohio, December 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Ohio State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1986); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). (Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, Ohio State Bar Association).

Carolyn D. Eselgroth (Partner) born Chillicothe, Ohio, May 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio. Education: Ohio State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1980; J.D., with honors, 1992).

ASSOCIATE

Troy A. Callicoat (Associate) born London, Ohio, September 22, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., 2000); Capital University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003).

OF COUNSEL

Francis X. Fullin (Of Counsel) born Columbus, Ohio, January 30, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio; 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Ohio Dominican College (B.A., 1982); Capital University (J.D., 1985); Ohio State University.