| | Address | | 1000 Jackson Street | | Toledo, Ohio 43604-5573 | | (Lucas Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law; Advertising and Marketing; Agency and Distributorships; Agricultural Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate Practice; Bankruptcy; Banks and Banking; Business Law; Business Crimes; Business Torts; Civil Rights; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Real Estate; Communications and Media; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Computers and Software; Construction Law; Contracts; Copyrights; Corporate Law; Federal Criminal Law; Debtor and Creditor; Domestic Relations; Education Law; Employee Benefits; Entertainment Law; Environmental Law; Fidelity and Surety; Finance; Franchises and Franchising; Health Care; Hospital Law; Immigration and Naturalization; Intellectual Property; International Law; Labor and Employment; Leases and Leasing; Litigation; Media Law; Medicare and Medicaid; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Patent Litigation; Personal Injury; Probate; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Public Finance; Real Estate; Securities; Sports Law; Taxation; Torts; Trade Secrets; Trademarks; Trusts and Estates; Unfair Competition; Wills; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. | | Year Established: 1925 | Firm Profile:
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full service law firm whose practice includes civil litigation, corporate, tax, securities, banking and commercial law, creditors' rights, real property, employment relations, employee benefits, estate planning and probate, health, domestic relations, environmental, immigration and administrative law. Our practice areas are organized into the following departments: litigation, corporate, health law, real estate, trusts and estates, taxation, employment law, environmental law and intellectual property. The firm is located in four cities -- Toledo and Columbus, Ohio, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Tampa, Florida. We represent a wide variety of business, institutional, governmental and individual clients including manufacturers, banks and other financial institutions, insurance companies, contractors, broadcasters, accounting firms, real estate developers and brokers, public utilities, transportation companies, health care providers, trade associations and various public bodies and agencies. | | Firm Size: 175 | Representative Clients:
Available Upon Request. |
Other Office Locations of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
| | PARTNERS OF FIRM | | M. Scott Aubry (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, November 25, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio; 1997, Michigan. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 1992); Ohio State University (J.D., 1995). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Email: M. Scott Aubry | | Chad R. Baker (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, April 17, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio and U.S. Tax Court; 2000, Michigan; 2005, Florida. Education: Ohio University (B.S.B.A., 1995); University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; The Florida Bar; Toledo Estate Planning Council. (Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Succession Planning; Estate Administration; Tax Exempt Organizations; Federal Taxation; Probate. Email: Chad R. Baker | | John C. Barron (Partner) born Howell, Michigan, September 2, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio; 1983, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1973); Stanford University (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Liability; Products Liability; Hospital Law. Email: John C. Barron | | Jenifer A. Belt (Partner) born Willoughby, Ohio, November 16, 1971; admitted to bar, 1995, Ohio and Michigan. Education: Miami University (B.A., cum laude, 1992); University of Toledo (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, University of Toledo Law Review. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations (Member, Health Law Section); American Health Lawyers Association; Society of Ohio Healthcare Attorneys. Practice Areas: Health Law; Medicare and Medicaid; Hospital Law. Email: Jenifer A. Belt | | Thomas C. Blank (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio, February 24, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio. Education: Miami University (A.B., History and Political Science, 1978); University of Toledo; Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1981). Associate Editor, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 1981. General Counsel for the Association of Independent Trust Companies, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. Member: Toledo, Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Trust Company Law; Corporate Law; Securities Law. Email: Thomas C. Blank | | Aleta M. Bonini (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio, August 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio. Education: Yale University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1976); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1979). Member: Toledo Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Government; Finance. Email: Aleta M. Bonini | | Michael M. Briley (Partner) born New York, N.Y., February 4, 1945; admitted to bar, 1969, Ohio. Education: Miami University (A.B., with distinction, 1966); The Ohio State University (J.D., cum laude, 1969). Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct Professor, Antitrust Law, University of Toledo, 1978-1985. Member, Ohio Board of Bar Examiners, 1998—. Member: Toledo, Ohio State (Former Chairman, Antitrust Law Section, Board of Governors) and American (Member, Sections of: Litigation, Antitrust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Transportation. Email: Michael M. Briley | | Eric D. Britton (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, February 12, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, California; 1986, Pennsylvania; 1992, Ohio. Education: Reed College (B.A., 1982); Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1985). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations; National Association of Stock Plan Professionals; International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA. Email: Eric D. Britton | | John H. Burson (Partner) born Findlay, Ohio, June 26, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Ohio. Education: Williams College (A.B., 1965); University of Michigan (J.D., 1968); Georgetown University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Trust and Estate). Member: Toledo and Ohio State (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: John H. Burson | | Thomas A. Cotter (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, November 27, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio; 1990, Florida. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with high distinction, 1984; J.D., cum laude, 1988). (Board Certified Wills, Trusts and Estates Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Transactional and Business Tax Planning; Executive Compensation; Estate Planning; Estate and Trust Administration. Email: Thomas A. Cotter | | Marlene (Neema) M. Cottrill-Bell (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, July 16, 1952; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.A., 1973; M.A., 1974); University of Toledo (J.D., 1986). Order of the Coif. Torrence R. Greene Memorial Scholarship. Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Richard B. McQuade, Jr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Member: Toledo and National Bar Associations; Thurgood Marshall Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Media Law; Civil Rights. Email: Marlene (Neema) M. Cottrill-Bell | | David J. Coyle (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, June 24, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio. Education: Ball State University (B.S., 1982); Ohio State University (J.D., 1987). Member: Toledo (Member, Bankruptcy Committee), Ohio State (Member, Banking, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Committee) and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Commercial Litigation; Workouts; Condemnation; Government Procurement. Email: David J. Coyle | | Jeffrey S. Creamer (Partner) born Mansfield, Ohio, December 6, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio. Education: University of Dayton (B.A., 1976); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1979). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Environmental Law. Email: Jeffrey S. Creamer | | Diane Vulich Davis (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 26, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Ohio. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.L.S., magna cum laude, 1978); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1983). Order of the Coif. Member: Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Finance; Health Care Finance; Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Development. Email: Diane Vulich Davis | | Terrance K. Davis (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, May 4, 1956; admitted to bar, 1989, Ohio and Michigan. Education: Oakland University (B.A., 1985); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Terrance K. Davis | | Scott G. Deller (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, February 8, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1986); Indiana University (J.D., 1990). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation. Email: Scott G. Deller | | Gary R. Diesing (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, January 21, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio; 1989, North Carolina. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 1970; J.D., 1974). Member: Toledo Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA. Email: Gary R. Diesing | | Thomas P. Dillon (Partner) born Dover, Delaware, October 4, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois; 1992, Ohio; 1996, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1986); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1990). Articles Editor, University of Notre Dame Law Review, 1989-1990. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation. Email: Thomas P. Dillon | | William G. Fischer (Partner) born Columbus, Ohio, January 19, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio; 1976, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.S., 1970); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1973); Georgetown University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1976). Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations (Member, Section on Taxation). Practice Areas: Health Care Taxation; Physician Practices; Tax Exempt Organizations; Corporate Law; Income Tax. Email: William G. Fischer | | Vivian C. Folk (Partner) born Houston, Texas, November 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., 1973); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1976). Co-Author: The Annotated Fiduciary," IFEBP, 1989. Contributing Author: Trustees' Handbook," IFEBP, 1990 and 1997 editions. Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act Panel, 1985-1988. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: ERISA Compliance; Employee Benefits Litigation; Multi-Employer Benefits; Health Benefits; Multi-Employer Pensions. Email: Vivian C. Folk | | Jeffrey E. Fort (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, April 9, 1952; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio. Education: United States Naval Academy (B.S., 1974); Ohio State University (J.D., 1982). Order of the Barristers. Member: Toledo Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Real Estate; Business Transactions. Email: Jeffrey E. Fort | | Sharon M. Fulop (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, July 6, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., cum laude, with honors in Political Science, 1994); Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1997). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Construction Law; Leases and Leasing. Email: Sharon M. Fulop | | Jack G. Fynes (Partner) born Warren, Ohio, January 3, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio. Education: Youngstown State University (B.A., 1974); University of Toledo (J.D., 1977). Assistant Huron County Prosecutor, 1977-1979. Solicitor, Village of Wakeman, Ohio, 1978-1979. Member: National Brain Injury Association; Ohio Brain Injury Association. Board of Directors, MADD of Greater Toledo. Consultant to: Flower Hospital Brain Injury Support Group; Medical College of Ohio Brain Injury Support Group. Member: Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Ohio Trial Lawyers Association. (Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Personal Injury. Email: Jack G. Fynes | | William H. Gosline (Partner) born San Pedro, California, June 26, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Ohio. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1966); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1969). Accredited Estate Planner. Member: Toledo and Ohio State (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; National Association of Estate Planners and Councils. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration. Email: William H. Gosline | | W. Reed Hauptman (Partner) born Canton, Ohio, September 18, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Ohio; 1999, Michigan. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1993); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Leases and Leasing; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: W. Reed Hauptman | | Douglas G. Haynam (Partner) born Canton, Ohio, December 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Ohio; 1981, Michigan. Education: Miami University (B.S., cum laude, 1977); The Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 1980). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Toledo, Ohio State (Chair, Environmental Law Committee, 1995-1997), and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Administrative Law; Nonprofit Organizations Law. Email: Douglas G. Haynam | | William H. Heywood, III (Partner) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 3, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Colorado and Ohio. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1966); University of Denver (J.D., 1969). Member: Toledo, Ohio State (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Construction Law; Fidelity and Surety; Intellectual Property; Tort Litigation; Trade Secret Litigation. Email: William H. Heywood, III | | John W. Hilbert, II (Partner) born Columbus, Ohio, August 3, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., 1968; J.D., cum laude, 1971). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, The Ohio State Law Journal, 1969-1971. Instructor, Real Estate Law, University of Toledo, 1974-1990. Listed in, Best Lawyers in America, Banking Law, Lending, Mergers and Acquisitions, 1997, 1999, 2001. Member: Toledo, Ohio State (Member: Sections on, Antitrust; Banking, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Committee, 1985—) and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Antitrust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Business Law; Real Estate; Banks and Banking; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: John W. Hilbert, II | | Regina M. Joseph (Partner) born Zanesville, Ohio, October 31, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., with distinction, cum laude, 1976; J.D., with honors, 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Managing Editor, Ohio State Law Journal, 1979. Member: Toledo (Business Law Committee, 1979—), Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Securities; Finance; Bonds; Intellectual Property. Email: Regina M. Joseph | | Robert A. Koenig (Partner) born Lincoln, Nebraska, February 4, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Ohio. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., cum laude, 1980); New York Law School (J.D., 1983). Judicial Clerk to Honorable Nicholas J. Walinski, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1983-1985. Member: Toledo and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Fidelity and Surety; Computers and Software; ERISA Litigation. Email: Robert A. Koenig | | Kathleen A. Kress (Partner) born Elmhurst, Illinois, September 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1985, Ohio. Education: University of Dayton (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); Columbia University (J.D., 1983). Member: Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Contracts; Franchises and Franchising; Intellectual Property. Email: Kathleen A. Kress | | Gregory T. Lodge (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, September 1, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., cum laude, 1979); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1982). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Gregory T. Lodge | | John N. MacKay (Partner) born Rome, New York, November 23, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana; University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1968); The Ohio State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1975). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Bankruptcy; Finance. Email: John N. MacKay | | Timothy C. McCarthy (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, December 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976; J.D., with honors in Law, 1979). Order of the Coif. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Management Labor Law; School Law; Local Government Law. Email: Timothy C. McCarthy | | Susan D. McClay (Partner) born Battle Creek, Michigan, March 20, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio. Education: Western Michigan University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1972); University of Michigan (J.D., 1975). Member: Toledo Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; COBRA; ERISA; Fringe Benefits; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; Qualified Retirement Plans; Retirement Benefit Plans. Email: Susan D. McClay | | Michael S. McGowan (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, May 9, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1978; J.D., cum laude, 1981). Certified Public Accountant, Ohio, 1979. Member: Toledo, Ohio State Bar Association; Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Income Tax; Partnership Law. Email: Michael S. McGowan | | Brian N. McMahon (Partner) born Newark, Ohio, August 21, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., 1974); Capital University (J.D., 1978). Member, Perrysburg Ohio Planning Committee, 1990-1991. Board of Managers, Perrysburg YMCA, 1995-2001. Member: Ohio State and American (Member, Forum on Franchising) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Franchise Law; Franchise Distribution; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Business Law; Commercial Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Brian N. McMahon | | Scott D. Newsom (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, August 12, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 2002, Indiana. Education: Kenyon College (B.A., 1993); University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and Indiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Employee Benefits; ERISA; Executive Compensation. Email: Scott D. Newsom | | James H. O'Doherty (Partner) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 9, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio; 2000, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1996); Duke University (J.D., 1999). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: James H. O'Doherty | | William L. Patberg (Partner) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, June 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio. Education: Lafayette College (B.A., 1969); University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1978). Order of the Coif. President, Minnesota Law Review, 1977-1978. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Section on Natural Resources Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Air Quality; Water Law; Administrative Law. Email: William L. Patberg | | Mary Ellen Pisanelli (Partner) born Rutland, Vermont, February 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., cum laude, 1974); University of Chicago (M.A., 1977); Temple University (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Toledo, Lucas County; Ohio State and American (Member, Sections on: Corporate, Banking and Business Law; Taxation; International Law) Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: Italian and Modern Greek. Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Immigration and Naturalization. Email: Mary Ellen Pisanelli | | Thomas G. Pletz (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, October 3, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1965); University of Toledo (J.D., 1971). Listed in Who's Who in America, 1997—. Acting Judge, Sylvania Municipal Court, 1990—. Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, 1993— and Chair, 1996-1999, Ohio Board of Bar Examiners. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Communications and Media. Email: Thomas G. Pletz | | David J. Rectenwald (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, April 15, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Ohio; 2001, North Carolina and Florida; 2002, Michigan and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., in English, 1983); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1986). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning. Email: David J. Rectenwald | | Cynthia L. Rerucha (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, September 8, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980); Duke University (J.D., 1984). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate; Nonprofit Organizations. Email: Cynthia L. Rerucha | | Joseph A. Rideout (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, February 12, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); University of Virginia (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section and Forum on Construction Industry) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Construction Law; Land Use Planning; Business Law. Email: Joseph A. Rideout | | H. Buswell Roberts, Jr. (Partner) born Buffalo, New York, October 21, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., 1972); University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Editor-in-Chief, University of Toledo Law Review, 1974-1975. Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1975-1977. Chapter 7 Panel Trustee, 1984-1996. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Master of the Bench of the American Inns of Court. [With U.S. Navy, 1965-1969]. (Board Certified Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Civil Litigation; Business Law; Commercial Law; Creditor's Rights. Email: H. Buswell Roberts, Jr. | | James I. Rothschild (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, December 10, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1987); University of Toledo (J.D., 1993). Order of the Coif. Member: Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Public Offerings; Corporate Finance. Email: James I. Rothschild | | Stephen A. Rothschild (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, May 21, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio; 1992, Michigan. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1985; J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Torts Litigation; Unfair Competition; Business Law. Email: Stephen A. Rothschild | | Michael G. Sanderson (Partner) born Jamestown, New York, January 9, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1978); University of Toledo (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Member: Toledo, Ohio State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Torts; Insurance Coverage. Email: Michael G. Sanderson | | Gregory S. Shumaker (Partner) born Lakeland, Florida, August 21, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio. Education: Miami University (A.B., 1970); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1973). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Loans; Business Law; Liquor Licensing. Email: Gregory S. Shumaker | | John J. Siciliano (Partner) born Dearborn, Michigan, August 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., with distinction, 1975); University of Detroit (J.D., magna cum laude, 1978). Case and Comment Editor, University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law, 1977-1978. Member: Toledo, Ohio State (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Antitrust Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Antitrust Law; Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation. Email: John J. Siciliano | | Peter R. Silverman (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, December 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1984, Ohio; 1988, Michigan. Education: George Washington University (B.A., with distinction, 1977); Hebrew University; University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Forum on Franchising) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation; Franchise Litigation. Email: Peter R. Silverman | | Joseph S. Simpson (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio, December 28, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Ohio; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Atlantic Christian College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1985) Alpha Chi; University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Executive Editor, University of Toledo Law Review, 1987-1988. Author: "Unemployment Compensation and Just Cause Dismissals in Ohio: When is a Discharged Employee Entitled to Benefits," 18 University of Toledo Law Review, 1987. Law Clerk to The Hon. John W. Potter, U.S. District Judge, 1988-1990. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Construction Law; Civil Rights; Products Liability. Email: Joseph S. Simpson | | Lyman F. Spitzer (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, November 20, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio. Education: Williams College (B.A., magna cum laude, with highest honors in Physics, 1971); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1977-1978. Member: Toledo and American (Member: Business Law, Intellectual Property and Science and Technology Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Intellectual Property. Email: Lyman F. Spitzer | | Mark C. Stewart (Partner) born Norwalk, Ohio, February 7, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Minnesota, 1976, Ohio. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1969); University of Minnesota (J.D., 1972). Member: Toledo, Ohio State (Agricultural Law Committee) and American (Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Agricultural Law; Cooperative Taxation. Email: Mark C. Stewart | | John L. Straub (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, January 21, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Ohio; 1971, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1966); University of Toledo (J.D., 1969). Editor, University of Toledo Law Review, 1968-1969. Author: "Taxpayer Relief Act: Capital Gains, Sale of Residence, Child Credit and Family Relief Provisions," The Best of Family Law, 1997, Ohio CLE Institute Publications, 1998. Assistant Public Defender, Lucas County, 1970-1972. Member: Family Law Committee, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Board of Trustees, Toledo Bar Association, 1981-1987. Lecturer, Legal Education Institute, Inc., 1987, 1989. Lecturer, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1990. Lecturer, Law Education Institute, Vail, Colorado, 1994. Editorial Advisory Board, Domestic Relations Journal of Ohio, 1990-1996. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations. Email: John L. Straub | | Louis E. Tosi (Partner) born Martins Ferry, Ohio, April 22, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., cum laude, 1971; J.D., cum laude, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Toledo, Ohio State (Chairman, Committee on Environmental Law, 1984-1988) and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources Law; Administrative Law; Past Vice Chair, Air Quality Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation Defense. Email: Louis E. Tosi | | Barton L. Wagenman (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, January 29, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.S., cum laude, 1964); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1967). Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Toledo, Ohio State (Member and Past Chairman and Secretary, Board of Governors, Real Property Section, 1976—) and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Corporate Law; Closely Held Corporations. Email: Barton L. Wagenman | | David F. Waterman (Partner) born Columbus, Ohio, May 25, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois; 1979, Ohio. Education: Princeton University (B.S.E., summa cum laude, 1971); University of Michigan Graduate School of Business; University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Eta Kappa Nu; Tau Beta Pi. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Taxation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Federal Taxation; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: David F. Waterman | | Thomas I. Webb, Jr. (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, September 16, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Ohio. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1970); Boston University; Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1973). Order of the Coif. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law; Business Law; Securities. Email: Thomas I. Webb, Jr. | | Martin D. Werner (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, March 15, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio; 2007, Michigan. Education: Miami University; University of Toledo (B.A., 1978); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1981). Certified Public Accountant (inactive), Ohio, 1987. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Securities Law; Tax Law. Email: Martin D. Werner | | David W. Wicklund (Partner) born St. Paul, Minnesota, August 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1971); University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Phi Alpha Delta. Editor-in-Chief, University of Toledo Law Review, 1973-1974. Member: Toledo, Ohio State (Member, Antitrust Section Board of Governors) and American (Member, Litigation and Antitrust Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Patent Litigation; Commercial Bankruptcy. Email: David W. Wicklund | | Dennis P. Witherell (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, December 15, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with honors and high distinction, 1973); The Ohio State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Ohio State Law Journal, 1976-1977. Law Clerk to Judge George Edwards, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1977-1978. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust, Health Law) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Society of Ohio Healthcare Attorneys. Practice Areas: Health Law. Email: Dennis P. Witherell | | Kathryn J. Woodward (Partner) born Toledo, Ohio, September 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1987, Ohio and Michigan. Education: Otterbein College (B.A., 1969); University of Strasbourg; University of Toledo (J.D., 1986). Member: Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation. Email: Kathryn J. Woodward | | ASSOCIATES | | Eileen M. Best (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio, May 12, 1960; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1990; J.D., 1992). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Financing. Email: Eileen M. Best | | Cheri A. Budzynski (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio, September 10, 1972; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio; 2008, Florida. Education: Lourdes College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); Bowling Green State University (M.A., 1998; Ph.D., 2001); University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Law Review, 2006-2007. Member: Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Toledo Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Cheri A. Budzynski | | Traci L. Burchell (Staff Attorney) born Oregon, Ohio, July 9, 1969; admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio. Education: University of Phoenix (B.S., Nursing, with honors, 2000); University of Toledo (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Technical Editor, The University of Toledo Law Review, 2003-2004. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice. Email: Traci L. Burchell | | Stefanie E. Deller (Associate) born Royal Oak, Michigan, October 22, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio; 2000, Michigan; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1996); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1999). Phi Delta Phi; Gamma Sigma Alpha. Member, Gold Key. Member: Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Stefanie E. Deller | | Nathan A. Hall (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, January 11, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2004, Michigan; 2007, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan. Education: Hillsdale College (B.A., 2000); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 2003). Member: Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Nathan A. Hall | | David J. Mack (Associate) born Defiance, Ohio, February 8, 1970; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., 1996; J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Toledo Law Review. Author, "Cleansing the System: A Fresh Approach to Liability for the Negligent or Fraudulent Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases," 30 U. Tol. L. Rev. 647 (1999). Member: Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Regulatory Law; Securities Law; Corporate Governance; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: David J. Mack | | Nicholas D. Malone (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio, April 2, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 2001); Indiana University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Nicholas D. Malone | | Mark E. Mercer (Associate) born September 8, 1966; admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., 1989; J.D., 2002). Member: Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation. Email: Mark E. Mercer | | Lindsey H. Milam (Staff Attorney) born Oregon, Ohio, November 15, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Michigan. (Not admitted in Ohio). Education: University of Toledo (B.A., International Relations, 2002; J.D., 2005). Moot Court, 2003-2005. Recipient, Merit Law Scholarship. Member: American Constitution Society, 2002-2006; Urban Land Institute, 2005—. Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Development. Email: Lindsey H. Milam | | Lyndsay L. Peterson (Associate) born March 22, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Utah; 2006, Ohio. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., 2001; J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law. Email: Lyndsay L. Peterson | | Michael J. Podolsky (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1969; admitted to bar, 2002, Ohio; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D., 1994); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Michael J. Podolsky | | Gregory J. Shope (Associate) born Columbus, Ohio, October 8, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1996; J.D., with honors, 2001). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities. Email: Gregory J. Shope | | Cheryl K. Slotterbeck (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 15, 1971; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: The University of Toledo (B.S., magna cum laude, 1993; J.D., magna cum laude, 2005) Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, University of Toledo Law Review. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Real Property Section) Bar Associations; Toledo Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Cheryl K. Slotterbeck | | John J. Staler (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio, November 21, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.A., 1995; J.D. 1998). Certified Public Accountant, Ohio. Member: Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations; Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: John J. Staler | | Cynthia L.K. Steele (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio, June 13, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, California; 1994, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1998, Ohio. Education: University of Toledo (B.S.N., cum laude, 1985); University of Arizona (J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Registered Nurse: Ohio, 1985; Arizona, 1985; Texas, 1989; California, 1992 (Nursing practice featured in Spring 1988 Tucson Medical Center Foundation Journal). Author: "California Legislative Update," Cotkin & Collins Legal Update, Fall, 1994. Co-Author: "California Legislative Update," SCAHRM Forum, April, 1994. Civil Practice Internship, Office of the Attorney General, Insurance Defense Division, Tucson, State of Arizona, 1992. Judicial Clerk-Extern, Honorable Alfredo C. Marquez, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1991. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Cynthia L.K. Steele | | Karl E. Strauss (Associate) born Reading, Pennsylvania, November 17, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (B.A., magna cum laude, 2003); University of Toledo (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Health Law. Email: Karl E. Strauss | | Mark D. Wagoner, Jr. (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio, September 18, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1998, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., cum laude, 1994); The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1997). Member, 1995-1996 and Articles Editor, 1996-1997, Ohio State Law Journal. Author: "The Public Policy Exception to the Employment at Will Doctrine in Ohio: The Need for a Legislative Approach," The Ohio State Law Journal, 1999. President, Ohio State College of Law, Student Bar Association, 1996-1997. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Franchise Litigation. Email: Mark D. Wagoner, Jr. | | Mechelle Zarou (Associate) born Northville, Michigan, June 5, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio; 2001, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1996); Duke University (J.D. & M.A., 2000). 2000 Siegel Scholar. Author: Note, "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Drug Testing By Alaska Employers," Alaska Law Review, December 1999. Member: Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations; Toledo Women's Bar Association; Ohio State Women's Bar Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation; Immigration and Naturalization. Email: Mechelle Zarou | | OF COUNSEL | | Gregory G. Alexander (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, February 12, 1929; admitted to bar, 1954, Ohio; 1983, Florida. Education: Culver Military Academy; Yale University (A.B., 1951); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1954). Member: Toledo and Ohio State (Chairman, Committee on Corporation Law, 1973) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Corporate Law. Email: Gregory G. Alexander | | Edwin G. Emerson (Of Counsel) born Lafayette, Indiana, September 1, 1938; admitted to bar, 1966, Ohio. Education: Denison University (B.A., Government, 1960); University of Michigan (J.D., 1966). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Health Law Section) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Society of Ohio Healthcare Attorneys. Practice Areas: Hospital Law; Health Law; Corporate Law. Email: Edwin G. Emerson | | John F. Hayward (Of Counsel) born Toledo, Ohio, November 3, 1937; admitted to bar, 1966, Ohio. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., cum laude, 1959); Georgetown University (J.D., 1965). Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Lucas County, 1966-1971. Member: Toledo (President, 1992-1993), Ohio State (Member, Board of Governors, 1999-2002) and American Bar Associations; Ohio State Bar Foundation (President, 1997); American Health Lawyers Association; American Judicature Society; National Diocesan Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Health Law; Administrative Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations. Email: John F. Hayward | | Donald M. Mewhort, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Toledo, Ohio, October 30, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Ohio. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1962; LL.B., 1965). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Toledo, Ohio State and American (Member, Labor Relations Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Donald M. Mewhort, Jr. | | COUNSEL | | James F. White, Jr. (Counsel) born Zanesville, Ohio, January 22, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Ohio. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1962); Wharton School of Finance and Commerce (Graduate Division, 1966), University of Pennsylvania; The Ohio State University (J.D., 1965); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Toledo and Ohio State (Member, Corporate Law Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Taxation. Email: James F. White, Jr. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Tampa, Florida Office: 101 East Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 2800, 33602. Telephone: 813-229-7600. Fax: 813-229-1660.
Charlotte, North Carolina Office: 128 South Tryon Street, Suite 1800, 28202-5013. Telephone: 704-375-0057. Fax: 704-332-1197.
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