Lawyer Biography Born: Logan, West Virginia, October 4, 1947 Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Formation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Organization; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Planning; Corporate Real Estate; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Successions; Corporate Tax Planning; Incorporation; Professional Corporations; S Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Real Estate; Conveyancing; Easements; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Arbitration; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Investment; Real Estate Investment Taxation; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Partnerships; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Tax Liens; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Taxation; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Sales; Right of Way Easements; Probate; Ancillary Probate; Probate Administration; Probate Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Financial Planning; Living Trusts; Personal Planning; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Trust Administration; Trust Planning; Wealth Preservation; Wills; Inheritance; Living Wills; Successions Admitted: 1975, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1975) Bar Association Memberships: Cincinnati Bar Association (President 2009-2010 and Member of Board of Trustees, Sections on: Continuing Legal Education and Solo and Small Firm Committee); Ohio State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Real Estate and Corporate Law) and American Bar Association (Member, Sections: Law Office Management) Pro-Bono Information: Recipient of the Volunteer Lawyer of the Year award for 2004 from the Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation. Military: 1st Lt. U.S. Army, Field Art., 1969-1972
