Allen L. Handlan Director (614) 462-5471 •     Download vCard Banking & Commercial Lending, chair Real Estate & Financing, chair Business, Tax & Securities Creditor's Rights & Bankruptcy Mergers & Acquisitions

Practice Focus

Assist clients with business, corporate, commercial real estate, commercial banking and financing transactions, including purchases, sales, mergers, acquisitions, financing. General corporate and business advice.

Career Highlights

Recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer® by Law & Politics magazine.

Chair of the firm's real estate and financing practice area.

Managing partner of Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter from 1995 to 1999.

Member of Kegler Brown's executive committee.

Professional Memberships and Volunteer Activities

• American Bar Association, Banking and Business Law sections, member
• Columbus Bar Association, Real Property and Business Law committees, member
• National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP), member
• Ohio State Bar Association, Banking, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Law, Real Property and Natural Resources committees, member
• Pilot Dogs, Inc., past president; executive committee, past member; board of trustees, past member; foundation board of trustees, member
• Upper Arlington Rotary Club, board of directors, chair; Upper Arlington Scholarship Committee, chair; Community Service Committee, past chair
• Whetstone Career Center, board of trustees, past member

Publications and Presentations

Bank Financing for Oil and Gas Transactions, Ohio Legal Center Institute, Oil and Gas Law, (co-writer)

The Stampede to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: Some Special Problems and Considerations Relating to Oil and Gas Workouts, Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Institute, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation

Military Service

First Lieutenant, United States Army Reserve, 1971-1981

Bar Admissions

• Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Education

Juris Doctorate (1972)
University of Virginia School of Law

Bachelor of Arts, History (1969)
Ohio University
Cum laude, Honors; Phi Beta Kappa