Practice FocusChairs the Gaming Law area and represents charitable organizations, suppliers and manufacturers with respect to gaming issues. Also assists clients with real estate matters including acquisitions and sales, leasing (office, retail and industrial), tax abatement and other development ventures, zoning and land use matters, and loan transactions. Career HighlightsRecognized in The Best Lawyers in America®. Selected to serve on the State Capital Global Law Firm Group's board of directors. Elected to serve as managing director of Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter in 1999. Former section chief of the charitable law and consumer frauds and crimes sections of the Ohio attorney general's office. Played a major role in assisting a local developer with its initial public offering as a real estate investment trust and has represented several institutional investors in connection with multi-state acquisitions of properties and major loan transactions. Professional Memberships and Volunteer Activities
Publications and PresentationsEmerging Jurisdiction Report, ABA 11th Annual National Institute on Gaming Law Minefield, Las Vegas, Nevada, presented February 2007 Effect of the Economy on Gaming Initiatives, 15th Annual World Gaming Congress & Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada, presented October 2001 REIT - Real Estate Investment Trusts, Columbus Bar Association, Real Property Institute, February 1995 Bar Admissions
EducationJuris Doctorate (1975) Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering (1972) |
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