Kegler Brown Announces New Hires to Government & Legislative Affairs Area

Holzapfel & Forney to join firm

February 5, 2008

The law firm of Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter (Kegler Brown) is proud to announce the addition of Government & Legislative Affairs Consultants W. Zachary Holzapfel and Matthew R. Forney to its Government & Legislative Affairs area. Both will assist the firm in advocating the interests of its clients before the Ohio General Assembly and state agencies.

W. Zachary Holzapfel has more than seven years of experience in state government, having worked as director of government affairs and legislative liaison for the Ohio Department of Health. He also previously worked in the Office of the Ohio Attorney General and in the Office of the Ohio Governor.

Holzapfel received his Master of Public Administration degree from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Capital University.

Matthew R. Forney has most recently worked as a government affairs specialist for the Columbus law firm of McNees, Wallace & Nurick. He also has worked as a legislative liaison with the Ohio Consumers' Counsel and as a legislative aide for Rep. Lynn Olman and Rep. Bill Taylor in the Ohio House of Representatives.

Forney received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Toledo.

“The addition of Matt and Zach will allow us to provide better service to our clients and expand our governmental affairs capabilities,” said Kegler Brown Managing Director Michael E. Zatezalo. “Their substantive knowledge of health care and public utilities issues and the solid relationships that they bring to the table will be great assets to our firm.”

For more information, contact Kegler Brown Marketing.