Tim Jochim is chair of the Business Succession & ESOPs group at Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter and he is a national authority on ESOPs and business succession. He also is part of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Employee Benefits & ERISA practice areas. He has been with the firm since 2007.
Business Succession & ESOPs
The nature of his practice has required Tim to develop expertise in the negotiation and structuring of business transactions, as well as in several substantive areas of law, including corporate, merger/acquisition, employee benefits and corporate tax. He has assisted clients in developing and implementing professional boards of directors and has lectured frequently to business and trade organizations on business succession and corporate governance.
Tim is also recognized for contributions to his industry. A former professor of corporate finance and business policy at several Ohio universities, he also has previously served as Manager of Industrial Development for the Ohio Department of Development. Tim is the co-founder of the Ohio chapter of The ESOP Association and a member of its legislative and regulatory committee. He is also a member of other professional organizations, such as the Association for Corporate Growth and the National Center for Employee Ownership. Tim is recognized as an expert attorney on ERISA and ESOP law and its application to closely held businesses by Chambers USA and received Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV.
Tim Jochim is chair of the Business Succession & ESOPs group at Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter and he is a national authority on ESOPs and business succession. He also is part of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Employee Benefits & ERISA practice areas. He has been with the firm since 2007.
Business Succession & ESOPs
The nature of his practice has required Tim to develop expertise in the negotiation and structuring of business transactions, as well as in several substantive areas of law, including corporate, merger/acquisition, employee benefits and corporate tax. He has assisted clients in developing and implementing professional boards of directors and has lectured frequently to business and trade organizations on business succession and corporate governance.
Tim is also recognized for contributions to his industry. A former professor of corporate finance and business policy at several Ohio universities, he also has previously served as Manager of Industrial Development for the Ohio Department of Development. Tim is the co-founder of the Ohio chapter of The ESOP Association and a member of its legislative and regulatory committee. He is also a member of other professional organizations, such as the Association for Corporate Growth and the National Center for Employee Ownership. Tim is recognized as an expert attorney on ERISA and ESOP law and its application to closely held businesses by Chambers USA and received Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV.
Career Highlights - Recognized as an attorney who is an expert on ERISA and ESOP law and its application to closely held businesses by Chambers USA. “He has an encyclopedic knowledge of the entire history of ESOP, “ notes one client.
- Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV, which indicates very high to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the bar.
- Occasionally serves as adjunct professor of corporate finance at Capital University Law School; formerly served as adjunct professor of business policy at The Ohio State University.
- Co-founder of the Ohio Chapter of The ESOP Association.
- Previously operated his own private practice, Jochim Co., L.P.A.
- Formerly served as Manager of Industrial Development for the Ohio Department of Development.
Professional Memberships - Association for Corporate Growth, member
- Columbus Bar Association, member
- Ohio State Bar Association, Corporation Law Committee, member
- The ESOP Association, Legislative & Regulatory Committee, member
- The National Center for Employee Ownership, member
Publications & Presentations - Employee Stock Ownership and Related Plans, published by Greenwood Press, 1982
- “The Repurchase Obligation,” The Journal of Employee Ownership Law and Finance, Fall, 1998
- “S corp ESOPs,” Taxation for Lawyers, September-October, 1998
- “S corp ESOPs,” Taxation for Accountants, July, 1998
Bar Admissions - Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education - Juris Doctorate (1976)
University of Akron School of Law - Master of Arts, Political Science and Economics (1970)
University of North Dakota - Bachelor of Arts, Composite Major (1967)
University of North Dakota