Practice Areas:

Zoning


BUSINESS LAW
Corporations
Limited liability companies (LLC's)
Partnerships
Joint ventures
Business acquisitions and sales
Non-profit organizations
Collections
Insurance issues

CIVIL TRIALS AND APPEALS
Insurance defense litigation
Personal injury litigation
Business litigation
Real estate disputes
Probate litigation
Civil trials in U.S. District Courts, Ohio Common Pleas Courts,
and Municipal Courts
Appeals from trial courts and administrative agencies to Ohio
Courts of Appeal and Ohio Supreme Court
Arbitrations
Mediations

CLOSELY-HELD COMPANIES
Family-owned corporation
Non-voting stock
Restrictive covenants
Minority-owned stock
Buy-sell agreements
Stock gifting
Collection

CONDOMINIUM LAW
Covenants, restrictions, and by-laws
Amendments
Rental restrictions
Assessment liens and collection
Association agreements
Management agreements
Common areas
Insurance coverage issues

CORPORATIONS
Shareholder agreements
Buy-sell agreements
Shareholder and director meetings
Restrictive covenants
Non-voting stock
Preferred stock
Statutory agents
Renewal or cancellation of Articles of Incorporation
Name change

CONSTRUCTION LAW
Mechanic's liens
Bonding off liens
Notice of furnishing
Notice of commencement
Waiver of mechanic's lien
Public projects
Collection

CONTRACTS
Employment contracts
Buy/sell agreements
Stock purchase agreements
Asset purchase agreements
Real estate agreements
Performance bonds
Specific performance
Collection

ELDER LAW
Wills
Trusts
Powers of attorney
Living wills
Health care powers of attorney
Medicaid planning
Long-term care insurance
Life insurance trusts
Estate tax planning

ESTATE PLANNING
Succession planning
Probate avoidance techniques
Wills
Trusts: Living trusts, testamentary trusts, irrevocable life
insurance trusts, special needs trusts
Gifting
Powers of attorney
Living wills and health care powers of attorney
Estate tax planning
Retirement planning

INSURANCE LAW
Insurance defense litigation
Coverage issues
Declaratory judgments
Mediations
Arbitrations

LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT
Zoning applications and appeals
Planned unit developments (PUD)
Auditor appraisal and appeals
Environmental impact studies
Wetland designations
Current Agricultural Use Valuation (CAUV)
Ohio Forest Tax Law (wood lot classification)

LLC'S AND PARTNERSHIPS
Entity selection
Formation
Articles of organization
Operating agreements
Partnership agreements
Dissolutions
Business perpetuation planning

MUNICIPAL LAW
Zoning and planning
Representation of governmental agencies: counties, townships,
cities, and villages
Public Works projects
Appropriations – condemnations
Utilities
Annexations

PROBATE
Probate administration – Ohio and Florida
Federal estate tax returns
Ohio estate tax returns
Gift tax returns
Guardianships

REAL ESTATE
Commercial, residential, industrial
Annexations
Appropriations and eminent domain
Buying and selling – private
Construction contracts
Deeds
Easements
Evictions
Land contracts
Land covenants
Landlord/Tenant
Leases
Mechanic's liens
Mortgages
Oil and gas leases
Promissory notes
Purchase agreements
Rights of way
Variances
Zoning

SCHOOL LAW
Advising public boards of education
Construction issues
School foundations
School booster clubs
Litigation
Mediations
Arbitrations
Contracts
Purchasing and lease agreements

TAXATION
Federal estate tax returns (706)
Federal gift tax returns (709)
Ohio estate tax returns (OET 2)
Estate income tax returns (1041)
Ohio CAUV estate tax elections
Tax advice on business-individual transactions

ZONING
Zoning code reviews
Variance applications
Applications for rezoning

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