Minority Attorney Directory May 17, 2016

Minority Attorney Directory
May 17, 2016

First Last Law Firm Practice Email Phone
Morgan Adams Frost Brown Todd Business Litigation madams@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6193
Tracy Agyemang Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Employment Law, Litigation tagyemang@calfee.com 513.693.4869
Susan Allison Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Immigration susan.allison@dinsmore.com 513.977.8104
Donyetta Bailey Bailey Law Office, LLC Employment Litigation, workers' compensation, general civil litigation dbailey@baileylawofficellc.com 513.263.6800
Donnell Bell Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Litigation dbell@taftlaw.com 513.357.9483
Alicia Bond‐Lewis Dinsmore & Shohl LLP General Commercial Litigation & Construction alicia.bond‐lewis@dinsmore.com 513.977.8556
Calvin Buford Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Corporate Transactions, Commercial, Corporate, Mergers, Real Estate calvin.buford@dinslaw.com 513.977.8228
Yongsok Choi Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Intellectual Property & Patent Litigation yongsok.choi@dinsmore.com 513.977.8688
Allan Daily Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Corporate Law allan.daily@dinslaw.com 513.977.8567
Christopher Deabler Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Corporate transactions, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, asset divestitures, securities offerings christopher.deabler@dinsmore.com 513. 977.8380
Alex Derkson Frost Brown Todd LLC Lending and Commercial Services aderkson@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6179
Lewis Diaz Dinsmore & Shohl LLP affordable housing and traditional governmental finance lewis.diaz@dinsmore.com 513. 639.9264
Marty Dunn Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Commercial Finance/Real Estate, Construction, Corporate marty.dunn@dinslaw.com 513.977.8209
Zachary El‐Sawaf Frost Brown Todd LLC Business Litigation zel‐sawaf@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6786
Eric Foster Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Arono Intellectual Property efoster@beneschlaw.com 513.739.5581
Uday Gorrepati Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Counsels companies, lenders and investors on business restructurings, distressed investment opportuuday.gorrepati@dinsmore.com 513.977.8198
Everett Greene Graydon Head Human Resources & Employee Benefits egreene@graydon.com 513.629‐.2824
Otis Grigsby Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Intellectual Property ogrigsby@taftlaw.com 513.357.9443
Sonya Jindal Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Estate Litigation, Taxation, Non‐Profit jindal@taftlaw.com 513.357.9335
Nathanial Jones Blank Rome Commercial and general litigation Jones‐N@BlankRome.com 513.362.8773
Tegan Kahner BakerHostetler Bankruptcy & Securities Litigation tkahner@bakerlaw.com 513.852.2630
Pramila Kamath Bricker & Eckler LLP Consumer Finance Litigation, Financial Services Litigation and Commercial Litigation pkamath@bricker.com 513.870.6683
Chris Kim Kahn Frost Brown Todd LLC Environmental ckahn@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6782
Shannon Lawson Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Planning sLawson@KMKLAW.com 513.579.6455
Ken LeCroix Frost Brown Todd LLC Business Combinations and Capital Transactions klecroix@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6145
Joe Lehnert Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL Litigation, Bankruptcy and Reorganization jlehnert@kmklaw.com 513.639.3929
Sarah Lewis Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Intellectual Property, Copyright, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability sarah.lewis@dinsmore.com 513.977.8695
Sanjana Mangalagiri Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Intellectual Property sanjana.mangalagiri@dinsmore.com 513.977.8557
Steven McDevitt Frost Brown Todd LLC Labor & Employment smcdevitt@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6997
John Merchant Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Public Finance john.merchant@dinsmore.com 513.639.9224
Richard Moore Frost Brown Todd LLC Labor and Employment, Workers Compensation rlmoore@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6496
Malaz Moustafa Frost Brown Todd LLC Tax, Benefits mmoustafa@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6872
Toshio Nakao Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Corporate, employment, taxation, probate, non‐profit nakao@taftlaw.com 513.357.9339
John Nalbandian Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Antitrust, Appeals, Litigation, Non‐profit nalbandian@taftlaw.com 513.357.9634
Bryam Pacheco Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Litigation bryan.pacheco@dinsmore.com 513.977.8247
Sujyot Patel Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Bond counsel, issuer's counsel, bank counsel and underwriter's counsel sujyot.patel@dinsmore.com 513.639.9256
Neal Patel Frost Brown Todd LLC Consumer, Copyright, npatel@fbtlaw.com 513.369.4805
Daya Patibandla Frost Brown Todd LLC Intellectual Property dpatibandla@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6712
Mikaela Patton Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL Labor & Employment mpatton@KMKLAW.com 513.639‐3863
Lourdes Perrino Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Tax Group ‐ entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, joint ventures and partnershlperrino@taftlaw.com 513.357.9365
Paul Pittman BakerHostetler Privacy, Intellectual Property, Litigation ppittman@bakerlaw.com 513.929.3410
Ali Razzaghi Frost Brown Todd LLC Commercial, Construction, arazzaghi@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6844
Neal Shah Frost Brown Todd LLC Labor and Employment, Litigation, Workers Comp, Wrongful termination nshah@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6741
Charlie Shih BakerHostetler IP, Patents, Licensing & Technology, Trademark & Copyright cshih@bakerlaw.com 513.852.2618
Yvette Simpson Ulmer & Berne LLP Employment & Labor Law ysimpson@ulmer.com 513.698.5138
Ritu Singh Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Intellectual Property & Patents ritu.singh@dinsmore.com 513.977.8495
Ericka Spears BakerHostetler Litigation espears@bakerlaw.com 513.852.2638
Nathan Spencer Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Litigation nathan.spencer@dinsmore.com 513.977.8193
Christina Sprecher Frost Brown Todd LLC Financial Institutions, Real Estate, Land Use and Zoning, Shopping Center/Retail Development csprecher@fbtlaw.com 513.651.6105
Reginald Staples Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Financings for cities, counties, hospitals, universities reginald.staples@dinsmore.com 513.639.9213
Brian Thomas Graydon Head Human Resources & Employee Benefits, Litigation & Dispute Resolution bthomas@graydon.com 513.629.2859
Candice Thomas Thompson Hine LLP Labor & Employment candice.thomas@thompsonhine.com 513.352.6508
Michael Wheeler Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Intellectual Property procurement and enforcement michael.wheeler@dinsmore.com 513.977.8532
John J. Williams John J. Williams Inc. LPA Trial Practice willij@jjwlaws.com 513.399.8116
John M. Williams The Law Office of John M. Williams, LLPersonal Injury Tort Defense, Insurance Defense and Litigation jmwilliams@jmwilliamslaw.com 513.791.7919
Morgan Lindsay Adams
Associate
madams@fbtlaw.com
301 East Four th Str

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Great American Tower Suite 3300
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
T: 513.651.6193 | F: 513.651.6981
Assistant Morgan is an associate in F rost Bro

wn Todd's Business Litigation Practice
Linda Murphy Group, where she represents and advises clients in a variety of areas. Prior
lmurphy@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6854 to joining the firm, she worked as a summer associate in 2013.
PRACTICE AREAS Morgan attended the University of Notre Dame Law School, where she was
Business Litigation a research assistant for Dwight King at the Kresge Law Library. She earned
her Bachelor of Arts in English from Vassar College.
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
Ohio, 2014 Press Releases
November 20, 2014
EDUCATION
Seven New Associates Join Frost Brown Todd’s Cincinnati and West Chester
University of Notre Dame Law
School, J.D., 2014, cum laude
Offices
Vassar College, A.B., English,
2009
www.frostbrowntodd.com
Tracy B. Agyemang
513.693.4869
tagyemang@calfee.com
TRACY’S primary focus is litigation. A former U.S. Department of

Labor (DOL) Trial Attorney and Special Assistant United States
Attorney, Tracy has experience working on all phases of litigation as
lead counsel including preparation and responses to initial pleadings and
discovery, depositions, motion practice, negotiations of settlement and
all phases of trial.
Tracy has substantial experience litigating disputes in United States

District Courts and before administrative tribunals including the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and
Health Review Commission, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Principal Practices
Commission and Department of Labor administrative law judges. > Litigation
Tracy has also worked with individuals and companies with respect to > Labor and Employment
labor and employment matters including wage and hour compliance, > White Collar Defense
workplace safety, anti-discrimination, and anti-retaliation laws. and Investigations
In her role at the DOL, Tracy negotiated, persuasively argued, and Education
applied strategic pressure to win over $5 million in civil penalties and > Benjamin N. Cardozo
interest in U.S. District Courts. She successfully negotiated numerous School of Law, J.D., 2006
settlements against high-profile employers including a single negotiated -Alexander Fellow
settlement of a wage and hour compliance matter, recovering $1.4 -Senior Managing Editor,
million in back wages and liquidated damages for 170 employees, plus Cardozo Journal of Law &
Gender
enhanced compliance provisions. She won a motion for summary
judgment dismissing an employee’s claim of discrimination based on > Morgan State University,
B.S., magna cum laude,
disability and retaliation. At the DOL, she received numerous awards
2001
including the Secretary’s Exceptional Achievement Award for her
extraordinary efforts in litigation. Admissions
> State of New York
She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Petrese B. Tucker, U.S.
District Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and as a judicial intern
for the Honorable Joseph Greenaway, Jr., U.S. District Judge, District
of New Jersey. She is a member of the New York Bar Association and
serves as a mentor with Capital Partners for Education.
Tracy is the Founder and Executive Director of C.J. Harriet, an

organization that encourages self-esteem and teaches business acumen
to teen girls.
She joined Calfee in 2015.
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Cleveland | Columbus | Cincinnati | Calfee.com

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Donyetta D. Bailey
Email: dbailey@baileylawofficellc.com
Phone: 513.263.6800
Fax: 513.263.6801
Overview
Donyetta represents clients in all aspects of
employment litigation, including cases
concerning wrongful discharge, promissory estoppel, breach of contract, enforcement of
non-compete agreements, wage and hour claims and discrimination claims under the
Americans with Disabilities Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Age Discrimination in
Employment Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Donnie has represented some of the largest employers in the country and in the Cincinnati
region regarding employment law matters and litigation. She frequently advises
employers on various human resource matters such as reviewing employee handbooks,
terminations, employee discipline, pre-employment screening and drug testing.
Donnie also represents employers in workers’ compensation matters before the Industrial
Commission, common pleas courts and appellate courts. She handles all aspects of
workers’ compensation claims including, initial allowances, additional conditions, appeals
regarding the Right to Participate (R.C. 4123.512), temporary total disability claims,
permanent partial awards, permanent total disability claims, wage loss claims, loss of use
awards, violation of Specific Safety Requirements (VSSR) claims and intentional tort
claims.
She also handles general civil litigation matters including high stakes personal injury,
wrongful death and product liability cases. Her commercial litigation practice involves
handling disputes arising from various business arrangements including matters relating
to breach of contract and various business tort claims including fraud, anti-trust and unfair
competition.
Donnie’s family law practice includes representing clients in dissolutions, custody,
visitation and child support matters.
Experience • Experience as an Assistant Attorney
General for the state of Ohio in the
• Currently represents one of Ohio’s Workers’ Compensation Section, the
largest employee staffing and leasing largest litigation section of the office,
companies in all aspects of workers’ during which time she handled over 150
compensation. active workers’ compensation cases at
• Currently represents one of the region’s one time.
largest banks in employment law • Successfully represents clients in
matters. appellate courts, drafting appellate
• Currently represents the nation’s briefs, supporting briefs in oral
largest electric utility company arguments and defending against
concerning employment law and general mandamus actions.
civil litigation matters. • Second chair in high profile antitrust
• Successfully defended Duke Energy by lawsuit involving claims of over $600
obtaining summary judgment in Hybrid million.
LMRA and wrongful discharge case filed • Certified Arbitrator for the Better
by former union employee alleging Business Bureau’s BBB Auto Line
wrongful discharge and breach of the Program, through which she serves as
union contract by Duke Energy and an Arbitrator over cases involving the
inadequate representation by the IBEW. nation’s top auto manufacturers.
Successfully defended Duke Energy in a Practice Areas
personal injury lawsuit involving a
firefighter hit by Duke Energy driver. Employment Law
• Won favorable judgment in a high Workers’ Compensation
profile dispute (covered by WCPO-
Channel 9 news) for a hierarchical Commercial Litigation
church with over 50,000 local church Family Law
members in a lawsuit concerning church
governance, employment and real estate Personal Injury
valued at over $2.1 million.
Education
• Drafted nationwide employer’s
• Capital University Law School, With
background check policies in compliance
Honors, Order of the Curia (J.D., 2000)
with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (and
equivalent state laws) and managed the • University of Illinois at Springfield,
employer’s nationwide pre-employment Political Science, Member of National
screening and drug testing process for Political Science Honor Society (B.A.,
three years. 1997
• Drafted and implemented nationwide
employer’s military leave policy in
compliance with USERRA.
Honors/Distinctions • Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor
• Adjunct Law Professor • NAACP- Life Member
• Ohio Rising Star- Ohio Super Lawyers • Village Life Outreach Project (VLOP)-
(2007) Volunteer Legal Counsel (2008-2010),
Chair of Marketing Committee (2008-
• Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for 2010) and Brigade Member (2005)
Lawyers (CALL), Class X
Presentations
Admissions
• “Recent Developments in Employment
• State of New York (2005) Law: What YOU Need to Know,” CLE
• State of Ohio (2000) program for members of the Greater
Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (September 2012)
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of • “Hot Topics in Workers’ Compensation
Ohio Law,” Rendigs Fall Client Seminar
(August 2012)
Professional Affiliations
• “You Say Goodbye And I Say Hello:
• Cincinnati Bar Association (Board of Managing The Revolving Door of
Trustees, Women Lawyers Committee, Employee Workplace Leave,” Rendigs
Labor & Employment Committee, Spring client seminar (May 2012)
Workers’ Compensation Committee, The
Fee Arbitration Committee, Admissions • “Tales from The Employment Law
Committee, BLAC-CBA Roundtable) Crypt,” Rendigs client seminar
(November 2011)
• Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati
(President) • “Handling the Workers’ Compensation
Case from Start to Finish,” National
• Ohio State Bar Association Business Institute (December 2010)
• New York State Bar Association • “Injuries Received in the Course of and
• American Bar Association Arising Out of Employment,” Lorman
Education Services (January 2007)
• Southwestern Ohio Self-Insurers
Association • “Workers’ Compensation Update,”
Employer’s Resource Association
• African American Chamber of (January 2007)
Commerce
• “Avoiding Hiring Criminals, Terrorists,
• Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel and Imposters- the Dos and Don’ts for
Program (Board Member, CLE Pre-employment Screening,” Human
Committee Chair) Capital Magazine/Douglass Publications
Audio Conference (March 2006)
Community Involvement
• “Pre-Employment Screening for the
Smart Employer,” Employer’s Resource
(President)
Association (March 2006
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
http://www.taftlaw.com
Ann Arbor / Chicago / Cincinnati / Cleveland / Columbus / Dayton / Indianapolis / Northern Kentucky / Phoenix
Donnell J. Bell
Associate
Office: Cincinnati
Address: 425 Walnut Street Suite 1800 / Cincinnati / Ohio 45202-3957
Email: dbell@taftlaw.com
Telephone: (513) 357-9483
Fax: (513) 381-0205
Practice Groups:
DONNELL J. BELL is an associate in the Cincinnati office of Taft where he is a Litigation
member of the Litigation Group. Donnell represents individual and business clients
Education:
in all aspects of the litigation process, including trials, arbitration, and mediation.
Vanderbilt University Law School
He is experienced in state and federal courts throughout Ohio. Donnell’s general (2013), University of Southern
litigation practice has focused on municipal law, personal injury, product liability, California (2002)
and complex commercial disputes, including misappropriation of trade secrets.
Professional Affiliations /
Recognitions:
Donnell graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Southern California
Black Lawyers Association of
and earned his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School. While in law school, Cincinnati
he was a member of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.
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Prior to joining the firm, Alex worked as a summer associate in 2012. Before
PRACTICE AREAS attending law school, Alex spent two years as a special projects coordinator
Finance and Real Estate for a teacher training organization based in New York City that collaborated
with Teach for America. In this position, Alex worked as part of a team
FIRM COMMITTEES preparing an application to charter the organization as a stand-alone
Recruiting Committee, Member graduate school of education. Prior to this work, Alex served as a New York
City Urban Fellow, working in the New York City Department of
EDUCATION Education's Empowerment Schools Office.
The Ohio State University, Moritz
College of Law, J.D., 2013
Ohio State Journal on Dispute
News
Resolution, 2011-2013 November 6, 2013
Davidson College, B.A. History, Cincinnati law firm adds 5 attorneys
2007
Cincinnati Business Courier
Lewis Diaz Education
J.D., Northern Kentucky
Partner University, Chase College of
Covington, KY Law
P: (513) 639-9264 M.P.A., Eastern Kentucky
F: (513) 621-5913 University
lewis.diaz@dinsmore.com
B.A., Eastern Kentucky
University
Bar Admissions
Lewis Diaz concentrates his practice on affordable housing and traditional governmental finance. His
Kentucky
practice is dedicated to the goal of ensuring good, safe, accessible, affordable housing for
communities across the nation. Related Services
Finance
Lewis’ clients include municipalities, state and local housing agencies, for-profit developers, non-
Public Finance
profit housing organizations and investment banking firms. He works with all the diverse participants
Housing
in housing transactions, including multi-family housing sponsors, developers, and underwriters. He
represents governmental issuers (both as bond counsel and issuer counsel), LIHTC syndicators,
developers (for-profit and non-profit), underwriters, banks, trustees, lenders and credit providers.
Multiple HUD, tax credit, bond and other program requirements often result in very complicated
financial and legal structures; Lewis views these challenges as opportunities to build real
partnerships among all the stakeholders in affordable housing transactions.
Lewis recently acted as bond counsel in an innovative pooled finance which leveraged $16 million of
private equity and $28 million in multi-family private activity bonds to rehabilitate 793 scattered units
throughout Tennessee. In 2013, Lewis acted as developer’s counsel in an innovative transaction
that will rebuild an affordable housing complex destroyed by a tornado in 2013, working with an array
of local, state, and federal officials, including the Kentucky Housing Corporation and the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Prior to 2008, Lewis was chief counsel at the Kentucky Housing Corporation.
Lewis is active in the community. He is appointed by the Boone County Fiscal Court to the board of
the Northern Kentucky Area Development District (NKADD) and serves as its vice chair. Lewis
also serves on the board of the Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission and the Shirley
Mann Elementary School Based Decision Making Council.
A native of Cuba and a resident of South Florida through his teenage years, Lewis is fluent in
Spanish.
Memberships & Affiliations

National Association of Bond Lawyers
Kentucky and American Bar Associations
Northern Kentucky Area Development District, Board Member and Vice Chair
Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission, Board Member
Kentucky Affordable Housing Coalition, President
EKU Worn Cleat Club
Distinctions
HUD Fellowship recipient, 2000-2002
Eastern Kentucky University - Offensive Lineman of the Year, 2000
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Senior Associate
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Litig practice group based in
Mary Jo Duffy the Cincinnati office. He joined the firm in 2012 and has handled all manner
mduffy@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6921 of litigation, from misdemeanor traffic violations and small claims court
matters to multistate federal litigation and appellate cases. While he primarily
PRACTICE AREAS works in the corporate litigation area, he also has experience in white collar
Business Litigation crime and insurance defense. In addition, he has handled several types of
administrative appeals, including Medicare/Medicaid appeals, unemployment
BAR MEMBERSHIPS appeals, and handled complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau.
Ohio
Since joining the firm, Zach has not only been active in the legal community,
CLERKSHIPS but has also become involved with several civic and charitable organizations.
Legal Intern, Honorable Judge He currently sits on the Executive Board of Give Back Cincinnati, one of
Michael Barrett, U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of Ohio, Cincinnati's largest young professional philanthropic organizations, as well
2011. as the FBT Community Outreach Committee. In combining his interest in
law and giving back, he also helped develop and sits on the steering
EDUCATION committee of FBT Spark, a new FBT initiative aimed and providing low cost
University of Cincinnati College of legal services to start up companies and entrepreneurs.
Law, J.D., 2012, Cum Laude,
University of Cincinnati Law
Review, Associate Member
A Cincinnati native, Zach attended St. Xavier High school before earning his
2010-2011 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Notre Dame. He earned his Juris
Articles Editor 2011-2012 Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Zach was active in
Human Rights Quarterly, Editorial law school, serving as an Articles Editor of the Law Review, a member of
Staff 2009
the editorial staff of Human Rights Quarterly, Class Representative on the
University of Notre Dame, B.A.,
2008, Political Science Student Bar Association, volunteer with the Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance (VITA) program, a member of the Student Court, and earned
numerous academic distinctions. He has also been published in the area of
evidence.
Highlights & Recognitions

John R. Saylor Prize in Evidence
Zachary A. El-Sawaf

Cincinnati Bar Association
Ohio Bar Association
American Bar Association
Press Releases
November 6, 2012
Thirteen New Associates Join Frost Brown Todd
Civic & Charitable Organizations

Give Back Cincinnati, Vice - President of Operations
Frost Brown Todd Community Outreach Committee, Member
Non-FBT Publications And Events

Incomplete Justice: Plugging the Hole Left by the Reverse 404(b) Problem, 80 U. CIN. L. Rev. 1049
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Eric S. Foster
Associate
efoster@beneschlaw.com
T:513.739.5581
F:216.363.4588
Assistant Contact
Elizabeth Kohn
ekohn@beneschlaw.com
T:216.363.4666
Cleveland
200 Public Square
Suite 2300
Cleveland, OH 44114-2378
Columbus
41 South High Street, Suite 2600
Columbus, OH 43215-6164
Mr. Foster is an associate in Benesch's Innovations, Information Technology & Intellectual Property (3iP) Practice Group. His practice is
focused upon assisting clients with building and protecting their technology portfolio in the United States and globally.
Mr. Foster’s background includes more than 6 years of experience in patent preparation and prosecution. He has extensive experience in
managing complex innovations for organizations, including large global corporations. Additionally, he is skilled at providing patent-related
opinions, which include validity opinions, patentability studies, right -to-practice opinions, due diligence analysis, patent landscape
studies, and clearance opinions. Mr. Foster also has experience providing litigation support in trademark and patent matters.
Mr. Foster’s background also includes over 7 years of electrical engineering experience in the aviation industry. During his engineering
career, he worked as a design engineer developing inspection systems, radar evading technology, and electrical components for controls
systems. Mr. Foster also graduated from a leadership development program and an in -house multi-disciplined engineering course
focused upon jet engine design. Mr. Foster ’s engineering experience provides an affinity for interacting with innovators and an
understanding of clients’ business objectives.
Mr. Foster is adept at rapidly developing an understanding of technology and identifying key features of innovations. His tec hnical
knowledge is based in electrical, software, and mechanical arts. Mr. Foster has applied his technical knowledge to a wide var iety of
industries, with particular experience in aerospace, inspection systems, x -ray systems, radar, manufacturing, medical devices,
semiconductors, autonomous vehicles, computer hardware, software, electrical circuits, emergency rescue equipment, oil and ga s, and
automotive.
EDUCATION
Northern Kentucky University, 2009, J.D.
magna cum laude
University of Cincinnati, 2005, M.S., Electrical Engineering
University of Cincinnati, 2001, B.S., Electrical Engineering
BAR ADMISSIONS/ASSOCIATIONS, LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES

Ohio
MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Member, Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program
RELATED PRACTICES
Intellectual Property/3iP Practice Group
RECENT NEWS
December 22, 2014
Connelly and Foster Join Benesch
Press Releases
RECENT ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS

March 25, 2015
Patent Trolls: Definition, Licensing, Patent Litigation Statistics, Patent Law Reform
Speaking Engagement
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Everett L. Greene
Biography
A former Graydon Head Summer Associate in the 2002 Class, Ev
joined the firm’s Cincinnati office in 2003 and practices in labor and
employment and workplace health and safety issues. His favorite part of
his job is making oral arguments at workers’ compensation hearings.
Ev, a U.S. Navy Veteran and retired Captain, describes his proudest
moment as when he became a Navy SEAL. According to Ev, “SEALs
are renowned for their skills in the water. After failing swimming my
first three years at the Naval Academy, no one gave me a chance to
become a SEAL.” He overcame the odds and had a successful 30-year
career as a Navy SEAL.
Originally from Cincinnati and a graduate of Walnut Hills High School,

Ev resides downtown with his wife, Violy. They are active in their Everett L. Greene
church, Immanuel Lutheran Church in Avondale. Ev routinely serves as
a lay reader and occasionally conducts lay services.
p. 513.629.2824
f. 513.651.3836
Education
Howard University School of Law, J.D., 2003 egreene@graydon.com
United States Naval Academy, B.S., Naval Science, 1970
Areas of Focus
Bar Admissions • Employment Immigration
State of Ohio • Health, Education & Public Sector
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio • Human Resources & Employee
Benefits
Affiliations • Media, Communications &
Cincinnati Bar Association, Member Information
Ohio State Bar Association, Member • Workers’ Compensation
Federation of Lutheran Churches in Cincinnati, President
Building Hope in the City of Cincinnati, Member
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Otis Grigsby
Associate
Office: Cincinnati
Email: ogrigsby@taftlaw.com
Telephone: (513) 357-9443
Fax: (513) 381-0205
Practice Groups:
OTIS W. GRIGSBY is an associate in the Cincinnati office of Taft where he is a Technology, Start-Up & Growth
Companies, Privacy & Data
member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group. He focuses on trademark,
Security, Intellectual Property,
copyright and trade secret matters related to start-ups, nonprofits and mergers and
Trademark, Copyright & Trade
acquisitions. Secret
Otis graduated with a B.A. in interior design from the University of Kentucky, Education:
College of Design and played on the varsity football team. After college, he played University of Kentucky College of
Law (2013), University of Kentucky
in the National Football League for several years before going to law school and
(2008)
earning a J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
Otis has been a volunteer with Give Back Cincinnati, the Garth Brooks and Troy
Aikman Teammates for Kids Foundation, DePaul Cristo Rey High School
mentor, Whiz Kids tutor at Crossroads Oakley, and an "Offensive Coordinator" for
the "Touchdown for Hope" 2014 Super Bowl XLVIII event at Great American
Ballpark.
Sonya S. Jindal
Partner
Office: Cincinnati
Email: jindal@taftlaw.com
Telephone: (513) 357-9335
Fax: (513) 381-0205
Practice Groups:
SONYA S. JINDAL is a member of Taft’s Tax and Private Client practice Tax, Private Client, Personal Tax
Planning, Tax Controversy &
groups. She has experience in all aspects of tax and succession planning work,
Litigation, International Taxation,
including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and
Estate Planning, Nonprofit & Tax-
partnerships, restructurings, executive compensation and employee benefits, Exempt Organizations, Business
nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations and foundations, charitable gaming, estate Succession Planning, Crisis
planning, business succession planning, and asset protection planning. Sonya also Management, Corporate
Compliance & White Collar
represents clients in tax controversy matters and criminal tax investigations,
Criminal Defense, Venture Capital
including government examinations of complex tax shelters and other tax- and Emerging Companies,
advantaged strategies. She has significant trial experience and has represented Gaming
clients before the Internal Revenue Service's civil and criminal divisions, the United
Bar/Court Admissions:
States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, and the United States Tax
Federal
Court. U.S. Tax Court, Southern District
of Ohio
Representative Experience
State
Ohio
Tax, Business Succession and Estate Planning
Year First Admitted to
• Advises clients on tax and non-tax business structuring issues in connection Practice Law:
with transactions, including partnership, corporate, real estate, international 2009
and business succession transactions.
Education:
• Advises on wealth transfer planning for individuals and families, including
Vanderbilt University Law School
implementation of sophisticated wealth transfer techniques, such as (2007), Northwestern University
transferring of interests in family owned entities. School of Law (2007), Xavier
University (2003)
• Advises family owned businesses in succession planning and related estate
planning issues.
• Advises clients on structuring equity and incentive plans and award Recognitions:
agreements. American Bar Association, Ohio
Super Lawyers Rising Star,
National Trial Lawyers
• Advises clients on structuring transactions to utilize various tax incentives

including new market tax credits and historic rehabilitation tax credits.
Tax Controversy and Criminal Tax Investigations
• Represented a senior level partner at a major accounting firm indicted for

violations of federal tax law. Following a five-week jury trial in January 2013
the partner was acquitted of all charges.
• Represented individuals with undisclosed foreign financial accounts and
handle IRS voluntary disclosures, civil audits and criminal investigations with
respect to such offshore matters.
Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations
• Represents nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations and foundations in all

aspects of their organization and operation including formation, governance,
mergers and restructurings, unrelated business income tax matters,
intermediate sanctions, joint ventures, endowment funds, fundraising,
charitable giving and planned giving programs, and compliance with state
law charity registration requirements.
• Advises tax-exempt organizations regarding the limitations on lobbying and
political campaign activities.
• Represents nonprofit organizations in connection with obtaining bingo and
gaming licenses.
Achievements and Awards
• Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2014, 2015, 2016

• The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Criminal Defense, 2014
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Cincinnati’s Finest Young Professional Award,
2010
• Vanderbilt University Law School Chancellor’s Law Scholar
• Vanderbilt Scholastic Excellence Award in International Business
Transactions
• Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society Public Interest Service Award
• Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
• Financial Executives International Outstanding Finance Student Award
Professional Memberships and Community Service
• American Cancer Society, Member of Board of Directors & Member of 2015

Discovery Ball Board of Ambassadors
• Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Member of Board of Directors
• Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber C-Change Leadership Development
Program, Class 7
• Boy Scouts of America, Professional Leadership Network, Former Executive
Board Member
• The Ndukwe Foundation, Former Board Member
• Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, Volunteer Lawyers Project,
Volunteer
• American Bar Association, Taxation Section, Member
• Nashville Pro Bono Program, Volunteer
• Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Diversity Committee Member and Former
Employment Committee Member
Education
• Northwestern University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 2007

• Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 2007
• Xavier University, B.S., Finance, 2003
• Ursuline Academy, 2001
Nathaniel R. Jones
Of Counsel
Cincinnati, OH v. +1.513.362.8772 f. +1.513.362.8773

Jones-N@BlankRome.com
Nathaniel Jones, a retired judge with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit, has substantial experience in litigation, appeals, and dispute resolution.
He serves a wide range of clients in matters such as:
SERVICES commercial and general litigation
Litigation appellate litigation
alternate dispute resolution
Appellate Litigation employment, benefits and labor
Labor and Employment
Alternative Dispute On February 20, 2003, in recognition of his outstanding career as a jurist and civil
Resolution rights leader, Congress passed H.J. Res. 2 naming the Nathaniel R. Jones Federal
Building and U.S. Courthouse in Youngstown, Ohio.
ADMISSIONS
Judge Jones served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern
Ohio District of Ohio and as Assistant General Counsel to President Johnson’s National
Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, also known as the Kerner Commission. He
MEMBERSHIPS held the position of general counsel of the National Association of Advancement
for Colored People (NAACP) from 1969 to 1979. He was a judge on the U.S. Court
2012 World Choir of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1979 to 2002.
Games
An internationally renowned civil rights activist, Judge Jones played an important
ABA Coalition on Racial
role in furthering the abolition of apartheid in South Africa. The drafters of South
and Ethnic Justice
Africa’s new constitution and laws consulted him, and he conferred with Nelson
American Bar Mandela upon Mandela’s release from 27 years of imprisonment.
Association
Among numerous other honors and awards, Judge Jones received the Children’s
American Inns of Court
Defense Fund’s Changing the Odds Award in 2012, the Charles Hamilton Houston
Black Lawyers Medallion of Merit from the Washington Bar Association in 2011, induction into
Association of the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2010, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.’s
Cincinnati Laurel Wreath Award in 2009, The American Lawyer’s Lifetime Achievement
BRIDGES for a Just Award in 2007, the Just The Beginning Foundation’s Trailblazer Award in 2006,
Community the Annual Fellows Award from the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers
CBA/BLAC Round Table Division in 2005, the Award of Excellence from theThurgood Marshall Scholarship
Fund in 2004, the Ohio Bar Medal Award from the Ohio State Bar Association in
CPR International
2003, and he was inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame in 2002
Institute for Conflict
and the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2011. He was named a "Great LivingCincinnatian
Prevention &
Cincinnatian" in 1997.
Resolution
Federal Bar Association Judge Jones taught trial advocacy at Harvard Law School and is now an adjunct
KnowledgeWorks professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He is the holder of 19
Foundation honorary degrees. Judge Jones has authored numerous articles and papers.
Legal Aid Society of
Cincinnati
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Marvin Lewis
Community Fund Served as defense counsel for a class-action discrimination lawsuit against
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National Bar national retailer alleging racial profiling.
Association Served as defense counsel for class-action discrimination lawsuit against
Fortune 100 company alleging racial discrimination.
Ohio State Bar Mediated a class-action discrimination lawsuit alleging racial
Association discrimination.
Soteni International Mediated an employment dispute between corporation and former
Toyota Motor employee.
Manufacturing North Represented corporation responding to inquiry by N.Y. Attorney General’s
America, Inc. Office.
Urban Morgan
International Human
Rights Institute COMMUNITY SERVICE & AFFILIATIONS
National Underground
Railroad Freedom Judge Jones is a member of more than two dozen civic and community
Center organizations, including the Board of Directors of KnowledgeWorks Foundation,
the Board of Trustees of the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, the Marvin
Cincinnati Bar
Lewis Community Fund, the Metropolitan Club, the Advisory Board of Soteni
Association
International, and the Advisory Board of the Urban Morgan Institute for Human
Cincinnati Youth Rights. He serves as a member of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing North
Collaborative America, Inc. Diversity Advisory Board, and is honorary co-chair and board
U.S. Court of Appeals member of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
for the Sixth Circuit
EDUCATION
Youngstown State
University Law School,
LLB
Youngstown State
University, BA
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Chris Kim Kahn
Senior Associate
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Assistant Chris is an associate in the Environmental Practice Group of rost Brown

F
Laura Benham Todd LLC. She focuses her practice on environmental litigation and
Lbenham@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6439 regulatory matters, including work involving the Clean Air Act and the Clean
Water Act.
PRACTICE AREAS
Environmental Prior to joining Frost Brown Todd, Chris served as an Assistant Attorney
Environmental: Transactional General in the Environmental Enforcement Section of the Ohio Attorney
General's Office. There she represented the State of Ohio and the Ohio
BAR MEMBERSHIPS Environmental Protection Agency in state enforcement litigation and
Ohio administrative proceedings. Chris's experience also includes collaborating
with a team of state and local government petitioners appealing the Cross
COURTS State Air Pollution Rule.
Southern District of Ohio
6th Circuit Court of Appeals During law school, Chris interned with the Missouri State Public Defender's
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Office and served as a student law clerk for Hon. Audrey G. Fleissig in the
Eastern District of Missouri.
EDUCATION
Washington University School of Memberships & Affiliations
Law, J.D., 2010
Washington University Law
Ohio State Bar Association
Review, Competition and
Development Editor
Williams College, B.A., 2007
FBT Publications
March 23, 2016
U.S. EPA Continues its Focus on Chemical Risks –
Legal Update
July 31, 2013
U.S. EPA Issues Final Rule On Regulation Of Solvent-Contaminated Wipes
Under RCRA
December 10, 2012
Chris Kim Kahn
Court Holds F ailed Stac

k Test Creates Presumption of Continuing Violation
Legal Updates
Press Releases
October 30, 2012
Frost Brown Todd’s Environmental Practice Adds New Associate
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Tegan E. Kahner
Staff Attorney
Cincinnati
T 513.852.2630 | F 513.929.0303
tkahner@bakerlaw.com
Prior Positions Tegan Kahner is a member of the BakerHostetler team serving as court-
 U.S. Department of Labor Office of appointed counsel to the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee
Administrative Law Judge: Law for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS),
Clerk (2010) an unprecedented recovery effort involving hundreds of actions.
 OSU Street Law: Mentor (2008 to
2010)
 OSU Justice for Children Defense Tegan is a registered member of the United States Patent and Trademark
Clinic: Legal Intern (2010 to 2011) Office and a licensed member of the Ohio bar who is litigating patent
 AmeriCorps: Teach for America disputes venued throughout the United States and prosecuting patent
Secondary Science Teacher, applications.
Biology, Anatomy & Physiology
and Earth Science (2006 to 2008)
 OSU Pro Bono Research Fellow Experience
(2010 to 2011)  Working on cases in active discovery and document review to prepare
 OSU Health Law Society: Co- evidence supporting the SIPA Trustee's claims against defendants, and
creator (2008 to 2011) is also working to respond to document requests from defendants.
Admissions
 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
Recognition
Registration No. 71,479
 U.S. District Court, Southern
 CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Insurance Law
District of Ohio  CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Evidence in Trial Practice
 Ohio
Education Memberships
 J.D., The Ohio State University  American Bar Association
Michael E. Moritz College of Law,
2011; Executive Editor, I/S: A  Ohio State Bar Association: Intellectual Property Law Section
Journal of Law and Policy for
Information Society  Cincinnati Bar Association: Intellectual Property Litigation Section
 B.A., Neuroscience, Smith
College, 2006 Community
 Children, Inc.: Board Member
Pramila A. Kamath
Associate
Pramila Kamath is a member of Bricker & Eckler's Litigation group. Pramila received her J.D. in CONTACT INFORMATION
2009 from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Her practice includes commercial litigation
513.870.6683 direct
involving business torts, trade secrets and unfair competition claims, consumer financial services pkamath@bricker.com
litigation, and breach of contract claims. Pramila's work experience prior to joining Bricker & Eckler
also includes commercial real estate disputes and insurance coverage disputes (both plaintiff's
work and insurance defense). Pramila also has done extensive e-discovery work in a variety of
INDUSTRIES & PRACTICES
areas, including securities litigation, health care fraud and regulated industries.
Banking & Financial Services
Litigation
Professional & Community Activities Litigation

Financial Services Regulatory &
b Graduate, Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation Leadership Institute Class of 2013-2014
Compliance
b Graduate, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber C-Change Leadership Program, Class VI Banking & Financial Services
b Board Member, Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program
b Mentor, Ohio Women's Bar Association Mentoring Program CINCINNATI OFFICE
Bricker & Eckler LLP

Presentations & Published Works 201 East Fifth Street
b Speaker, "5 'Cs' to Conquering False Claims Act Litigation - A How-to Guide," Greater Cincinnati Suite 1110
Minority Counsel Program (GCMCP), September 2013 Cincinnati, OH 45202-4152
513.870.6700 main
513.870.6699 fax
Awards & Recognitions
b Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition, 2015-2016
b Named, Lawyers of Color’s “Hot List” Early- to Mid-Career Minority Attorneys, Midwest Region
Bar Admissions & Activities

b Admitted, State of Ohio; United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; United States District
Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio
b Member, Ohio State Bar Association; Cincinnati Bar Association; Ohio Women's Bar Association
Education
b University of Cincinnati (J.D., magna cum laude, 2009); Order of the Coif; Executive Editor,
University of Cincinnati Law Review
b University of Virginia (B.A., foreign affairs, 2005)
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Pramila A. Kamath
Associate
Experience
Representation of a large energy company
Successfully represented one of the nation's largest energy producers and transporters,
Dominion East Ohio, in a case involving a natural gas supplier who placed restricted covenants on
property deeds, forcing all owners and lessees to buy gas from it. The supplier sued Dominion
when a commercial customer tried to enter into a new retail supply agreement with them. Courts
struck down the covenant for lack of considerations and ruled the restriction as a violation of Ohio
public policy.
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Shannon D. Lawson
ASSOCIATE
Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

One East Fourth Street
Suite 1400
Cincinnati, OH 45202
TEL: (513) 579-6455
FAX: (513) 579-6457
slawson@kmklaw.com
PRACTICE AREAS Shannon Lawson practices in the firm’s Business Representation & Transactions
Commercial Loan Group. He focuses his practice in the areas of commercial finance, mergers and
Documentation acquisitions and business planning.
Leasing & Equipment
Finance Prior to law school, Shannon worked several years as an internal auditor for
Mergers & Acquisitions Ashland Inc., where he led an array of financial and operational audits. He also
Private Equity / Venture worked as an internal auditor for E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., a Fortune 100
Capital company, and was a Corporate Accountant at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, now a part
Securities Regulation of Pfizer. Shannon is a Certified Public Accountant (Delaware, 2009) and a
Compliance
Certified Internal Auditor.
Start-Ups and Growth
Companies
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
BAR & COURT CALI Awards for Excellence in Securities Regulation and Innocence Project
ADMISSIONS
Ohio
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
EDUCATION Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program (GCMCP), Member
J.D., University of Kentucky Professional Leadership Network (PLN)
College of Law, 2014
Boy Scouts of America, Dan Beard Council, Hopkins Committee Member
B.S., Delaware State
University, 2001; cum laude
One East Four th Street, Suite 1400, Cincinnati, OH 45202 T E L : 5 1 3 . 5 7 9 . 6 4 0 0 FA X : 5 1 3 . 5 7 9 . 6 4 5 7 w w w. k m k l a w. c o m

Joseph E. Lehnert
ASSOCIATE

Suite 1400
TEL: (513) 639-3929
FAX: (513) 579-6457
jlehnert@kmklaw.com
PRACTICE AREAS Joe Lehnert practices in the firm's Litigation and Commercial Finance &
Creditors' Rights Litigation Reorganization Groups, concentrating in the areas of bankruptcy, reorganization
Commercial & Securities and creditors’ rights.
Litigation
During law school, Joe worked as a law clerk at GE Aviation in Environment, Health
Workouts & Restructuring
and Safety. He also worked as an intern at Great American Insurance Company in
Class Action Litigation
Accounting and Reinsurance.
Mass Tort Settlement Trusts
False Claims Act & Qui Tam Joe earned his law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2012,
Litigation where he served as the Problem Writer on the Moot Court Honor Board. He also
Personal Injury / Wrongful served as Co-Editor in Chief on the Freedom Center Journal Executive Board. Joe
Death
was an active member of the Black Law Students Association, and he served as
BAR & COURT president of the Latino/a Law Students Association.

ADMISSIONS
Ohio
PUBLICATIONS
U.S. District Court, Southern
Legal Alert: Revised Ohio Receivership Statute Brings Clarity for Lenders and
District of Ohio
Prospective Foreclosure Sale Purchasers, March 3, 2015
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Cincinnati PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
College of Law, 2012
B.A., Xavier University, 2009,
magna cum laude, in the Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program
Philosophy, Politics and
Oyler School, A.P. Hampton Mentoring Program
Public Honors Program
League of United Latin American Citizens

Kenjiro (Ken) D. LeCroix
Senior Associate
klecroix@fbtlaw.com

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Assistant Ken is a Senior Associate in the Inter nationalvices

Ser Group and
Kathy Strunk concentrates his practice on transnational investments, mergers and
kstrunk@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6166 acquisitions, international business structures, distribution and agency
agreements, and other cross-border matters. Ken also assists clients with
PRACTICE AREAS strategic contract negotiations, international regulation and trade issues, and
Corporate/Business international business disputes.
International Services Group
Japan Desk In addition, Ken chairs the Firm's Japan Desk and counsels Japanese
Mergers and Acquisitions companies operating in the United States to assist in the strategic structuring
of their U.S. presence, and advises multinational businesses in corporate and
CONCENTRATIONS commercial matters.
International Business
Transactions
Experience Highlights
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
Corporate and Commercial
Ohio
Ken acts as the main U.S. counsel for a number of foreign-owned
Kentucky
companies' operations throughout the U.S. and internationally, and has
COURTS experience with commercial and corporate matters. Ken has also acted as
United States Court of Appeals for main counsel for various companies involved in multi-million dollar
the Sixth Circuit transactions, including purchase agreements, supply agreements, mergers,
United States District Court for the acquisitions, software licensing and other technology agreements, and
Southern District of Ohio construction agreements.
United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Kentucky
Cross-Border Expansion and International Trade
CLERKSHIPS Ken has not only helped companies within the U.S., but also companies'
Judicial Extern, Honorable S. international operations, such as establishing joint ventures in South
Arthur Spiegel, United States America, assisting with negotiating and preparing agreements with global
District Court for the Southern
District of Ohio, 2010 suppliers, vendors, and customers, resolving supply chain issues, assisting
with import and export matters, and has been involved in various other
EDUCATION cross-border matters.

University of Cincinnati College of
Law, J.D., 2011
University of Cincinnati Law Business Disputes
Review, Associate Member,
2009-2010, Editor, 2010-2011 Prior to joining the fir m,enKwas involved in complex business litigation,
Vanderbilt University, B.A. including false advertising, product liability, mass tort, antitrust, and
Mathematics and Spanish, cum privacy/security matters. Having also worked in the Legal Department at
laude, 2007 Toyota and at General Electric's Legal Department in the U.S. and in Japan,
Ken is well aware of the litigation risks and challenges that multinational
LANGUAGES
companies face in the U.S., and continues to assist clients to minimize the
Japanese
risk in these areas, and to assist clients in obtaining successful results in the
Spanish
event disputes arise.

Federal Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Potter Stewart Inn of Court
Recent Blog Posts

The Trans-Pacific Partnership: An Overview for Japanese and U.S.
Companies involved in Cross-Border Trade
FBT Publications
September 17, 2015
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: An Overview for Japanese and U.S.
Companies involved in Cross-Border Trade
News
January 2016
Attorney Builds Strong Relationships with Japanese Clients, Encourages
Tri-State Growth
CBA Report by the Cincinnati Bar Association
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Press Releases
January 14, 2014
Kenjiro D. LeCroix Joins Frost Brown Todd

Japan America Society of Greater Cincinnati

"Legal Ethics Online and in Social Media," National Business Institute, December 2013
"Locating Persons and Finding Background Information," National Business Institute, December 2013
"Locating Companies for Due Diligence and Background Information," National Business Institute, December
2013
The Key to a Young Associate's Reliability: Knowing the Local Rules (and more), CBA Report, September 2013
"LinkedIn for Lawyers - Best Practices and Pitfalls," Cincinnati Bar Association - No Brown Bag Lunch Series,
October 2012
Five Effective Ways to Use Your LinkedIn Account, American Bar Association The Young Lawyer, September 2012
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Steven T. McDevitt
Associate
smcdevitt@fbtlaw.com

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Assistant As an associate in the Labor and Employment practice g , roup

Steve advises
Rebecca Teuchert employers on employment and human resources issues and represents
rteuchert@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6956 clients in federal, state, and administrative litigation.
PRACTICE AREAS In his practice, Steve is focused on providing practical advice, tailored to the
Labor and Employment needs of his clients. His approach is to help businesses proactively manage
Workers’ Compensation employees in a way that maximizes growth and stays ahead of developments
in employment law. When employment disputes do occur, he works
CONCENTRATIONS aggressively to resolve them in his client's interests.
Employment Discrimination
Wrongful Discharge Outside of his labor and employment practice, Steve co-founded the firm's
Wage and Hour Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) practice. The UAS practice helps
Family and Medical Leave businesses integrate the commercial use of drones into their operations.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Steve's passion for law and business is nothing new. Before law school,
BAR MEMBERSHIPS Steve worked as a legislative analyst at the Cincinnati USA Regional
Ohio, 2014 Chamber. In that role, he worked with business leaders to advocate for
legislation that encouraged business growth. Prior to the Chamber, Steve
COURTS worked on a presidential campaign and interned on Capitol Hill.
Southern District of Ohio
Supreme Court of Ohio
United States Court of Appeals for
CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Georgetown University Law Center,
the Sixth Circuit "New Deal Legal History" Seminar, Spring 2013
C-Change, Class 5, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, 2010
EDUCATION
Georgetown University Law Memberships & Affiliations
Center, J.D., 2014
University of Notre Dame, B.A., Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Governance Committee
2007
Cincinnati Ballet, Attitude Associate Board, Corporate Outreach Committee
Steven T. McDevitt
Recent Blog Posts

Supreme Court Denies R eview ofKillion v. KeHE Distributors, Leaving The Sixth Circuit Alone In Refusing to
Enforce FLSA Collective Action Waivers
FBT Publications
March 3, 2016
EEOC: Position Statements On-Demand for Employees, Employers Stay in the FOIA Line
March 2, 2016
Cincinnati Passes Wage Theft Ordinance: Is Your Company Covered?
Legal Update
June 9, 2015
Supreme Court Closes Off “Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil” Defense in Religious Discrimination
Suits
Legal Update
April 20, 2015
EEOC’s Proposed Rule Favors Employee Wellness Programs
Legal update
March 17, 2015
Supreme Court Permits Labor Department to Flip-Flop on Wage-Hour Interpretations
Legal update
January 15, 2015
Buyer’s Remorse No More: Supreme Court Declines to Review Sixth Circuit Decision That Penalizes Employer
for Granting Employee’s Request for Transfer
Legal update
December 16, 2014
NLRB Issues New Quick Election Rules
Legal update
News
October 23, 2015
Drone investment set to soar in Ohio
Press Releases
November 20, 2014
Seven New Associates Join Frost Brown Todd’s Cincinnati and West Chester Offices
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Steven T. McDevitt

St. Xavier High Sc hool,r.FHealy Society
Fernside, Group Facilitator
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John C. Merchant Education
J.D., University of Kentucky
Partner College of Law, (1982)
Cincinnati, OH B.A., Morehead State
P: (513) 639-9224 University, (cum laude, 1979)
F: (513) 621-3813
john.merchant@dinsmore.com Bar Admissions
Ohio
Kentucky
Georgia
Depth and variation describe John Merchant's nearly 30 years of public finance practice. Mr. Merchant
District of Columbia
has participated in traditional issue, economic development, and health care transactions, as bond
and underwriter's counsel, for the issuance of obligations including bonds, notes and leases, for Court Admissions
transactions throughout Ohio and Kentucky. Eastern District of Kentucky
Western District of Kentucky
Mr. Merchant has served as bond/disclosure counsel for every general obligation, economic
development revenue, and water revenue bond issue of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio since 2006. Related Services
Finance
Additionally, he has served as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel for traditional issue Public Finance
financings related to schools and universities, transportation, and water and sewer projects, Economic Development
including new money transactions and advance and current refundings. These financings have Education
included features such as governmental master trust agreements and subordinated and taxable Health Care Public Finance
debt. Traditional Governmental

Finance
As bond and underwriter's counsel for health care & other 501(c)(3) conduit transactions, he has
experience with financing structures involving master trust indentures, leases, and financing
agreements for private placements.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Merchant participated in public finance transactions in various positions
with the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

National Association of Bond Lawyers
Association for Governmental Leasing & Finance
Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC), Board Member
Cincinnati Art Museum, Board Member
Distinctions
American College of Bond Counsel, Fellow
Richard L. Moore
Member
rlmoore@fbtlaw.com

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T: 513.651.6496 | F: 513.651.6981
Assistant Rich is a member in F rost Bro wn Todd's Cincinnati office in the firm's labor
Rebecca Teuchert and employment practice group. He defends clients in federal and state
rteuchert@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6956 court litigation arising from claims of wrongful termination and various
types of employment discrimination, including claims arising from
PRACTICE AREAS allegations of protected class discrimination, violations of the Family and
Labor and Employment Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other statutory
Workers’ Compensation and common law claims. Rich also defends employers in workers'
compensation claims at both the administrative level and in court
FIRM COMMITTEES appeals. Rich is a frequent lecturer and author on topics related to
Diversity and Inclusion Committee, employment law, workers' compensation, and electronic discovery.
Member
Rich is a former trustee of the Cincinnati Bar Association and current Chair
EDUCATION
of the CBA's Community Service Committee. Rich also serves as Board
Law, J.D., 1993 Secretary for the Mercantile Library Association, and is Board Chair of the
Bowling Green State University, Cancer Support Community of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
B.S., 1987 Rich is also Co-Chair of the Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel
Program, is a member of the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, a
member of the 2012 Fellows Class of the Leadership Council on Legal
Diversity, and a member of the 2011 Fellows Class of the Ohio State Bar
Foundation.
Rich received his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law
where he was a member of the Law Review. He received his B.S. in Business
Administration from Bowling Green State University, specializing in
Management Information Systems.
Experience
Successfully defended employers in actions brought pursuant to a variety of
statutory and common law claims in both federal and state courts at both
Richard L. Moore
trial and appellate court lev els and in arbitrations;
Assisted numerous clients in reaching beneficial resolution of claims through various forms of alternative
dispute resolution;
First chair jury trial experience in both federal and state courts in a variety of litigation matters.

Cincinnati Business Courier Forty Under 40, 2002
Cincinnati Academy of Law and Leadership, Class of 2002
Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars®, General Litigation, 2005-2006
Ohio State Bar Foundation Fellow, Class of 2011
Selected as member of Inaugural Panel of Arbitrators for the Cincinnati Bar Association Arbitration Services
(CBAS)
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow, Class of 2012

Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program, Board of Directors, 2000-present, Co-Chair 2011-present
Cincinnati Bar Association, Board of Trustees, 2009-2013
Cancer Support Community of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, Board Member,
2007-present; Board Chair, 2013-present
Mercantile Library Association, Board of Trustees, 2007-present; Board Secretary, 2013-present
Urban League of Greater Cincinnati, Board of Trustees, 1997-2008, Board Chair, 2003-2005
Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, Member, 1993-present, Vice-President, 1998-2000
FBT Publications
March 3, 2016
EEOC: Position Statements On-Demand for Employees, Employers Stay in the FOIA Line
FBT Events
October 31, 2014
2014 Frost Brown Todd - Sheakley Workers' Compensation Seminar
April 30, 2014
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Richard L. Moore
WEST CHESTER: 2014 Labor & Employment La w Conference

March 13, 2014
CINCINNATI: 2014 Labor & Employment Law Conference
March 5, 2014
MARCH 5: ERA Employment Law Update and Review
February 27, 2014
FLORENCE: 2014 Labor & Employment Law Conference
October 3, 2013
Frost Brown Todd and Sheakley Present a Workers' Compensation and Employment Law Seminar
August 20, 2013
Labor and Employment Law - What Employers Need to Know Now
March 14, 2013
Frost Brown Todd - 2013 Labor & Employment Law Conference
February 15, 2013
January 29, 2013
November 8, 2012
Frost Brown Todd Annual CLE
Press Releases
April 1, 2014
Attorney Richard Moore Receives 2014 Distinguished Service Award
October 13, 2011
Richard L. Moore Appointed Co-Chair of Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program
September 30, 2010
Former Vorys Attorney Richard L. Moore Joins Frost Brown Todd

Federal and Ohio Employment Law Update, Joint Meeting of the Labor & Employment and Small and Solo
Practice Committees of the Cincinnati Bar Association, April 2011
"Barbarians at the Gate - The End of Employment at Will (and Civilization as We Know It)," Lawyers Club of
Cincinnati, December 2010
"Electronic Info New Challenge for Courts," Business Courier, January 2007 (Vol. 23, Pg. 17)
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"In Absentia: Deciphering a Profound Change in Ohio W ers'

orkCompensation Law," SmartBusiness Cleveland,
January 2004
"The Four Hard Drives of the Apocalypse: Staring into the Abyss," August 2009, Cincinnati Bar Association
Report
"The Inevitable, Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential ESI," May 2009, Cincinnati Bar Association Report
Advanced Discovery and Evidence Seminar, National Business Institute, November 2007; 2008
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Partner
Office: Cincinnati
Email: nakao@taftlaw.com
Telephone: (513) 357-9339
Fax: (513) 381-0205
Practice Groups:
TOSHIO NAKAO is a native of Japan and has been a partner of the law firm of Taft Business Succession Planning,
Japan, Mergers & Acquisitions,
Stettinius & Hollister LLP since 1991. Mr. Nakao received his B.A. from the
Immigration and Citizenship,
International Christian University in Tokyo and J.D. from Duke University School of
Intellectual Property, Labor &
Law. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the State of Employment, Real Estate,
Ohio. After graduating from college and prior to joining the firm, Mr. Nakao worked International, Business & Finance,
for Kobe Steel, Ltd. in Japan for 11 years. He also practiced law in Washington, Commercial Transactions &
Contracts
D.C., primarily in the area of national and international corporate transactions and
general corporate counseling. Currently his practice centers around the Japanese Bar/Court Admissions:
companies doing business in the United States and American companies either State
doing or planning to do business in Japan. Ohio, District of Columbia (inactive
status)
Therefore, the areas he covers are not limited to general corporate matters, but
Year First Admitted to
also include immigration, employment, labor and environmental issues. Mr. Nakao Practice Law:
is currently the legal counsel for the Japanese Language School of Greater 1984
Cincinnati and trustee of various non-profit organizations such as the Japan
Education:
America Society of Greater Cincinnati and Tri-State International Education Fund.
Duke University School of Law,
He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for a number of years. Ateneo de Manila University
(Japanese Government Scholar),
International Christian University
(B.A.)
Recognitions:
Best Lawyers in America® (10
years), Cincy Business Magazine,
Leading Lawyers
Foreign Languages:
Japanese (native)
John B. Nalbandian
Partner
Office: Cincinnati
Email: nalbandian@taftlaw.com
Telephone: (513) 357-9634
Fax: (513) 381-0205
Practice Groups:
JOHN B. NALBANDIAN is a partner in the Litigation Group of Taft and focuses on Appellate, Antitrust, Litigation,
Class Action & Multi-Party
appellate law. As a member of the firm’s Appellate Practice, John concentrates on
Litigation, Campaign & Election
appellate and general litigation in state and federal courts. He represents clients in
Law
a wide range of legal areas including antitrust, products liability, intellectual
property, environmental, employment, white collar crime, and class actions. He Bar/Court Admissions:
also has extensive experience in administrative and international law. Federal
U.S. Supreme Court, Federal
Circuit Court of Appeals, Southern
John is an Ohio State Bar Association Board Certified Specialist in Appellate Law
District of Ohio, Eastern District of
and has been recognized annually since 2007 by The Best Lawyers in America for Virginia, 3rd Circuit Court of
his work in Appellate Law and was named 2016 "Lawyer of the Year" for Cincinnati Appeals, 4th Circuit Court of
Appellate Practice. He was also selected by Cincinnati Magazine as a 2005, 2006, Appeals, 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 7th Circuit Court of
and 2007 Super Lawyers Rising Star in appellate practice. He has served as a
Appeals, 8th Circuit Court of
Special Justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court and is a frequent presenter on Appeals, 9th Circuit Court of
appellate practice. Appeals, 11th Circuit Court of
Appeals
John has served as a member of the following organizations:
State
Ohio, District of Columbia,
• Appointed by President Obama, and confirmed by the Senate, to serve on Kentucky
the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute
• The Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program’s Board of Directors and Year First Admitted to
Practice Law:
currently serves as treasurer
1997
• Serves on the OSBA's Appellate Practice Specialty Board
• Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Life Member Committee Education:
University of Virginia School of
• Northern Kentucky Tri-Ed Board of Directors (past member)
Law (1994), University of
• Telecommunications Board of Northern Kentucky (served as chair and as a
Pennsylvania (1991)
member)
Certifications / Registrations:
OSBA - Certified Specialist in
Appellate Law
• Leadership Northern Kentucky Class of 2003 Professional Affiliations /

• Cincinnati Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society President Recognitions:
American Bar Association, Best
• Merit Selection Panels member for the positions of U.S. Magistrate Judge for
Lawyers in America®, Federalist
the Eastern District of Kentucky and Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern Society for Law and Public Policy
District of Ohio Studies, Kentucky Bar Association,
Leadership Northern Kentucky,
John is a 1994 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio
Super Lawyers Rising Star, State
Order of the Coif and managing editor of the Virginia Law Review. He received his
Justice Institute
undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School in
1991. After graduating from law school, John clerked for the Honorable Jerry E.
Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. After that
clerkship, he worked for a law firm in Washington, DC where he focused on
appellate practice.
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Nilesh (Neal) Patel
Member
npatel@fbtlaw.com

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T: 513.369.4805 | F: 513.651.6981
Assistant Neal is a tec

hnolog y and advertising attorney with significant experience in
Donielle Madaris the internet, social/interactive media, software, information technology and
dmadaris@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6134 advertising industries. As Chair Leading fbtTECH, his practice focuses on
providing practical, strategic counseling to companies in a broad range of
PRACTICE AREAS intellectual property and advertising matters, including handling underlying
Advertising Law technology, content, data, software development, licensing and other
Computer Systems and Software commercial transactions core to the sale of products and services to
Development consumer and business customers. Neal has specific experience in guiding
India Desk companies through the myriad of legal and commercial issues that arise from
Intellectual Property Law and doing business and advertising online, including the intersection of
Litigation
technology, privacy and advertising.
Interactive Media and Internet Law
Privacy and Information Security
Law Backed with many years of in-house legal experience, Neal has worked with
Trademark and Copyright Law some of America's leading brands, delivering pragmatic solutions that ensure
compliance with all applicable laws and regulations without sacrificing
CONCENTRATIONS creativity and impact. This "brand law" experience includes advertising
Advertising Law review, claim substantiation, sweepstakes, word of mouth marketing, content
Intellectual Property Licensing licensing, website operations, online promotions, privacy, COPPA,
Unfair Competition behavioral advertising, product placement, sponsorship, endorsement, and
Privacy virtually all types of promotion related agreements. From a technology
Trademarks perspective, he has considerable experience in advising companies on
Copyrights intellectual property ownership, use, acquisition, sale, license and protection
matters, as well as structuring and negotiating various agreements (e.g.,
INDUSTRIES strategic alliance, M&A, joint venture, spin-out, intercompany, etc.) touching
Food & Beverage on the development, acquisition, marketing, sale and/or distribution
products and services that are substantially comprised of or dependent on
BAR MEMBERSHIPS intellectual property.
Missouri
Kansas
Ohio
Nilesh (Neal) Patel
EDUCATION
Experience
University of Nebraska, J.D., 1997,
highest distinction Reviewing and counseling on adv tising
er copy throughout all stages (idea
Order of the Coif to production).
Nebraska Law Review, Research Handling all netw ork adv
ertising clearance matters.
Editor
The Ohio State University, Substantiating, defending and prosecuting claims before the National
B.S.B.A., 1992 Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, national
broadcast networks and other industry self-regulatory bodies.
Handling inquiries and investigations brought by the FTC, state AGs (both
multi-state and indi vidual actions), and local consumer protection
encies.
ag
Counseling on various business practices, promotional activities and
programs, including those related to gift tificates,
cer telemarketing, price
range advertising, sweepstakes, contests, and electronic billing.
Counseling in the areas of product sales and development, including
claims, licensing, product liability ,arranty,
w labeling, and related matters.
Counseling on marketing and sales related press releases, as well as crises
management and other leg al support for public relations groups.
Counseling on all aspects of internet marketing, sales, and support (e.g.,
transactions, ter ms ofuse, COPPA, customer forums, blogs, etc.).
Drafting, negotiating and counseling on a wide variety of contracts and
agreements, including sales agreements, consumer terms and conditions,
intellectual property licensing agreements, and alliance and other business
marketing agreements.

Selected for inclusion in the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars®, 2012-2014

Missouri Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
Recent Blog Posts

Data Privacy Rx Conference Materials Available Here
FBT Publications
October 6, 2014
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#DisclosureFail – Pinterest and the Endorsement Guides (P t 2arof 2)

Legal Update
June 26, 2014
Supreme Court Rules Aereo’s Streaming Television Service Violates Copyright Law
Legal Update
June 12, 2014
Check your Labels: Supreme Court Clears Way for Lanham Act Challenges
Legal update
April 8, 2014
#DisclosureFail – Pinterest and the Endorsement Guides (Part 1 of 2)
Legal Update
August 28, 2013
Facebook Updates Terms for Promotional Pages
December 22, 2009
Puerto Rico is Calling
September 29, 2009
Keyword Advertising - “Use In Commerce”- A Defense Finally Eliminated?
September 28, 2009
Partnering With Charities For Goodwill (And Increased Sales)
July 28, 2009
Review Your Contracts & Website Terms - Largest Arbitration Companies Exiting Consumer Arbitrations
June 2, 2008
AHHHH . . . I Can’t Believe He Posted That On Our Website!
FBT Events
February 25, 2016
The ADA and Website Accessibility
May 26, 2015
Data Privacy Rx
November 5-7, 2014
36th Annual BAA/PMA Marketing Law Conference
December 1, 2011
Social Networking Perils & Promises - Southwest Ohio Association of Corporate Counsel Program
November 15, 2011
The 33rd Annual PMA Marketing Law Conference
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November 11, 2011

2011 Annual CLE Event
June 9, 2010
Social Media Security - Is Your Company Protected?
Press Releases
December 18, 2013
42 Frost Brown Todd Attorneys Recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers®
January 8, 2013
43 Frost Brown Todd Attorneys Recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers® and 17 Recognized by Ohio Rising
Stars® for 2013
January 13, 2012
Ten New Members Named to Frost Brown Todd
December 19, 2011
Stars® for 2012

Media Bridges, Board of Trustees
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science Advisory Board Member

"Social media: Risks & Rewards" - Cincinnati Business Courier Small Business Essentials (July 8, 2014)
"2013 Social Media Update" KBA 23rd Annual Issues for Corporate House Counsel CLE Seminar (April 2013)
"Coupons, Premiums, Loyalty Programs & Rebates," - 34th Annual PMA Marketing Law Conference
(November 13, 2012)
"Social Media & America's Favorite Pastime," - Indiana State Bar Association Intellectual Property Section (July
13, 2012)
"Ad Forum: The Golden Age of Social Media, " ADmerica -- AAF National Conference (June 2, 2012)
"Navigating the Perils and Promises of Social Networking," 22nd Annual Issues for Corporate House
Counsel/Kentucky Bar Association Corporate House Council. (April 19, 2012)
"Social Media Program," Social Media Program -- Greater Cincinnati Minority Council (March 15, 2012)
4
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"Social Networking P erils & Promises

," Southwest Ohio Association of Corporate Counsel Program
(December 1, 2011)
"Kidsized Marketing: Supersized issues," 33rd Annual PMA Marketing Law Conference (November 5, 2011)
"Social Media in the Workplace: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly," 2011 Annual Frost Brown Todd CLE Event
(November 1, 2011)
"Social Media: Practitioners' Perspectives on Advising Clients and Avoiding Employment Pitfalls", Kentucky
Bar Association Annual Convention, Lexington, KY (June 2011)
"Social Media & The Law", Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY (January 2011)
"Social Media Security - Is Your Company Protected?", Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Cincinnati, Ohio
(June 2010)
"LexAd After-hours", Lexington Ad Club, Lexington, Kentucky (June 2010)
"Privacy Considerations for Business Use of Social Networking/Behavioral Advertising",

ACC in-house CLE Seminar, Frost Brown Todd LLC (June 2010)
"Negotiating Talent and Endorsement Deals under the New Guides", American Conference Institute's 23rd
National Advanced Forum on Advertising Law, New York, New York (January 2010)
"Who's Afraid of the FTC", AdClub Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (December 2009)
Expert Roundtable on CARU, The 31st Annual Promotion Marketing Law Conference, Chicago, Illinois
(November 2009)
"Behavioral Advertising", Lexington Advertising Club, Lexington, Kentucky (August 2009)
"Cause Marketing" & "Behavioral Advertising," Lawyers, Ads & Money, Cincinnati, Ohio (July 2009)
"Complying With State Laws on Sweepstakes, Contests and Promotions," American Conference Institute - 3rd
Annual Advertisers' and Marketers' Regulatory Summit, Washington D.C. (June 2009)
"Make It Personal: Behavioral Marketing and Privacy Issues," AAF National Conference 2009, Washington D.C.
(June 2009)
"You've Done What With Our Website?," Cincinnati Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Luncheon, Cincinnati,
Ohio (May 2009)
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"Interactive Media. Losing Control?,"he

T Advertising Federation of Columbus, Columbus, Ohio (January
2009)
"Your Privacy Policy," Institute of Management Accountants (Northern Kentucky Chapter)Covington,

Kentucky (January 2009)
"Copyright & Trademark Update," The 30th Annual Promotion Marketing Law Conference, Chicago, Illinois
(November 2008)
"Interactive Media and the Law," AdClub Cincinnati Digital Non-Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio (November
2008)
Your Privacy Policy: Fact or Fiction?," Privacy and Information Security Seminar, Frost Brown Todd LLC (May
2008)
"Advertising in International Markets - How to be Successful and Avoid the Pitfalls," Miami Valley Trade
Association (December 2007)
"Children's Online Privacy Protection Act," Promotion Marketing Association, Inc. Conference, Chicago,
Illinois (November 2007)
"Internet and Journalism," Legal Handbook for Ohio Journalists, 4th Edition, published by Ohio State Bar
Association, August 2007
See Resources for additional publications.
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Daya Patibandla
Associate
dpatibandla@fbtlaw.com

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T: 513.651.6712 | F: 513.651.6981 | M: 570.862.2083
Assistant Daya is an associate in F rost Bro wn Todd's Cincinnati office, practicing in

Donielle Madaris the Intellectual Property Law and Litigation Practice Group, focusing her
dmadaris@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6134 practice in the advertising and promotions field. She counsels clients on
advertising review and clearance, sweepstakes, promotions, social media, and
PRACTICE AREAS compliance with FTC requirements. Daya is experienced in guiding
Intellectual Property Law and companies through the interplay between technology and social media
Litigation advertising issues arising from the nature in which companies conduct
Business Litigation business. She also litigates false advertising and unfair competition claims in
Advertising Law addition to representing clients in complex litigation matters with the
Business Litigation Group.
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
Ohio, 2014
Prior to entering law school, Daya worked for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Kentucky, 2015
Mississippi for several years where she assisted customers with concerns
about their health insurance policies, both individual and employer based. In
COURTS
that capacity, she earned valuable insight into the business of a large
Southern District of Ohio, 2015 insurance provider and correlating those business needs with those of an
United States District Court for the evolving marketplace.
Western District of Kentucky, 2015
Daya earned her J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. She
CLERKSHIPS was active during law school serving as an Articles Editor of the Law
Judicial Externship, Honorable Review, a member of the editorial staff of Human Rights Quarterly, Lead
Chief Judge Susan J. Dlott, U.S.
District Court for the Southern Prosecutor for Student Court, Chairperson of the Budget Committee,
District of Ohio, 2013 Secretary of Student Ambassadors and Class Representative on the Student
Bar Association. Also, while in law school she spent one year as a Law Clerk
EDUCATION at GE Aviation working with the commercial engine services and global
University of Cincinnati, J.D., 2014 sales team.
University of Cincinnati Law
Review, Articles Editor,
2013-2014; Associate Member, Memberships & Affiliations
2012-2013
Human Rights Quarterly, Editorial Ohio State Bar Association, 2014
Staff, 2011-2012
Daya Patibandla
William Carey University, B.S.B.A., Cincinnati Bar Association, 2014

2009
Defense Researc h Institute,2014
Kentucky Bar Association, 2015
American Advertising Federation, 2015
Press Releases
November 20, 2014
Seven New Associates Join Frost Brown Todd’s Cincinnati and West Chester
Offices

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati, Big Sister, 2014
St. Ursula Academy, Mock Trial Coach, 2014
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Mikaela R. Patton
ASSOCIATE

Suite 1400
TEL: 513.639.3863
FAX: 513.579.6457
mpatton@kmklaw.com
PRACTICE AREAS Mikaela Patton’s practice is concentrated in the area of labor and employment law.
Employment Litigation Prior to joining KMK, Mikaela served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Judge
Employment Practices & Algenon L. Marbley, United States District Judge for the Southern Division of Ohio,
Procedures and the Honorable Judge Kimberly Cocroft in the Franklin County Court of
Labor / Management Common Pleas. Mikaela also represented children in criminal cases as a legal
Relations
intern with the Justice for Children Clinic. She worked at KMK as a summer
Non-Compete Agreements associate in 2014.
Statutory Compliance
Wage-Hour Issues Mikaela earned her law degree from The Ohio State University Moritz College of
Law in 2015, where she served as an Articles Editor of the Ohio State Law Journal
Workers' Compensation
and as Vice President of the Black Law Students Association.
Workplace Safety and Health
BAR & COURT AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

ADMISSIONS
ABA-Bloomberg BNA Award for Excellence in Labor and Employment Law
Ohio
EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

J.D., The Ohio State Cincinnati Bar Association
University Moritz College of
Law, 2015
B.A., The Ohio State
University, 2012, magna cum
laude

Lourdes E. Perrino
Associate
Office: Cincinnati
Email: lperrino@taftlaw.com
Telephone: (513) 357-9365
Fax: (513) 381-0205
Practice Groups:
LOURDES E. PERRINO is an associate in the Cincinnati office of Taft where she Technology, Start-Up & Growth
Companies, Tax
is a member of the Tax Practice Group. She counsels clients on a variety of tax
matters including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, joint Bar/Court Admissions:
ventures and partnerships, executive compensation, employee benefits, and non- State
profit organizations. Ohio
A substantial part of Lourdes' practice involves state and local taxation, including Year First Admitted to
Practice Law:
multi-state sales, use, income, and franchise tax matters. Lourdes has experience
2012
in all aspects of state and local taxes including controversies, administrative
proceedings, audits, appeals, litigation, and planning. Education:
Lourdes received her B.S. in environmental science from the University of Law (2012), New York University
School of Law (2013), University of
Cincinnati and earned her J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
Cincinnati (2009)
She earned an LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law. During
law school, Lourdes externed for the Solicitor’s Office Department of Land Use and Professional Affiliations /
Planning. Lourdes was associate editor of the Freedom Center Journal and on Recognitions:
Honor Council.
F. Paul Pittman
Associate
Cincinnati
T 513.929.3410 | F 513.929.0303
ppittman@bakerlaw.com
Services Paul Pittman is a member of the firm's Chambers USA-ranked Privacy and
 Privacy and Data Protection Data Protection Team. He provides guidance to clients in responding to data
 Complex Commercial Litigation security incidents and data breaches, ensuring that they meet their response
Admissions and notification obligations under state and federal data privacy laws. Paul
 U.S. District Court, District of also advises clients on data privacy and security issues that may arise in
Columbia their business and assists them with the development of data privacy notices
 New York and policies to ensure compliance with applicable laws and industry
 District of Columbia standards. In addition, he counsels clients on the permissible collection of
 [Not admitted in Ohio] data and usage in online advertising in compliance with online and mobile
Education data standards. Paul also offers his clients extensive experience defending
 J.D., Washington and Lee against complex class action and state attorney general litigation. A
University School of Law, 2004; knowledgeable and engaged advocate, Paul is committed to resolving
President, Sports and
Entertainment Law Society; John
issues and working proactively to protect clients.
W. Davis Moot Court and
Negotiations Experience
 B.S., Psychology, Allegheny Privacy
College, 1999, National Science
Foundation Scholar
 Advises companies in healthcare, retail, and banking industries on data
security incident and breach response and notification obligations under
state and federal laws following cyberattacks or unauthorized access to
sensitive customer information.
 Counseled online advertising provider on permissible data collection and
usage, and development of privacy notice to comply with online and
mobile data industry standards such as DAA and NAI.
 Advised online job network company on development and
implementation of data privacy policy and notice.
Copyright and Trademark

 Represented wine importer client accused of trademark infringement
action over use of certain terms on product label in case in U.S. District
Court for Central District of California in which claims against client were
dismissed.
 Represented toy distributor in copyright infringement action alleging sale
and distribution of toys infringed toy maker copyright in toy design in
U.S. District Court for Central District of California.
 Represented large real estate company in copyright infringement action
brought by local street artists over use of images of murals in marketing
materials in U.S. District Court for Northern District of California.
Complex Commercial Litigation
 Defended Global Fortune 5 oil company in several product liability
actions brought by individuals, public and private utilities, and state
attorneys general in state and federal courts for groundwater
contamination of various public and private water sources by a gasoline
additive.
 Defended Global Fortune 5 oil company against class certification
multiple cases, including product liability litigation by boat owners
against major oil companies for their use of ethanol in fuel.
Recognition
 DC Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2014 to 2015)
Memberships
 International Association of Privacy Professionals
 Media Law Resource Center: Internet Law Committee
 Federal Bar Association
o John W. Peck Chapter: Board of Directors
 American Bar Association

o Intellectual Property Section
o Intellectual Property and Social Media Law Committee
o Media Privacy and Defamation Law Committee
 District of Columbia Bar

o Media Law Section
Community
 Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund: Mentor
Pro Bono
 Provides legal advice to small business owners.
 Represented clients in tort, contract, and housing cases, garnering
favorable settlements for all.
Ali Razzaghi
Member
arazzaghi@fbtlaw.com

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T: 513.651.6844 | F: 513.651.6981
Assistant Ali is a Member in the litigation de tment.

par He represents and advises
Joy Hickey clients in a wide range of litigation areas with a focus on business litigation.
jhickey@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6410 He is admitted to practice in the State of Ohio and the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
PRACTICE AREAS
Business Litigation Since joining Frost Brown Todd LLC in 2006, Ali has been actively involved
Land Use and Zoning in a variety of business litigation matters, including the areas of real estate,
Litigation land use, construction, zoning, UCC, transportation, and complex
Tort and Insurance Defense commercial litigation. Ali has also tried numerous cases and successfully
Trucking and Commercial argued various motions at both the state and federal levels before Judges and
Transportation Magistrates in Hamilton, Warren, Butler, Clermont, Greene, and Franklin
Counties, Ohio. Additionally, Ali has drafted briefs for the First District
FIRM COMMITTEES
Court of Appeals as well as the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Women's Initiative Committee,
Member
Recruiting Committee, Member
Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars® 2009, 2011-2016
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
Ohio, 2006 Memberships & Affiliations
EDUCATION
Law, J.D., 2006, magna cum laude American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Commercial and Business
University of Cincinnati Law Litigation Committee, Sixth Circuit Chair
Review
Notes and Comments Editor, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce, Change Leadership Class,
2005-2006 2010
Associate Member 2004-2005
Student Bar Association
Defense Research Institute, Young Lawyers Section
Section Representative,
2003-2004 Recent Blog Posts
Sixth Circuit Allows RICO Claims to Proceed Based on Inflated Appraisal
Ali Razzaghi
Phi Alpha Delta Member,

2003-2006
Sixth Circuit Voids R eaffir
mation Agreement under Kentucky Law
University of Virginia, B.A., 2002 Sixth Circuit Avoids Bank's Lien Interest In Manufactured Home
Bankruptcy Court Awards Debtors Actual Attorney's Fees As Sanction
LANGUAGES
Against Attorney For Violating Court's Discharge Injunction
Farsi
Sixth Circuit Denies Claim To Avoid Mortgage Based On Allegedly
Defective Certificates Of Acknowledgement
Kentucky Supreme Court Clarifies Question On Timing Of Perfection Of
Motor Vehicle Liens
Sixth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Finding of Waiver of Right to Enforce
Arbitration
Supreme Court Allows Suit Against Debt Collectors For Mistakes Of Law
Under The FDCPA
Ohio Supreme Court Denies Claim Against Third-Party Insurer Arising
From Assignment of Prospective Settlement Proceeds
Ohio Supreme Court Affirms Denial of Property Owner’s
Regulatory-Takings Claim
Press Releases
February 17, 2016
Frost Brown Todd’s Ali Razzaghi Selected for Landmark Program
Advancing the Next Generation of Leaders in Law
December 2, 2015
33 Frost Brown Todd Attorneys Recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers® and
11 Recognized by Ohio Rising Stars® for 2016
December 3, 2014
37 Frost Brown Todd Attorneys Recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers® for
2015
January 8, 2014
Five New Members Named in Frost Brown Todd's Cincinnati and West
Chester Offices
January 8, 2014
Frost Brown Todd Appoints 11 New Members
December 18, 2013
January 8, 2013
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Ali Razzaghi
43 Frost Bro wn odd

T Attorneys Recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers® and 17 Recognized by Ohio Rising
Stars® for 2013
December 19, 2011
Stars® for 2012
December 30, 2010
Stars® for 2011

Legal Publications
"Self-Dealing: When a Fiduciary Relationship Arises in the Lending Context", ABA Business Torts Journal,
Summer 2007
Hill v. Lockheed Martin Logistics Management, Inc.: "Substantially Influencing" the Fourth Circuit to Change its
Standard for Imputing Employer Liability for the Biases of a Non-Decisionmaker, 73 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1709
(2005).
Dominguez-Cota v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.: A Convenient Forum for Addressing Subject Matter Jurisdiction, 74
U. Cin. L. Rev. 689 (2005).
Sixth Circuit Case Notes
Hall v. Spencer County, Kentucky, No. 08-6455, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 22848 (6th Cir. Oct. 20, 2009)
Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. UMG, Inc., No. 07-5596, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 24141 (6th Cir. Nov. 4, 2009)
Williams v. Redflex Traffic Systems, No. 08-5545, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 21637 (6th Cir. Oct. 2, 2009)
Bryant v. Comm'r of Social Security, Nos. 08-6375/6378, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 18964 (6th Cir. Aug. 24, 2009)
Rice v. Jefferson Pilot Financial Ins. Co., No. 08-4180, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 18962 (6th Cir. Aug. 24, 2009)
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Neal Shah
Member
nshah@fbtlaw.com

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T: 513.651.6741 | F: 513.651.6981
Assistant Neal has represented emplo yers in single plaintiff

and class and collective
Sonja Whalen action litigation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the
swhalen@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6434 American's with Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family
and Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,
PRACTICE AREAS Occupational Safety and Health Act and various other federal and state
Labor and Employment employment laws. He also regularly advises employers on compliance with
Privacy and Information Security laws governing hiring, discipline, compensation, termination and other
Law employment practices.
CONCENTRATIONS
Neal's experience includes defense verdicts in jury trials and arbitrations,
Employment Litigation
defense victories in appellate courts, summary judgment and motion to
dismiss dismissals in federal and state courts and dismissals in proceedings
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of
Ohio, 2007
Labor, Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission and various
COURTS
other state and federal agencies.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth
Circuit Neal has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a "Rising Star" -- an
U.S. District Court, Southern honor bestowed upon the top 2% of Ohio attorneys as voted by their peers.
District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, District of Neal earned his Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in psychology, with
Kansas
a minor in economics. He earned his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law
School. While at Boston College, Neal co-founded and chaired the South
EDUCATION
Asian Law Students Association (SALSA). Neal also was a visiting student at
Boston College Law School, J.D.,
2007 Northwestern University School of Law for his third year of law school.
Northwestern University School of
Law, Visiting Student, 2006-2007 Representative Matters
Emory University, B.A., 2002, Recently obtained a complete dismissal of a class and collective action wage
Psychology
and hour claim
Deans List
Psi Chi Honor Society
Neal Shah
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

Recently obtained complete dismissal of breac
h of employment contract
National Society of Collegiate
Scholars claim on Motion to Dismiss
LANGUAGES Defense verdict: Evans v. United Parcel Service, Inc., U.S. District Court,
Gujarati Southern District of Ohio
Defense verdict: Robinson v. GE Aviation, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth

Circuit

Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, 2014-2016

Recent Blog Posts

DOL Proposes New Requirement That Workers Earn At Least $50,440 Per
Year To Qualify For White Collar Exemptions
Supreme Court Denies Review of Killion v. KeHE Distributors, Leaving
The Sixth Circuit Alone In Refusing to Enforce FLSA Collective Action
Waivers
Recent DOL and EEOC Class Based Actions At A Glance
Plaintiffs beware: Courts may tax costs upon non-prevailing plaintiffs in
FLSA collective actions
Court Rules Ohio Constitution’s Minimum Wage Provision Creates Vehicle
for Rule 23 Class-Action Lawsuits, Opt-In Not Required
Are You Ready for Some Football, er ... Class Actions??? The Rise of
Misclassification Class and Collective Actions
Ninth Circuit Ruling On Independent Contractors Could Have Damaging
Consequences for Businesses
The Ninth Circuit and the California Supreme Court May Have Finally Put
the Nail in the Coffin of the NLRB’s D.R. Horton Decision
Halliburton Co. V. Erica P. John, Fund, Inc: Supreme Court Continues Its
Trend of Allowing Greater Scrutiny in the Class Certification Stage
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Neal Shah
The Emplo yment Class and Collecti

ve Action Landscape After Wal-Mart v. Dukes
FBT Publications
March 2, 2016
Cincinnati Passes Wage Theft Ordinance: Is Your Company Covered?
Legal Update
February 3, 2016
EEOC Proposes Mandatory Reporting of Pay Data by Employers with Over 100 Employees
Legal Update
December 7, 2015
Delays in Washington - Who Would Have Guessed?
July 1, 2015
Department of Labor Proposes New Requirement That Workers Earn At Least $50,440 Per Year To Qualify
For White Collar Exemptions
Legal Update
June 9, 2015
Supreme Court Closes Off “Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil” Defense in Religious Discrimination
Suits
Legal Update
April 1, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court Remands Young v. UPS and Creates New Standard for Pregnancy Discrimination Claims
Legal Update
January 15, 2015
Buyer’s Remorse No More: Supreme Court Declines to Review Sixth Circuit Decision That Penalizes Employer
for Granting Employee’s Request for Transfer
Legal update
March 13, 2013
EEOC's New Enforcement Guidelines
News
January 14, 2016
Frost Brown Todd names new Cincinnati partners
FBT Events
April 8, 2015
Employee Disputes Resolutions and Binding Arbitration Webinar
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Neal Shah
May 8, 2014
Employment Law Essentials
April 30, 2014
WEST CHESTER: 2014 Labor & Employment Law Conference
March 13, 2014
CINCINNATI: 2014 Labor & Employment Law Conference
February 27, 2014
FLORENCE: 2014 Labor & Employment Law Conference
August 20, 2013
Labor and Employment Law - What Employers Need to Know Now
Press Releases
January 14, 2016
Frost Brown Todd Appoints Four Members
December 2, 2015
Stars® for 2016
December 3, 2014
37 Frost Brown Todd Attorneys Recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers® for 2015
December 18, 2013

IKRON, Board of Trustees
Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program, Annual Meeting Award Committee

Expanded ADA: Changing Things in The Workplace
Kentucky Hospitals Association: The Family and Medical Leave Act
What Does The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Mean to My Business
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Charles K. Shih
Associate
Cincinnati
T 513.852.2618 | F 513.929.0303
cshih@bakerlaw.com
Prior Positions With a developing practice in patent litigation and data privacy, Charles Shih
 Cincinnati Prosecutor's Office: Law assists and advises clients on compliance and patent issues. He strives to
Clerk (2011) stay abreast of changes and developments in these areas of law, while
 Dr. Antonios Mikos Research remaining focused on the details of the situations that are important to
Laboratory, Rice University: clients.
Research Assistant (2002 to 2004)
Admissions Memberships
 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
Registration No. 69,452  Ohio State Bar Association
 Ohio  Cincinnati Bar Association
Education
 J.D., University of Cincinnati Community
College of Law, 2013, cum laude;
Gustavus Henry Wald Memorial
 Greater Cincinnati Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Prize for Contracts; Dean's Honor
List; Business Manager, University
of Cincinnati Law Review;
Founding Member, University of
Cincinnati Intellectual Property &
Computer Law Journal
 B.S., Bioengineering, Rice
University, 2004, George R. Brown
Engineering Research Grant
toward developing polymer
controlled release systems for
human growth hormones
Yvette R. Simpson
Counsel
Ulmer & Berne LLP
600 Vine St., Suite 2800, Cincinnati, OH 45202
513.698.5138
ysimpson@ulmer.com
Yvette focuses her practice on Employment & Labor Law, where she advises and assists clients
in various matters, including employment litigation, workers' compensation, policy
development, HR consulting, and compliance and training. She also assists startup and small
business clients with incorporation, corporate structure, and other corporate formation issues.
Yvette serves as a member of Cincinnati City Council, focusing on several initiatives including
small business development.
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor Litigation, Emerging Growth Companies, Public Law
Education: Miami University (B.A., B.S. 2000), University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D. 2004),
Order of the Barristers, Human Rights Quarterly, Senior Editor, Xavier University(M.B.A., 2014)
Law School: University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D. 2004
Bar Admissions/Dates of Admission: 2004
Professional Affiliations:
American Inns of Court
Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati
National Bar Association
American Trial Lawyers Association
Publications: "Media Law Resource Center Employment Libel and Privacy Law 50-State
Survey," Ohio Law Update (2005)
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Nathan B. Spencer Education
J.D., The Ohio State
Associate University Moritz College of
Cincinnati, OH Law, (2014)
P: (513) 977-8193 B.A., Political Science, The
F: (513) 977-8141 Ohio State University, (2011)
nathan.spencer@dinsmore.com
Bar Admissions
Ohio
Kentucky
As a member of the Litigation Department, Nathan focuses his practice on commercial litigation. His
extensive experience with preparing matters for trial, whether answering complaints, drafting Related Services
motions, or filing requests for discovery, allows him to efficiently assist clients in achieving cost- Litigation
effective resolutions. Nathan has dealt with business and commercial disputes within a wide variety
of industries, including banking, construction, healthcare, consumer products, and manufacturing.
Prior to joining Dinsmore, Nathan gained leadership and administrative skills working for a
construction design company, including working closely with clients to analyze project timelines and
deliver results.
Christina M. Sprecher
Member
csprecher@fbtlaw.com

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T: 513.651.6105 | F: 513.651.6981
Assistant Christina is a member in the business depar tment, and her practice focuses
Sandra Jackson on corporate transactions and commercial real estate projects. Christina
sjackson@fbtlaw.com
T 513.651.6797 works with a number of the nation's premier retailers and lending
institutions, real estate developers, restaurant owners, telecommunications
PRACTICE AREAS companies, non-profits, and other private and public entities. She represents
Corporate/Business clients in complex real estate acquisitions and dispositions, leasing
Financial Institutions transactions, including ground leases, real estate financing, and construction
Land Use and Zoning projects. She also has extensive experience in handling all aspects of a
Real Estate corporate real estate portfolio for a national bank with assets in excess of
Shopping Center/Retail $300 billion.
Development
Christina routinely represents buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, developers,

CONCENTRATIONS
and investors in all phases of real estate transactions, including review of
Corporate Transactions
title, survey, environmental and zoning matters, negotiating REAs and
Commercial Real Estate Projects
resolving title defects. She also assists retailers with ongoing property
Acquisitions and Dispositions
management issues, such as eminent domain negotiations, construction of
Commercial Leasing
tenant improvements, easement rights, assignment and
subletting, permitted and exclusive use issues, and matters pertaining to
FIRM COMMITTEES
operating covenants.
Finance Committee, Former
Member
In addition to her law practice she has served on the Firm's Finance
BAR MEMBERSHIPS Committee and is active in the local community. Most notable among
Ohio, 1996 her civic and charitable contributions is her service to the American Red
Cross, Greater Cincinnati-Dayton Region, the Cincinnati Ballet Company,
EDUCATION and Go Red for Women for the American Heart Association.
Valparaiso University School of
Law, J.D., 1995
Moot Court Society, National
Team
Hispanic Law Students

Association, President Experience
Representation of corporate users of real estate regarding property
Indiana University, B.A., 1992
acquisition, leasing, facility and proper ty manag
ement, and disposition of
excess property
Representation of a purchaser of industrial park property for construction
of a m ulti-million dollar fulfillment center
Representation of corporate client in negotiation of a building lease in
Southeast Asia
Representation of restaurant chain in acquiring locations throughout
the region through lease or purc hase
Representation of corporate clients in acquisition and disposition of
shopping center , office,industrial, data center, and warehouse space
Representation of retailers, restaurant chains, financial institutions,
developers and o wners on commercial leases , including ground leases and
sale-leaseback transactions
Representation of clients in the purchase and sale of business and assets,
entity for mation, and business strateg
y and planning
Representation of non-profit organization regarding leasing of its
headquarters, including a long-ter
m ground lease
Representation of clients in analyzing and addressing real estate title issues
Representation of clients in real estate disputes

Inspiring Arts V olunteer ofthe Year, Inspire Cincinnati/Cincinnati Enquirer
(2006)
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, WE Lead, Class II (2007 - 2008)
Cincinnati Ballet 45th Anniversary Honoree (2008)
Cincinnati Bar Association, Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers,
Class XIV (2010)
Cincy Magazine, Cincy Leading Lawyer, Real Estate (2015)

Commercial Real Estate Women
International Council of Shopping Centers
2

FBT Publications
July 2006
ALP: I w ant to buy commercial real estate
. How do I ensure a successful transaction?
Press Releases
June 24, 2011
Christina M. Sprecher Elected to American Red Cross Board of Directors

American Red Cross, Greater Cincinnati-Dayton Region, Board of Directors, Board Officer (2011 - present)
American Heart Association, Go Red for Women Executive Leadership Team (2015 - present)
Cincinnati Ballet Comany, Board of Trustees & Executive Committee (2004 - 2012)
Cincinnati Ballet Company, Sustaining Trustee (2012 - present)
BRAVO!, President (2004 - 2012)
Xavier University, Williams College of Business, Executive Mentor (2007 - present)
Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA, Member (2009 - 2015)

"Steps to a Successful Real Estate Closing,"
Cincinnati Bar Association, 2001
"Commercial Real Estate Transactions: Buyer and Seller Perspectives,"

Cincinnati Bar Association, 2002
Guest Speaker: "Current Issues in Real Estate Law,"

Legal Networking Event, Global Company with revenue in excess of $13 billion, 2006
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Brian C. Thomas
Biography
Brian’s practice consists of employment litigation. Brian is the Chair of
the firm’s Manufacturing Industry Group and the firm’s Workers’
Compensation Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm, Brian gained
experience as a litigator in the workers’ compensation area. In addition,
he worked for Graydon Head as a summer associate in 2000.
Brian graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law, where he

received his Juris Doctor, cum laude. While at UD, Brian served as the
Editor in Chief of the University of Dayton Law Review.
Brian loves reading, gardening and spending time with his wife and two
daughters.
From 2009 to 2015, Brian has been named a "Rising Star" by Ohio Super Brian C. Thomas
Lawyer magazine for his work in Employment & Labor law and a
Cincinnati Leading Lawyer in 2013.
p. 513.629.2859
Publications Include: f. 513.651.3836
Changing Society: A Social and Spiritual Vision for the Year 2020 and bthomas@graydon.com
Beyond, University Press, May 16, 2009 (contributing author)
Examining a Beggar’s First Amendment Right to Beg in an Era of Anti-
Begging Ordinances: The Presence and Persistence Test, 26 U. Dayton L. Areas of Focus
Rev. 155-178(2000) • Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Appeals
Education • Business litigation
University of Dayton School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2001 • Employment Litigation
-Law Review, Editor in Chief, 2000-01 • Health, Education and Public
-Moot Court Team Member, 2000-01 Sector
Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., with honors, Management, 1998 • Human Resources & Employee
-Georgia Tech Track Team, Co-Captain 1996-97, 1997-98 Benefits
• Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Bar Admissions • Manufacturing Industry Group
• Union Issues
State of Ohio
U.S. District Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit • Worker’s Compensation
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Affiliations
Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, Immediate Past President
People Working Cooperatively, Board of Trustees
- Loan Committee, Chairman
Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers, Class XV
Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program
- Steering Committee, Member
Candice S. Thomas
Associate
Candice.Thomas@ThompsonHine.com
Labor & Employment
Overview
Candice is an associate in the Labor & Employment group. She focuses on
representing management clients’ interests in litigation related to employment
discrimination allegations, labor disputes, and wage and hour claims. She
assists with employment counseling by developing employee handbooks,
policies and procedures, and creating employment documents and agreements.
Candice also handles compliance with federal and state employment laws,
including medical leave, disability accommodations and employee discipline.
Candice is a certified Spanish translator and has worked as a translator,

interpreter and teacher in Honduras and Ecuador. She also studied in Spain
Contact Information while earning a bachelor’s degree in Spanish.
312 Walnut Street
14th Floor
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4089
Direct: 513.352.6508
Publications
Fax: 513.241.4771
• “OSHA’s Increased Potential Fines & Decreased Deference,” Thompson Hine
The Law@Work Newsletter, Fall 2015
• “‘Immployment’ Law: The Determination of Remedial Measures for
Education Undocumented Workers in the Workplace,” 83 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1009 (2015)
• “‘Felony’ Is the New N-Word: Statistical Evidence to Measure a Disparate
• University of Cincinnati College Impact Claim for the Use of Criminal Records Checks in Employment
of Law, J.D., 2015, cum laude; Decisions,” 82 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1295 (2014)
Editor-in-Chief, University of
Cincinnati Law Review
• Ohio University, B.S., 2008
• Ohio University, B.A., 2008 Distinctions
• James B. Helmer Jr. Law Review Prize, 2015
• National Bar Institute African American Law Student Fellowship, 2014
• Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys Award, 2014
• Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati William A. McClain Award, 2014
Professional & Civic

Professional Associations

• Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
• National Bar Association
Admissions
• Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Languages
• Spanish
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John Mark Williams is the owner of The Law Office of John M. Williams,
LLC. John focuses in the defense of personal injury and property damage
claims; and, early resolution of matters without litigation, if at all possible. If
a lawsuit is necessary, we try to resolve the controversy to our client’s
benefit at the earliest opportunity and at the lowest possible cost to the
client. We are excited that over 80% of our business is repeat business. Our clients trust us
with numerous claims which really save them a lot of time and money. If you are looking for
your next defense firm or issue resolver, then call me. I can make a difference.
Bar Admissions & Accreditation: Ohio State Courts; the U. S. District Court Southern
District of Ohio; the U. S. Court of Federal Claims; the U. S. Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims; and, accredited to prepare, present, and prosecute claims for Veteran benefits in the
Department of Veteran Affairs.
Education: The Ohio State University, 1987, B.A., Salmon P. Chase College of Law, 1994,
J.D.
Professional Associations and Memberships: Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati
(President 2011-2015); Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program (Secretary 2013-current);
Cincinnati Bar Association (Trustee 2011-2015); National Organization of Veterans’
Advocates; National Bar Association; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys; Fellow,
Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers.
8280 Montgomery Road, Suite 110, Cincinnati, OH 45236

Phone: (513) 791-7919 Fax: (866) 792-2175
www.jmwilliamslaw.com email: jmwilliams@jmwilliamslaw.com
John J. Williams
John J. Williams Inc. LPA
2712 Observatory Ave.
(513) 399-8166
willij@jjwlaws.com
John has an array of litigation experience representing public as well as private entities. His litigation experience
includes numerous first chair trials to both the bench and juries which have included subject areas such as
employment defense, criminal prosecutions, contract disputes, government appropriations, premises liability and
personal injury. Mr. Williams has also participated in numerous AAA arbitrations on behalf of management regarding
employee discipline matters. He also has counseled small minority-owned businesses in the areas of formation as
well as contract negotiation.
Williams is a former Assistant City Solicitor for the Cincinnati of City Solicitor’s Office Civil Section and he also served
as a prosecutor for the Solicitor’s Office as well as the Village of Lincoln Heights. Williams was also appointed as the
Magistrate of the Village of Golf Manor. Williams also served on the monitoring team which was in charge of
implementing reforms agreed to in a settlement agreement between the Cincinnati Police Department and the
justice department regarding racial profiling and discriminatory treatment of African American citizens. Williams also
acted as Co- General Counsel to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority his duties included advice and
counsel, representation in civil matters as well as authority counsel in public finance projects.
Williams received his law degree from SUNY Buffalo and his BA from SUNY Purchase. He is admitted to practice in
Ohio, Kentucky and New York. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the
District of Columbia, the Federal District Courts of Ohio and Eastern District of Kentucky, and the Federal Court of
Claims.

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