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  • Serves as bond counsel for Ohio's only "AAA" rated city-county combination.

  • Representation of a large southeastern Ohio urban school district as bond counsel and construction counsel for a bond issue of approximately $245 million.

  • Created "Quality Contracting" bid specifications to be adopted by political subdivisions to improve construction bidder quality.

  • Serves as bond counsel for a large, multi-branch northeastern Ohio library district in planning and implementing an unvoted bond issue secured by state aid.

  • Representation of a large municipality in collective bargaining negotiations with respect to its police, fire, and other unionized staff.

  • Serves as special counsel for a large central Ohio suburb in economic development matters, including tax increment financing.

  • Facilitated the creation of a new community authority and served as bond counsel for the issuance of bonds for the acquisition and construction of road, sewer, and other infrastructure improvements.

  • Serves as special counsel to a growing central Ohio community in matters relating to its water and sewer utility, including the permitting process with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

  • Representation of a large south-central Ohio city in an appropriation case for the acquisition of a water utility system.

  • Serves as general counsel to multi-branch central Ohio library district in real estate acquisition and zoning matters.

  • Serves as bond counsel to major state university in connection with bond issuances in excess of $1 billion.

  • Serves as general counsel and bond counsel for several Ohio port authorities, both with respect to general matters, including real estate acquisition and disposition, and financing matters.

  • Serves as underwriter's counsel in connection with variable rate interim borrowing program sponsored by the Ohio Water Development Authority.

  • Assisted in creation of first home rule township in central Ohio.

 

 

 

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Resources and information on complying with federal and Ohio laws for campaigns, elections, lobbying and ethics
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Special Features

Bulletin on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 and its impact on local land use regulations
Religious Land Use Law Could Affect Local Zoning Codes

A brief outline of an Ohio port authority’s duties and obligations related to keeping records and responding to public records requests, and the specific exceptions allowed for port authorities that are aimed at allowing a port authority to undertake its authorized activities
Basics of Public Records Law: A Primer for Ohio Port Authorities

Reprints of public sector articles originally published in the West Group's
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