Public Sector

Arranged an affiliation between a large, hospital-owned physician group and the faculty practice plan of a state-owned college of medicine

On behalf of an Ohio municipality, obtained a favorable verdict in a construction-related litigation suit that had a value of over $2.5 million. The city is also entitled to recover its attorney fees.

Served as special counsel to a township in connection with a 1,230-acre, $1.6 billion mixed-use development in southwest Ohio. The transaction involved negotiating and structuring a tax increment financing (TIF) program with 22 incentive districts and 8 parcel TIFs, and the establishment of a new community authority to finance the infrastructure necessary to make the development possible.

Assisted the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District with structuring and creating a process for implementing a program to encourage 43,000 downtown Columbus, Ohio, commuters to bus to work. Capital Crossroads SID is an organization that represents business owners working to keep the downtown area a clean and safe place to work and live. The goals of the bus pass program are threefold: address the limited downtown parking situation, fill vacant offices and improve air quality.

Represented the City of Dayton in an $80 million private commercial and residential development at Water Street. This development involved the use of TIF and special assessment financing to pay the costs of a 400-unit parking garage and related road improvements.

Prepared request for qualifications, request for proposals and contract documents for a K-12 school district's design-build project.

Prepared resolutions and related documents for projects deemed to be of urgent necessity, including fire alarm and HVAC renovation projects for a K-12 school district. 

Represented the Chief Justice, the lead Disciplinary Counsel and the Director of the Board of Professional Conduct in defending the constitutionality of Ohio’s Code of Judicial Conduct against First and Fourteenth Amendment challenges. Representation included successful merits briefs in the Southern District of Ohio and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Advised a public hospital regarding the evaluation of bids.

Advised a city regarding project delivery methods newly available to Ohio public entities for its new public services facility project. Created a streamlined procurement process for a design-build project, pursuant to the city’s Amended Charter and Codified Ordinances, and prepared the request for proposals and contract documents for the project.

Assisted the acquisition of numerous sites in central Ohio for the development and expansion of public facilities.

Prepared request for qualifications, request for proposals and contract documents for municipal administration building design-build projects.

Advised several cities regarding unusual income tax issues and assisted them in tracking taxes associated with economic development projects.

Successfully assist several school districts in addressing economic development issues and proposals for tax incentives, preserving thousands of dollars in revenue.

Assisted a client with protecting trade secrets and proprietary information when confidential information had to be submitted to public agencies with bid documents, proposals or other materials.

Represented a client before the Federal and Ohio Elections Commissions on a variety of election and campaign finance matters.

Assisted a client in understanding state procurement, bid protests and contract requirements.

Advise public hospitals regarding responses to requests for a large number of public records.

Negotiated a settlement among school district parties to an annexation agreement regarding billing issues.

Prepared numerous water/wastewater bid package and contract documents.

Create template architect agreements, engineer agreements, bidding documents and owner-contractor agreements for public entities including cities and counties.

Provided analysis and guidance to business leaders and executives regarding conflicts of interest and other public sector ethical issues that arise when they accept public board or commission appointments.

Prepared criteria architect and design-build contracts for the design and construction of new township fire department facilities.

Represented school district in administration of statutory process relating to mechanic’s liens and addressed mechanics’ lien claims and related law suits for K-12 school projects.

Provided outside legal consulting services and prepared wastewater bid packages and contract documents for Ohio's three largest wastewater treatment providers.

Prepared outreach and inclusion guidelines and incorporated them into the procurement process for a large public library system.

Created a manual comparing and contrasting available construction delivery models and providing guidance on statutory bidding and procurement requirements for counties.

Represented a school district client to address defective work.

Assisted a public university in the resolution of multiple issues in dispute within affiliated private nonprofit fundraising foundation.

Counselled public hospital client through the negotiation of an architect agreement.

Advised a county regarding project delivery methods and prepared a request for qualifications, request for proposals and contract documents for the courthouse's design-build renovation project.

Advised school districts regarding Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) issues relating to employee fitness for duty.

Served as counsel for a public entity in connection with the lease and eventual acquisition of a 40,000+ square-foot facility in northeastern Ohio.

Helped a real estate developer refinance and upgrade its office park partially to improve energy efficiency by working with the developer to levy PACE special assessments, secure a PACE loan with the special assessments and pass the obligation through to tenants.

Acted as borrower's counsel for a municipal hospital in the issuance of $35 million in revenue bonds.

Represented governmental hospital and acted as borrower's counsel in $25 million hospital revenue bond financing, successfully negotiating a unique provision that permitted the hospital to convert to private nonprofit status in the future without having to obtain the consent of the bondholders.

Facilitated and prepared a school district's contract for roof replacement, procured through a joint purchasing program.

Drafted a unique school district-hospital agreement to provide educational opportunities to high school students.

Negotiated the turnover of a major manufacturing and high-tech repair facility on a U.S. Air Force Base to a newly created port authority. The project facilitated the privatization-in-place of that facility and the retention of jobs. We assisted with leasing additional build-to-suit space for other tenants and the expansion of the resulting port authority-owned industrial park to create additional development sites and jobs.

Served as title insurance counsel for acquisition of fee and 99-year leasehold estates to assemble site for a $100 million State of Ohio office tower.