John P. Beavers
John Beavers has been a practicing lawyer since 1972, including more than 11 years as managing partner, with Bricker & Eckler LLP. Understanding the critical role governance plays in all organizations, John established and directs Bricker & Eckler’s Counsel for BOARDS AND EXECUTIVES that counsels and represents governing boards, their committees and their executives regarding duties and responsibilities in providing direction and in overseeing matters critical to the success of their organizations.
John is known as the leading proponent of an “expertise” board. An “expertise”...
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Community Service
- Officer and trustee of the Harry C. Moores Foundation, one of the largest private foundations serving Central Ohio (1991–present)
- Founder of the Business First Advisory Board Exchange that finds, trains and places experience advisory on advisory boards of business organizations
- Former board member, Columbus Symphony Orchestra
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Presentations & Published Works
- Numerous articles on executive compensation, governance, board governance and operations, management, mergers and acquisitions, Sarbanes-Oxley, and SEC and other public disclosure and reporting for published in: Business First; Corporate Governance Report; Lexology; Corporate Board Member; and Directorship among others.
- Has presented on governance topics for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies; the Property and Casualty Insurers Association of America; the American Council of Life Insurers; the Ohio Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, American Association of Corporate Counsel, Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, Ohio Society of CPAs, West Virginia Society of CPAs, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Ohio Department of Insurance, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Montana Hospital Association, Ohio Hospital Association, Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, among others.
Bar Admissions & Activities
- Member, American, Ohio State, Colorado State, and Columbus Bar Associations
Awards & Recognition
- Named, est Lawyers in America (corporate governance and compliance, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law, securities law) 1983-2011; 2010 Columbus Corporate Lawyer of the Year
- Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers (2004 - present)
- 1996 Finalist for the Columbus and Central Ohio Entrepreneur of the Year for support and education of entrepreneurs, sponsored by Ernst & Young, USA Today, NASDAQ and the Kauffman Foundation
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Education
- The Ohio State University (B.A., in econometrics and statistical analysis, cum laude, 1969); Phi Beta Kappa
- The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1972)