Represented a nonprofit corporation that applied for a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Agency loan critical to its acquisition of the facilities and operations of a financially struggling county hospital. The agency denied the loan, and the nonprofit appealed that decision with the USDA’s National Appeals Division. The administrative judge decided favorably for our client, citing 39 separate findings of fact and four erroneous reasons for denying the loan.

Successfully represented a city in a lawsuit and administrative appeal relating to the city’s convention center. The Supreme Court of Ohio heard the case and issued a decision in favor of the city, holding that the opposing side had failed to take steps that were necessary to give it standing to oppose the convention center’s exemption.  

Successfully represented a grain handling company before the Board of Tax Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court. The board and the court both ruled in favor of our client, finding that grain storage bins should not be classified and taxed as real property. This decision had state-wide implications and remains relevant to other disputes affecting the classification of property under Ohio’s tax laws. View additional details on this matter.

Successfully defended a hospital and its employees in a jury trial case where a patient's estate claimed that the patient had received deficient care and had been discharged from the hospital prematurely. The patient's estate claimed that the patient died from a massive internal bleed that additional hospitalization would have prevented. Following a week and a half trial, the jury returned a defense verdict.