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Thompson Hine LLP, a full-service business law firm with approximately 400 lawyers in 8 offices, was ranked number 1 in the category “Most innovative North American law firms: New working models” by The Financial Times and was 1 of 7 firms shortlisted for The American Lawyer’s inaugural Legal Services Innovation Award. The firm has been recognized by the National Law Journal as a Legal Technology Trailblazer and featured by Bloomberg for its innovative service delivery models, which drive accuracy and predictability. The firm’s commitment to innovation is embodied in Thompson Hine SmartPaTHTM – a smarter way to work – predictable, efficient and aligned with client goals. For more information, please visit ThompsonHine.com and ThompsonHine.com/SmartPaTH.

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Chris is a partner in the firm’s real estate practice group. His experience focuses on representing banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions in commercial lending transactions. His experience encompasses matters in construction and permanent real estate financing, health care lending and complex construction financing involving multiple financing sources.

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While attending law school, he served as a summer law clerk with a Cleveland-based law firm that handles creditor representation. He also worked as a research assistant at Case Western Reserve University School of Law where he researched developments in labor and employment. He has earned seven CALI awards and was a finalist in the Dunmore Moot Court Competition and received the Best Brief Award.

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Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 2011

Ohio University, B.B.A., 2008

Thompson Hine Acquires Seven-Lawyer Real Estate Finance and Development Practice

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Chris Diehl

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<li>&#8220;Open meetings and closed mouths: public employee&#8217;s free speech rights after <em>Garceti v. Ceballos,&#8221; 61 Case Western Reserve Law Review, </em>551, 2011</li>
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<li>Included in the 2021 to 2025 editions of <em>Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch<sup>®</sup> in America </em>for Banking and Finance Law, and Real Estate Law</li>
<li>Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list, 2019-2024</li>
<li>Case Western Reserve University Law Review, Managing Editor</li>
<li>Jonathan M. Ault Mock Trial Team</li>
<li>Moot Court Board</li>
<li>Order of the Coif</li>
<li>Order of Barristers</li>
<li>Dean Dunmore Moot Court, Best Brief Award Competition Finalist</li>
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<h3>Community Activities</h3>
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<li>Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club, Board of Directors, General Counsel</li>
<li>Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law (Mock Trial Coach)</li>
<li>The Citizens League of Greater Cleveland, Executive Committee</li>
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