Focus Areas
Representation of clients in numerous business formations, acquisitions, divestiture transactions, real estate transactions and commercial finance transactions, including:
- Advising on business organizations and start-ups.
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements and employment agreements.
- Representing financial institutions in acquisition financing and refinancing of commercial real estate projects.
- Representing financial institutions in syndicated loan transactions.
- Representing borrowers in commercial finance transactions.
- Advising private companies on corporate governance issues.
- Negotiating acquisition and disposition agreements.
- Representing companies and shareholders/members in corporate restructurings.
- Representing venture capital firms in investment transactions.
- “UPDATE: SBA Extends PPP Loan Safe Harbor Deadline to May 18, 2020,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, May 2020
- “SBA Issues Additional Guidance on PPP ‘Necessity’ Certification – No Extension of Safe Harbor Deadline of May 14, 2020,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, May 2020
- “SBA Extends Safe Harbor Deadline from May 7 to May 14, 2020 for Return of Paycheck Protection Program Loan Funds and Promises Additional Guidance on the “Necessity” Certification Prior to New Deadline,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, May 2020
- “Paycheck Protection Program Loans and Certifying “Necessity”: New Guidelines Highlight Potential Civil and Criminal Exposure Related to Obtaining PPP Loans,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, May 2020
- “Need to Knows on Venture Debt,” Thompson Hine Startups Streamlined Podcast Series, October 2023
Professional Associations
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Cincinnati Bar Association
Community Activities
- Fine Arts Fund, participant of Business on Board, 2009 to 2010
- St. Mary School, Hyde Park, parent volunteer, 2007 to present
- Trinity College Alumni, interviewer, 1997 to present
- Madcap Puppets, board member, current
Education
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 2000
- Trinity College, B.A., 1994
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- New Ventures Update – July 2023, July 26, 2023
- UPDATE: PPP Loan Safe Harbor Extension Deadline Extended to May 18, 2020,
COVID-19 Update
, May 14, 2020 - SBA Issues Additional Guidance on PPP “Necessity” Certification – No Extension of Safe Harbor Deadline of May 14, 2020,
COVID-19 Update
, May 13, 2020 - SBA Extends Safe Harbor Deadline for Return of PPP Loan Funds and Promises Additional Guidance on Necessity Certification,
COVID-19 Update
, May 6, 2020 - PPP Loan and Certifying “Necessity”: New Guidelines Highlight Potential Civil and Criminal Exposure Related to Obtaining PPP Loans,
COVID-19 Update
, May 2, 2020