Jeff represents businesses, lenders, construction companies and design professionals on a wide variety of matters. For his business clients, he handles acquisitions, divestitures and mergers; import and export matters; leases; contract review; real estate acquisitions and sales; financing arrangements; state and local tax incentives; employment matters; employee and non-compete agreements; and general business law advice.
For his lending clients, Jeff has extensive experience handling conventional real estate loans; equipment and working capital loans (including asset based loans); ESOP loans; bond financing (including tax increment financing); and letters of credit matters. For his construction and professional design clients, Jeff handles contract drafting and review; dispute resolution; damage and delay claims; risk management, liability and indemnification matters; joint venture and teaming agreements; and sub-contracting issues. Jeff has experience managing a union industrial construction company, a non-union industrial construction company, a manufacturing company, and an engineering firm. His experience actually running businesses has proven invaluable in his role as legal advisor and counselor to his business clients.
Jeff served as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps. He resides in Fort Thomas, Kentucky with his wife, Jennie and they have two grown sons. When Jeff is not on the office or at home, he is either on the Ohio River or on his farm in Bracken County, Kentucky.
- Banking and Finance Law, Cincinnati –Best Lawyers in America (2019 – 2024)
- Business Organizations, Cincinnati –Best Lawyers in America (2019 – 2024)
- Construction Law, Cincinnati –Best Lawyers in America
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
- Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Former Member, Boy Scouts of America, Dan Beard Council
- Member, Campbell County Leadership Action Group, Board of Directors
- Former Member, Sanitation District No. 1
- Former Member, Kentucky High School Athletic Association Board of Control
- Former Member, Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Board of Directors
- Former Member, Tri County Economic Development Corporation (TriED) Board of Directors
- Former Member, Boys and Girls Clubs of Cincinnati Board of Directors
- Former Member, Metro YMCA Board of Directors
- Former Member, City of Fort Thomas City Council and Board of Adjustment
- State of Ohio
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law, 1983
- B.A., Centre College, 1980