J. GILBERT REESE

• born Newark, Ohio, July 7, 1925;
• admitted to bar, 1952, Ohio;
• Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1949; J.D., 1952), Phi Delta Phi;
• Newark Law Director, 1958-1961;
• Chairman, National Council, Ohio State University of Law, 1973-1979;
• Named Distinguished Alumnus, Ohio State University College of Law, 1979;
• Recipient of The Ohio State University Community Service Award, 2000;
• Ohio Board of Regents, 1996 - ;
• Chairman of The Thomas J. Evans Foundation
• Member: Licking County (President, 1969-1970) and Ohio State Bar Associations;
• United States Army, Medical Corps, 1943-1946;
• PRACTICE AREAS: Probate Law; Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law; Banking Law.
• Retired

• born Newark, Ohio, March 29, 1944;
• admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio
• Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1966), University of Michigan (J.D., 1969), Phi Eta Sigma;
• Member: University of Michigan Law Review, 1968-1969;
• Licking County Law Librarian

Jim Pyle passed away December 26, 2007 after a long illness. Jim brought the highest standards of scholarship, loyalty and integrity to the practice of law with our firm. He commanded and deserved the highest levels of respect and affection from his clients, his partners, his fellow workers and his community. Jim brought to our practice a unique blend of wisdom, diligence and dedication to high quality legal work. He cannot be replaced and he will never be forgotten.
 

ROBERT N. DRAKE

• born Waco, Texas, October 6, 1947;
• admitted to bar, 1972, Ohio
• Education: College of Wooster (B.A., 1969), University of Michigan (J.D., 1972);
• Director of Law, Village of Granville, 1979-1987;
• President, United Way of Licking County, 1987-1988;
• Trustee, The Dawes Arboretum, 1998-present;
• Member: Licking County (President, 1995) and Ohio State Bar Associations; Fellow, Ohio Bar Foundation;
• PRACTICE AREAS: Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law

CHRISTOPHER R. MEYER

• born Springfield, Ohio, June 18, 1952;
• admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio; also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and Northern District of Ohio
• Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974; J.D., 1977), Phi Beta Kappa;
• Special Counsel, Ohio Attorney General for Central Ohio Technical College
• Member: Columbus, Licking County and Ohio State (Member: Negligence Law Committee, 1983--; Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; Society of Ohio Hospital Attorneys; American Health Lawyers Association; National Association of College and University Attorneys.
• PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Professional Negligence Defense; Education Law

I. RUSSELL SUSKIND

• born, New York, New York, October 21, 1943;
• admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio; also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, and U.S. Tax Court;
• Education: Bradley University (B.S., 1965), University of Michigan (J.D., 1971);
• Assistant Ohio Attorney General, 1971-1972;
• Solicitor, Village of Utica, 1982-1987;
• Member: Licking County (President, 1992), Ohio State (Member, Elder Law Committee, 1986--) and American Bar Associations.
• 1^st Lt., U.S. Army, 1966-1969;
• President, Lawyers Title Agency of Licking County, Inc.;
• Member, Moundbuilders Guidance Center Board of Directors, 1978-2002 (President, 1986-2002)
• Chair, Leave A Legacy of Licking County
• PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate; Tax Law; Elder Law; Probate Law; Mediation.

ANN MUNRO KENNEDY 1943 - 2006

• born Boston, Massachusetts, April 28, 1943;
• admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio;
• Education: Radcliffe College, Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1965), The Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 1981), Phi Delta Phi;
• Law Director, Village of Granville, 1987-1990;
• Member: Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Attorney Continuing Legal Education, 1988-1996; Vice-Chair, 1991-1992; Chair, 1993-1994;
• Member:Licking Memorial Health Systems Board of Trustees, 1998 - ;
• Member:A Call To College Board of Trustees, 1991 -;
• Member:The LeFevre Foundation;
• Member: Licking County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations;
• PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law; Family Law; Estate Planning; Nonprofit Tax Law.

Ann died on July 20, 2006. She fought the good fight. Ann exemplified the very best of what it means to be a lawyer and serve others, but, much more importantly, she was an extraordinary and wonderful person, and we feel that we have all been privileged to have known and worked with her.  Her passing leaves a void, in our hearts and our practice, that we will never fill.

DAVID W. WENGER

• born Akron, Ohio, January 19, 1954;
• admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio; U.S. District Court
  for the Southern & Northern Districts of Ohio
• Education: College of Wooster (B.A., 1976), The Ohio State University (J.D., 1979), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho;
• Counsel, State Medical Board of Ohio, 1979-1982;
• President, Licking County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1987-1994
• Member, Newark City Civil Service Commission, 1990-1991
• Member: Columbus, Licking County and Ohio State (Member: Insurance Law Committee, 1989--) Bar Associations; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute;
• Member, Board of Trustees of United Way of Licking County, 1994-1999 (Vice President of Planning, 1995);
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association Special Committee on Civil Justice Reforms, 1996;
• President, Newark Kiwanis Club, 1989-1990;
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Insurance Defense Law; Domestic Relations; Wrongful Death

J. ANDREW CRAWFORD

• born Columbus, Ohio, March 22, 1956;
• admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio;
• Education: Moorhead State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978), Indiana University (J.D., cum laude, 1981);
• Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Creditor’s Rights;
• Managing Editor, Indiana Law Journal, 1980-1981;
• Member: Licking County and Ohio State (Member: Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys;
• PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Personal Injury Law; Criminal Law; Wrongful Death

WM. DOUGLAS LOWE

• born Portsmouth, Ohio, December 2, 1959;
• admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio;
• U. S. District Court for the Southern & Northern Districts of Ohio; United States Court of
  Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Education: Ohio University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Ohio University (M.B.A., 1982); Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 1985), Order of the Coif, Delta Theta Phi;
• President Licking County Family YMCA 1994-1996;
• Trustee, Licking County Family YMCA Endowment Fund 1992-2004;
• Member: Licking County, Knox County and Ohio State (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys;
• PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Business Litigation; Corporate Law; Insurance Defense.
   

RODNEY A. NELSON

• born Salina, Kansas, October 17, 1955;
• admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio;
• Education: Kansas State University (B.S., 1977; M.A., 1981), Capital University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992), Order of the Curia;
• Member, 1990-1991, and Notes Editor, 1991-1992, Capital University Law Review;
• Member: Licking County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations;
• Active in Newark Kiwanis;
• Former Member, Board of Trustees, Licking/Knox Goodwill Industries, Inc.
• PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Business Litigation; Creditors’ Rights. 
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U. S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio.

• born Chillicothe, Ohio, November 24, 1952;
• admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio;
• Education: University of Dayton (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973), The Ohio State University (M.A., 1977), Capital University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1997);
• Editor-in-Chief, Capital University Law Review, 1996-1997;
• Member, Pathways of Licking County Board of Directors, 1998-2003 (Treasurer, 1999-2000; President, 2001-2003)
• Member, Hospice of Central Ohio Board of Directors (Secretary, 1999-2002; Vice President, 2002-2004; Chairman, 2004-2006)
• Member, Licking County Law Library Board of Trustees (Secretary/Treasurer, 2005-2006; President, 2006-present)
• Member, Licking County and Ohio State Bar Associations.
  
• PRACTICE AREAS: Probate; Estate Planning; Tax Law; Corporate Law.

MICHAEL H. WHITEHEAD

• born Decorah, Iowa, December 19, 1972;
• admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio;
• Education: Miami University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1994), The Ohio State University (J.D., 2000);
• PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law; Estate Planning; Corporate Law.
• Also admitted to U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio and Member, Moundbuilders Guidance Center Board of Directors

BRIAN C. REED

• born Newark, Ohio, September 21, 1974;
• admitted to bar, Ohio, 2000, Michigan, 2001;
• Education: Wittenberg University (B.A. 1997), Ohio Northern University College of Law (J.D. with Distinction 2000); Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Licking County Bar Association
• PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Law; Litigation; Domestic Relations

SIOBHAN R. CLOVIS

• Born Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 12, 1973

• Admitted to bar, Ohio 1998.

• Also admitted to the U. S. Supreme Court; U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio.

• Education: Ohio State University (B.A. 1995), Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D. cum laude, 1998)

• Member, Licking County and Ohio State Bar Associations.

• PRACTICE AREAS: Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law.

JUSTIN R. LODGE

• born Newark, Ohio, September 13, 1974
• admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio
• Certified Public Accountant, Ohio
• Education:  Hillsdale College (B.A., 1996); University of Tennessee (M.B.A., 2000); The Ohio State University (J.D., cum laude, 2006)
• Executive Board, Ohio State Law Journal, 2005-06
• Member, Granville Tennis Club Board of Directors, 2006
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• PRACTICE AREAS:  Estate Planning; Tax Law; Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Probate Law.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS:

• The Park National Bank
• Park Leasing Co.
• First Federal Savings and Loan Association
• The Thomas J. Evans Foundation
• Licking County Foundation
• Licking/Knox Goodwill Industries, Inc.
• Contour Forming, Inc.
• Lynd Fruit Farm, Inc.
• United Carriers Corp.
• Able Transit, Inc.
• Truck One, Inc.
• Freight Service, Inc.
• Lawyers Title Insurance Agency of Licking County
• Central Ohio Technical College
• Van Wey Sand & Gravel Company
• Ohio State University (Newark Campus)
• Licking Memorial Hospital
• Licking Memorial Health Systems
• Diebold, Inc.
• American Electric Power Co.
• ALLTEL Ohio, Inc.
• State Farm Insurance Cos.
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
• Western-Southern Life Insurance Co.
• American General Life & Accident Insurance Co.
• American Hardware Insurance Group
• Buckeye Linen Service, Inc.
• Gannett Newspapers
• Newark Advocate
• Paramount Financial Group, Inc.
• Shurtz Companies
• Jerry McClain Co.
• Anderson Layman Co.
• Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance
• Redskin Transport, LLC
• Law General Contracting, Inc.

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR:

• Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.
• First American Title Insurance Company