Sam Warwar
Tax and Business
Phone:
449-5775
Fax:
Sam Warwar is a shareholder in the firm's Tax department. He has over 30 years' experience as general counsel to businesses, families, and non-profit organizations, with an emphasis on private wealth and tax planning; succession planning, merger and acquisition transactions, and executive compensation.
Sam's accomplishments include:
- Best Lawyers in America® each year since 1993
- Ohio Super Lawyer each year since 2004
- Best of the Dayton Bar (2004)
- Dayton Art Institute - Recipient of the 2004 James F. Dicke II Presidential Distinguished Service Award
- Top 50 Dayton/Cincinnati Lawyer (2005)
- Top 100 Ohio Lawyer (2006)
- Best Lawyers® 2011 Dayton Tax "Lawyer of the Year"
- Best Lawyers® 2014 Dayton Litigation & Controversy - Tax "Lawyer of the Year"
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1981
- Florida, 1981
Education
- University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
LL.M. in Taxation - 1981
Major: Taxation - University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio
J.D. - 1980
Honors: cum laude - Ohio State University
B.A. - 1977
Community Leadership Activities
Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services - General Counsel; Board of Trustees
Downtown Dayton Partnership - General Counsel; Board of Trustees, Ex Officio Executive Committee, Secretary, Nominating Committee; Co-Chair Amenities Committee Chair
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley - Executive Committee; Site Exploration Committee
Publications
- "Thinking Differently about Charitable Giving: Using Closely Held Stock to Make a Charitable Gift," Futures Newsletter published by The Dayton Foundation, Winter 2011
- "Corporate Stock: A Smart Way to Give Under the New Tax Laws," Futures Newsletter published by The Dayton Foundation, Spring 2019
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Edition (8/19/2024)
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Edition (8/17/2023)
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 Edition (8/22/2022)
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Edition (8/23/2021)
- Eighteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 Edition (8/20/2020)
- Nineteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 Edition (8/15/2019)
- Ashley Warwar Joins the Firm’s Estate Planning and Tax Department (11/7/2018)
- Twenty Coolidge Attorneys Honored as The Best Lawyers in America® 2019 (8/20/2018)
- Corporate Development Executive, Business Lawyer Joins Coolidge To Lead Strategic And Advisory Services Business (3/8/2017)
- Sam Warwar is Panelist at Event Hosted by The Partnership for Philanthropic Planning (PPP) (1/9/2017)
Professional Associations
and Community Involvement
Professional:
Ohio State Bar Association
Dayton Bar Association
Florida Bar Association
American Bar Association
Community:
- Ex Officio Board, Community Blood Center/ Community Tissue Services
- Trustee, Downtown Dayton Partnership Corp.
- Trustee, Governance Comm., Facilities Task Force, Retail Contract Comm., Site Strategy Planning Comm., Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley
- Trustee, Exec. Comm., Individual Giving Comm., National Aviation Hall of Fame
- Asst. Sec., The Wright Brothers Institute, Inc.
Sam Warwar is a shareholder in the firm's Tax department. He has over 30 years' experience as general counsel to businesses, families, and non-profit organizations, with an emphasis on private wealth and tax planning; succession planning, merger and acquisition transactions, and executive compensation.
Sam's accomplishments include:
- Best Lawyers in America® each year since 1993
- Ohio Super Lawyer each year since 2004
- Best of the Dayton Bar (2004)
- Dayton Art Institute - Recipient of the 2004 James F. Dicke II Presidential Distinguished Service Award
- Top 50 Dayton/Cincinnati Lawyer (2005)
- Top 100 Ohio Lawyer (2006)
- Best Lawyers® 2011 Dayton Tax "Lawyer of the Year"
- Best Lawyers® 2014 Dayton Litigation & Controversy - Tax "Lawyer of the Year"
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1981
- Florida, 1981
Education
- University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
LL.M. in Taxation - 1981
Major: Taxation - University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio
J.D. - 1980
Honors: cum laude - Ohio State University
B.A. - 1977
Community Leadership Activities
Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services - General Counsel; Board of Trustees
Downtown Dayton Partnership - General Counsel; Board of Trustees, Ex Officio Executive Committee, Secretary, Nominating Committee; Co-Chair Amenities Committee Chair
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley - Executive Committee; Site Exploration Committee
Publications
- "Thinking Differently about Charitable Giving: Using Closely Held Stock to Make a Charitable Gift," Futures Newsletter published by The Dayton Foundation, Winter 2011
- "Corporate Stock: A Smart Way to Give Under the New Tax Laws," Futures Newsletter published by The Dayton Foundation, Spring 2019
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Edition (8/19/2024)
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Edition (8/17/2023)
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 Edition (8/22/2022)
- Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Edition (8/23/2021)
- Eighteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 Edition (8/20/2020)
- Nineteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 Edition (8/15/2019)
- Ashley Warwar Joins the Firm’s Estate Planning and Tax Department (11/7/2018)
- Twenty Coolidge Attorneys Honored as The Best Lawyers in America® 2019 (8/20/2018)
- Corporate Development Executive, Business Lawyer Joins Coolidge To Lead Strategic And Advisory Services Business (3/8/2017)
- Sam Warwar is Panelist at Event Hosted by The Partnership for Philanthropic Planning (PPP) (1/9/2017)
Professional Associations
and Community Involvement
Professional:
Ohio State Bar Association
Dayton Bar Association
Florida Bar Association
American Bar Association
Community:
- Ex Officio Board, Community Blood Center/ Community Tissue Services
- Trustee, Downtown Dayton Partnership Corp.
- Trustee, Governance Comm., Facilities Task Force, Retail Contract Comm., Site Strategy Planning Comm., Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley
- Trustee, Exec. Comm., Individual Giving Comm., National Aviation Hall of Fame
- Asst. Sec., The Wright Brothers Institute, Inc.