Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that three attorneys – R. Michael Osborn, Javan A. Kline and Thomas W. Langevin – have joined the law firm’s growing Estate Planning and Tax Department. Mr. Osborn joins Coolidge after working at a Springfield, Ohio law firm for more than 17 years. His practice focuses on business and tax planning for the family and closely held business, estate and succession planning, and providing business and tax counsel to tax-exempt organizations, including private foundations. He serves as general outside counsel to businesses, including corporations, partnerships, LLCs, and non-profit organizations. In addition, he …
Coolidge Wall Adds Attorney and Paralegal to Growing Corporate and Business Department
Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that Tino Monaldo and Debra Aldred have joined the firm in its growing Corporate and Business Department. Monaldo brings more than 30 years experience in a wide variety of transactions for both publicly and privately held corporations, managing, negotiating and drafting transaction documents in a variety of industries including gas pipelines, ethanol, oil and gas, construction, engineering, car dealerships, hotels and casinos. For more than 24 years, Monaldo served as outside General Counsel for a Kansas City-based energy entrepreneur, which included the ownership and operation of a 3,000-mile interstate gas transmission pipeline …
Michelle Bach and Marc Fleischauer to Speak at 2018 Ohio Safety Congress
Michelle Bach and Marc Fleischauer will be presenting at the 2018 Ohio Safety Congress & Expo and Ohio Workers’ Compensation Medical & Health Symposium at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on March 8, 2018. Their presentation will educate employers on how to handle an employee’s absence from work under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Ohio workers’ compensation laws. They will also explain the protected class under each law, along with the benefits provided by each law, their similarities and differences.
Coolidge Wall to Speak at Third Annual Dayton Chamber HR Forum
Marc Fleischauer, chair of Coolidge Wall’s Labor and Employment Department, will be presenting at the third annual Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Human Resources Forum on: Thursday, March 22, 2018 8:00 am – 12:30 pm Crown Plaza Hotel 33 E. Fifth Street Dayton, Ohio 45402 During this 90-minute discussion, Marc will discuss the following from a legal perspective: Recalibrating Your Harassment Radar at Work Culture Check to Avoid Your Day in the Sun Action Items for Internal Complaints Crisis Management for External Complaints Lawmakers Try to Shut the Barn Door What’s Not Getting Media Attention: Other Employment Law Updates Overall, …
Established Dayton Estate Planning Attorney Joins Growing Coolidge Wall Team
The law firm of Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that Jeffrey A. Winwood has joined the firm in its Tax and Estate Planning Department. Winwood has been practicing in the areas of estate and trust planning, probate law and business law for more than 30 years in the Dayton area. “We are excited to have Jeff join the firm, as he brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience to our group,” said Chad Hansen, Chair of Coolidge’s Tax and Estate Planning Department. “Jeff is considered to be one of the top estate planning attorneys in the …
Wilberding Establishes Endowed Prize for Law Review at University of Dayton
Merle Wilberding, long-time Coolidge Wall attorney, has established an endowment to create the Susan Newhart Elliott Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship fund to recruit legal scholars to write for the University of Dayton Law Review. Wilberding also established a trust last year to support the law review in perpetuity. “These gifts honor Susan’s longstanding service and contributions to legal scholarship, and the law review, for which I have a great deal of respect and admiration and is close to my heart,” said Wilberding who wrote the law review’s first article, “Banks and the Equal Pay Act, 1 U. Dayton …
Congressman Turner Introduces Bill to Rename Dayton’s Federal Building
At a press conference on November 17, 2017, Congressman Mike Turner announced that he had just introduced a bill in Congress to name the federal building in Dayton the “Walter H. Rice Courthouse,” to be named after Judge Walter H. Rice, long-time United States District Court Judge and long-time civic leader in the Dayton community. The nomination was based on a recommendation by a Citizens Committee appointed by Mike Turner and chaired by Merle Wilberding from Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. The committee also included Amanda Wright Lane (Wright Brothers Family), Idotha “Bootsie” Neal (former Dayton City Commissioner), Debbie Lieberman (Montgomery …
Merle Wilberding Meets the Chief Justice of the United States
Congressman Mike Turner invited Merle Wilberding as his guest at the Congressional Dialogues at the Library of Congress on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. These educational conversations for a limited number of Senators and Members of Congress are hosted by David Rubenstein, the Chairman of the Board of the Library of Congress. At this convocation, David Rubenstein interviewed John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, followed by a Q&A session. During the evening, Merle Wilberding, long time attorney at Coolidge Wall, had the opportunity to meet the Chief Justice, and they posed for this photograph.
Lu Ann Stanley Featured Barrister of the Month in Dayton Bar Briefs
Coolidge Wall attorney Lu Ann Stanley is the featured “Barrister of the Month” in the October 2017 issue of Dayton Bar Briefs, a publication of the Dayton Bar Association. Besides being an experienced Estate Planning and Probate attorney, Lu Ann is a proud wife to Steve and mother to Sam. Her varied interests range from active involvement in community organizations such as The Women’s Board of The Dayton Children’s Hospital and the Wright Memorial Library Board to membership in the Merry Readers Book Club. Lu Ann is an avid reader and lover of Shakespearean works. In fact, each year family …
David Pierce Named Best Lawyers® 2018 Litigation-Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year” in Dayton
Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that one of the firm’s attorneys, David P. Pierce, has been named Best Lawyers® 2018 Litigation–Labor and Employment “Lawyer of the Year” in Dayton. Only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored as “Lawyer of the Year.” “Being a peer-based designation and one that only a singular attorney in Dayton receives in each practice area makes David’s Best Lawyers’ inclusion a special one, and as his colleagues we are proud of his accomplishment,” said J. Stephen Herbert, President of Coolidge Wall. Best Lawyers has become universally regarded …