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Coolidge Wall Attorney Merle Wilberding Receives Ohio State Bar Foundation’s Highest Honor

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Coolidge Wall is pleased to share that Merle Wilberding, an attorney who has practiced law at the firm for more than 50 years, has received the Ohio State Bar Foundation’s Ritter Award.  The Ritter Award is the highest honor the OSBF awards to anyone.  This award is a tribute to a lifetime of service and recognizes the honoree’s accomplishments in attaining and promoting the highest level of professionalism, integrity, and ethics in the practice of law. Merle will be honored at the OSBF All Rise Annual Awards Celebration – The Art of Giving: Creating a More Just Ohio on October …

Greg Ewers, Coolidge Wall Shareholder, Congratulates Centric Consulting on First Acquisition

In Business Law, News by Coolidge Wall

Coolidge Wall is happy to offer congratulations to our client, Centric Consulting, a prominent international business and technology consulting firm, on their first acquisition. Centric Consulting recently acquired The Mako Group, a leading cyber risk management firm. Greg Ewers, a shareholder in the Coolidge Wall’s Corporate/Business Department, worked with Centric Consulting on this acquisition, which will allow them to offer clients a holistic suite of services, combining cyber risk management with existing business and technology services.

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Coolidge Wall attorney, Patricia Friesinger, selected to Leadership Dayton Class of 2024

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Coolidge Wall today congratulates attorney Patricia Friesinger for being selected in the Leadership Dayton class of 2024. Leadership Dayton is a premier leadership development program designed to identify, educate and motivate a network of community leaders and increase their capacity to serve the Dayton region. Click here to view the LD 2024 class members. Coolidge Wall is a proud sponsor of Leadership Dayton.  

Sixteen Coolidge Wall Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Edition

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Dayton, Ohio – Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that 16 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 edition. In addition, two attorneys were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their practice areas and two associates were named “Ones to Watch.” Best Lawyers is regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Its process is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers may not pay a fee to be listed, so inclusion in Best Lawyers is …

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Coolidge Wall Elects Martin As New Shareholder

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Dayton, Ohio – The law firm of Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that Patrick Martin has been elected as new shareholder of the firm. “Patrick has developed deep experience within corporate law and dedicated himself to providing trusted counsel and excellent client service,” said Daniel Gentry, President, and CEO of Coolidge Wall. “He brings such a valuable skillset to the firm having worked in financial and operational executive positions prior to becoming an attorney – we are proud to have him representing our firm as a new shareholder.” Martin is an attorney in the firm’s corporate law …

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Coolidge Wall Seeks Business Input in Response to FTC’s Proposed Noncompetition Rule

In Employment Law, Labor by Marc L. Fleischauer

As previously noted in our Coolidge Wall blog (https://www.coollaw.com/blog/2023/01/ftc-proposes-rule-to-ban-noncompete-clauses/), on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking called the “Non-Compete Clause Rule” (the “Proposed Rule”). The Proposed Rule would prohibit employers in most industries from executing or maintaining noncompetition agreements with their employees and other workers.  This exercise of executive branch power would interfere with the ability of companies and individuals to enter contracts, in the name of preventing “restraints on trade.”  The Proposed Rule would literally void noncompetition agreements already in existence, and it would, we predict, have enormous unintended negative consequences …

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Proposes Rule to Ban Noncompete Clauses

In Employment Law, Labor by Marc L. Fleischauer

On January 5, 2023, the FTC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would prohibit employers from executing noncompete agreements with paid or unpaid employees, independent contractors, interns, volunteers, and apprentices. In addition to prohibiting employers from enforcing new noncompete agreements, the proposed rule would also operate retroactively to render existing noncompete clauses unenforceable and require employers to inform employees subject to a noncompete that the noncompete is void within 45 days of the rule’s implementation. The FTC proposed rule defines noncompete clauses to mean “a contractual term between an employer and a worker that prevents the worker from seeking …

Coolidge Wall Hires New Paralegal

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Firm’s Estate Planning and Probate Team Continues to Grow   Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce a new hire to the firm.  Beth Shellaberger, a seasoned paralegal, has joined Coolidge in its growing Estate Planning and Probate Department.  Her duties include drafting and filing probate documents and assisting with the transfer and distribution of assets. Shellaberger obtained her Associate of Applied Science degree from Sinclair Community College in 2016 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Miami University of Ohio in 2006.  Prior to joining Coolidge Wall, she worked as a paralegal in the Dayton …

Coolidge Wall Receives 2023 Best Law Firms First-Tier Ranking

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Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A. has received first-tier metropolitan ranking in 10 practice areas by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in the 2023 “Best Law Firms” list. Achieving a top tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise among ranked law firms. The 10 areas for which the firm received Tier 1 ranking are Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment, Litigation-Real Estate, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates Law and Workers’ Compensation Law-Employers. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must have at …