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Scott Liberman brings a deep level of knowledge and experience to his clients across many practice areas that he has acquired throughout his 30+ year legal career.  He has extensive experience in creditor/debtor law with emphasis on collection proceedings, foreclosures, and compliance, which includes compliance with and defense of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violations. He has also assisted financial institutions in preparing commercial loan documents and resolving commercial loan issues.

The breadth of Scott’s practice reaches across corporate law, transactions, financing, and real estate matters. His real estate experience includes development and construction matters, preparing and enforcing contracts, closings, and litigation issues including fraud, misrepresentation, and breach of contract claims.

Scott represents cities, townships, and villages, and currently serves as the Law Director for the City of Centerville, Ohio. His public law experience includes zoning, Ohio’s Public Records Act, Ohio’s Sunshine Law, and other important issues facing municipalities. He also advises municipalities on development and various other construction-related matters.

Scott also works with condominium and homeowners’ associations on collection proceedings and provides general legal advice to their boards. He actively serves on the Ohio Legislative Action Committee (LAC) for the Community Associations Institute (CAI), assisting in the creation of new laws pertaining to condominiums and HOAs.

Prior to joining Coolidge, Scott held a variety of law firm leadership roles over the past three decades including Managing Shareholder at Altick and Corwin and serving as the Dayton office’s Partner-in-Charge of Buckley King LPA.

He is currently involved in professional legal organizations, such as the Ohio and Dayton Bar Associations and the Commercial Law League of America.  Scott had also been previously engaged in several community and other non-profit organizations including:

  • Board of Directors: Ohio Legislative Action Committee, Community Associations Institute, Ohio Valley Chapter
  • Member:  Washington Township Board of Zoning Appeals
  • Member: Centerville/Washington Township – Comprehensive Planning and Implementation Committees
  • Board of Directors: Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton
  • Past President and current board member: Beth Abraham Synagogue
  • Strategic Planning Committee Member: The Boy Scouts of America, Miami Valley Council

In addition, Scott has been consistently recognized as an Ohio “Super Lawyer” and was a Dayton Business Journal “40 Under Forty” honoree.

Appointments

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals – Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court – Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court – Northern District of Ohio

Recognition + Awards

Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2005-2006

Super Lawyers 2019-2021, 2025-2026

Bar Admissions

Ohio

Education

University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio
Juris Doctorate – 1991

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Bachelor of Science – Public Policy from the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs – 1988

Professional

  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Dayton Bar Association (Real Property Committee)
  • Dayton Bar Association Fellow
  • Commercial Law League of America
  • International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA)
  • Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association (OMAA)
  • Community Associations Institute (CAI)
  • Ohio Legislative Action Committee (LAC) for CAI
  • Dayton Lawyers Club

Community

Current:

  • Law Director: City of Centerville, Ohio
  • Member: Ohio Legislative Action Committee, Community Associations Institute, Ohio Valley Chapter
  • Board of Directors:  Beth Abraham Synagogue
  • Member: Centerville-Washington History

Past:

  • Board Member of Zoning Appeals: Washington Township, Ohio
  • Member: Centerville/Washington Township – Comprehensive Planning and Implementation Committees
  •  Board of Directors: Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton
  • Past President: Beth Abraham Synagogue
  • Strategic Planning Committee Member: The Boy Scouts of America, Miami Valley Council
  • Member:  Create the Vision Taskforce for Centerville and Washington Township
  • Chairman: Centerville/Washington Township Bicentennial Commission

Our Practices

Our attorneys have experience in the issues that business owners and entrepreneurs frequently face:
For nearly every type of business, real estate is a crucial component of success. For property owners, managers, developers and construction companies, commercial property issues are an everyday facet of business, and skillful solutions to those issues are essential to success of the business. Even if your company is not directly involved in the real estate industry, your place of business — whether purchased or leased — is a critical investment.
At Coolidge Wall, we understand how intimidating business issues like organization, internal governance and contract negotiation can be. As a client, you can expect our corporate and business lawyers to become thoroughly familiar with your business goals and operations. We then draw on the full experience of a distinguished staff of attorneys to help you make wise decisions for your business — from incorporation onward.
Litigation is one of the most challenging aspects of legal practice, one that not every attorney is prepared to handle. Coolidge Wall's team of seasoned litigators have experience with all types of disputes: civil and administrative litigation, appeals, and even select criminal matters.
At Coolidge Wall, we believe that a company’s workforce is its most important asset. However, managing personnel issues and striking the balance between attracting talent and keeping workforce expenses manageable can be a difficult and delicate task. Employers can easily make mistakes that lead to litigation, overcompensation or morale difficulties. Our labor and employment attorneys are well acquainted with labor trends and employment law and use that knowledge to provide our clients with creative and cost-effective advice.
The Ohio workers’ compensation system fills a legitimate need and was designed for administrative convenience. But for businesses of all sizes, workers’ compensation issues can be a nightmare. Employers trust the workers’ compensation practice team at Coolidge Wall to provide informed counsel and competent representation regarding these important issues.
Tax is a universal issue for every business in the United States. The record keeping, planning and preparation that is necessary to keep your tax affairs in order and avoid paying more than you should touches every aspect of your operation.

Our clients trust the attorneys of Coolidge Wall with their important estate planning and probate needs.  Our team is experienced in all aspects of estate planning and probate law, including wills and trusts, estate tax planning, probate administration, and business succession.

Our extensive transactional and civil work in the private sector has provided our team of attorneys at Coolidge Wall with the knowledge and practical experience necessary to provide public sector entities with competent legal counsel for a wide range of issues.

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