The Cincinnati office of Baker Hostetler opened for business in June 1997 and since its inception has tripled its complement of attorneys. Leading practitioners from the firm's Cleveland and Washington, D.C. offices who transferred to the Cincinnati office in 1997 have been joined in the ensuing years by several noted practitioners from major firms in the Cincinnati market.
The Cincinnati office of Baker Hostetler represents some of the most widely recognized companies in the Greater Cincinnati region, including The E.W. Scripps Company, a client of the firm for more than 80 years; The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, an integrated healthcare delivery system including six hospitals and the physicians of Alliance Primary Care; and Seasongood & Mayer LLC, one of the state's leading underwriters of public sector debt securities.
The Cincinnati office's attorneys handle a wide array of matters in major practice areas, including mergers and acquisitions, finance, securities, and real estate; litigation and arbitration; employment and labor; and healthcare regulation. A vital part of a growing national law firm ranked among the largest 100 law firms in the United States, the Cincinnati office affords its clients integrated full service capabilities within a national platform, which includes such additional practice areas as intellectual property; media law; tax, personal planning and employee benefits; securities and governmental investigations; and government policy.
Since opening the Cincinnati office, Baker Hostetler and its attorneys have taken their place as committed and responsible members of the community. In conjunction with the University of Cincinnati Law School and with the support of the Scripps Howard Foundation as well as other institutions, the firm sponsors the annual John H. Burlingame Lecture Series, bringing into focus in Cincinnati issues of importance in areas where the law and the media intersect. Cincinnati office attorneys have been active in numerous civic, philanthropic and arts organizations, including the Cincinnati Museum Center, The United Way, FreeStore/FoodBank, the May Festival, Cincinnati Opera, Hebrew Union College, CAN, and Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity.
Corporate, Finance and Real Estate
The corporate attorneys in the Cincinnati office have extensive experience in handling a broad range of transactional work in domestic and international arenas for diverse national and local clientele in the media, healthcare, banking, industrial packaging, equipment leasing, and chemical manufacturing industries. They represent companies in mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, reorganizations, joint ventures and strategic alliances, complex contract matters, public and private securities offerings, securities regulation and corporate governance matters.
Our locally based finance attorneys represent financial institutions and borrowers in complex secured and unsecured credit transactions, including working capital and fixed asset loans, leveraged acquisition and recapitalization financing, and equipment leasing and financing. They also represent underwriters, issuers, and trustees in all aspects of state and local government securities offerings, including offerings of notes, bonds, certificates of participation and other forms of tax-exempt debt securities.
Our Cincinnati corporate and finance attorneys represent a variety of private equity funds, as well as companies funded by angel, venture capital and private equity investors, in acquisition, sale and financing transactions. Many of these matters involve technology companies that operate web-based business models, including search engines, directories and enterprise software solutions.
The real estate attorneys in our Cincinnati office represent buyers, sellers, developers and general contractors in a wide variety of commercial real estate projects. They also represent lenders and borrowers in loan transactions involving real estate collateral, including development and construction loans. They are experienced in conventional financing techniques, tax-advantaged and tax-exempt finance, synthetic leasing, free trade zones, equity joint ventures, sale and leaseback arrangements, and securitized financings using real estate as security.
Litigation
Our Cincinnati office's litigation practice group handles commercial litigation for healthcare providers, insurance and manufacturing companies, technology and software developers, and financial institutions. Our litigation lawyers have experience in a range of matters, including business disputes, commercial law, contracts, real estate rights, covenants not to compete, Uniform Commercial Code, construction issues, broker dealer disputes and arbitration.
Our lawyers represent employers in employment litigation involving discrimination, breach of contract, wrongful discharge, defamation, ERISA, OSHA, Fair Labor Standards Act, trade secrets, and executive compensation disputes.
Baker Hostetler serves on the national asbestos trial teams for Uniroyal and Georgia Pacific, and is actively involved in products liability defense on behalf of equipment, consumer products, pharmaceutical, medical device and chemical manufacturers.
Employment and Labor
The employment and labor practice group in the Cincinnati office provides comprehensive employment law advice and representation in a variety of industries, including banking, information and entertainment, pharmaceutical, consumer electronics, and manufacturing.
Our employment and labor attorneys regularly advise clients on a broad range of matters including those relating to employer policy and procedure, discharge and discipline, to strikes, lockouts, subcontracting, and bargaining, and to restrictive covenants and trade secrets. This practice group is well versed in preparing for collective bargaining, in training supervisors and in coordinating multiple location employment law representation. Our employment and labor attorneys also have extensive experience representing employers in negotiations, arbitrations, dispute resolution proceedings, and litigation concerning such matters as sex, race and age discrimination, harassment, wage disputes, and wrongful discharge.
Healthcare
The healthcare attorneys in our Cincinnati office represent and counsel individual and allied hospitals, long-term care facilities, physician groups, health maintenance organizations and other providers of healthcare services. They provide various services to our healthcare clientele, often on an integrated regional or national basis, in merger, affiliation, sale and finance transactions, as well as regulatory compliance, tax, litigation, and labor and employment matters.