Kevin Cash Joins Baker Hostetler as Chief Financial Officer
CLEVELAND, OH – AUGUST 3, 2009 – The national law firm of Baker Hostetler announced today that Kevin L. Cash has joined the Firm as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Cash was managing partner of Ernst & Young LLP’s Northeast Ohio Advisory Services practice.
As Chief Financial Officer, Cash will be responsible for directing the operations of the Firmwide Finance Department and overseeing financial systems to support strategic and operational business planning and growth. During over two decades of experience with Ernst & Young, Cash has worked with clients in the legal, financial, health care, insurance and manufacturing industries.
“We are pleased to welcome Kevin to Baker Hostetler as our Chief Financial Officer,” said Steven Kestner, Executive Partner of the Firm. “Kevin’s insight into all aspects of financial systems will enable us to continue to effectively deliver legal services to our clients.”
“Baker Hostetler has an exceptional business base as well as tremendous growth potential,” Cash said. “I am looking forward to bringing to Baker Hostetler my experience serving as a strategic financial advisor to successful multinational organizations.” Cash is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Certified Information Security Manager.
Cash earned his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy with a Specialization in Decision Sciences from Miami University. He has served as an adjunct professor of Auditing and Accounting for the University of Akron, an Accounting Advisory Board Member for Miami University and the University of Akron, a member of the Board of Directors and the Partnership Committee for Ideastream (Cleveland’s PBS station), and has been involved in numerous other community support activities.
About Baker Hostetler
Founded over 90 years ago in 1916, Baker Hostetler is among the nation’s 100 largest law firms with 600 attorneys coast to coast. The firm has 10 offices nationwide: New York, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Costa Mesa, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Orlando and Washington, D.C. Its five primary practice groups are Business, Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Tax.
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Contact: Christine L. Gill
Communications Manager
(216) 861-7852
cgill@bakerlaw.com