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Since 1903, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP (“Calfee”) has been providing meaningful legal counsel in matters that are critical to our clients’ business success.

With offices in Ohio’s three largest cities (Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati) as well as Indianapolis, New York, and Washington, D.C., Calfee’s 200 professionals provide strategic and comprehensive counsel to Fortune 500 corporations, mid-sized companies, family-owned and privately held businesses, entrepreneurs and startups, government agencies and municipalities, and individuals.

Calfee attorneys often are engaged as United States or local counsel on complex legal matters domestically and internationally. Calfee attorneys work directly with our clients’ business leaders and in-house counsel as well as cooperatively as part of a client’s team of outside law firms. With Midwestern rates, a commitment to responsiveness, and a long track record of partnering with clients to meet their business goals, Calfee has been recognized as a leading law firm by Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, IFLR 1000, and Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” among others.

Calfee’s legal services encompass the entire spectrum of general domestic and international business transactional law and litigation.

Corporate and Capital Markets

  • Capital markets/securities transactions
  • Corporate governance
  • Entrepreneurial finance
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Public reporting and board counseling

Business Transactions and Services

  • Business restructuring and insolvency
  • Commercial business and finance
  • Compliance services
  • Employee benefits and executive compensation
  • Energy and utilities law
  • Environmental law
  • Estate and succession planning
  • Health care law
  • Investment management law
  • Labor and employment law
  • Partnerships, LLCs, and joint ventures
  • Privacy and data security law
  • Private equity law
  • Public finance and public law
  • Real estate and construction law
  • Tax law

Intellectual Property

  • Copyrights
  • Information technology
  • Patent prosecution, opinion work, counseling, and litigation
  • Trademarks

Litigation

  • Antitrust and trade regulation counseling and litigation
  • Appellate proceedings litigation
  • Business, corporate, and commercial litigation
  • Construction and real estate litigation
  • Employee benefits/ERISA and ESOP litigation
  • Environmental litigation and enforcement
  • Insurance coverage and insurance recovery litigation
  • Intellectual property litigation
  • Labor and employment litigation
  • Public utilities and telecommunications litigation
  • Securities litigation
  • Tort, accident, and products liability litigation
  • White-collar defense and investigations

Government Relations and Legislation Lawyers and Lobbyists

Spanning the state of Ohio and Washington, D.C., Calfee’s Government Relations and Legislation lawyers and lobbyists continuously build and strengthen relationships with key decision makers to advocate for clients and work with them to provide sophisticated solutions to clients’ business needs.

Contacts

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Position

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Managing Partner Emeritus

Brent Ballard

Co-Chair, Litigation

Colleen O'neil

Firm Vice Chair; Co-Chair, Corporate and Finance

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Partner-in-Charge, Cincinnati

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Co-Chair, Business and Restructuring and Insolvency

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Partner-in-Charge, Indianapolis; Co-Chair, Energy and Utilities

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Partner-In-Charge, Columbus & D.C.; Chair, Government Relations and Legislation

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