areas of practice
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- estate planning
consultations for middle class
estate planning clients
- wills
general and durable powers
of attorney
- medical powers of attorney
- living wills
- probate court
- decedent estates
- reliefs from administration
- guardianships
- change of name proceedings
- real property
deeds and other title
documents
title examinations in jackson
county and title opinions
noninstitutional (nonbank) sale
closings
- small business services
form corporations and limited
liability companies
- draft contracts and agreements
- consultations
experience
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- education
graduated from
jackson high school, 1965
graduated from ohio state
university with b.s. and b.a
degrees, 1969
graduated from harvard law
school with j.d degree,
cum laude, 1974
- military service
- united states army, 1969–1971
- chaplain’s assistant
served in united states
and germany
- law firm practice
in dayton, ohio, from
1974 to 1978
- smith & schnacke law firm
- sole general practice
in jackson, ohio, from
1978 through 1986 and
1993 to present
legal counsel for city of
jackson, ohio
assistant prosecuting attorney
for jackson county, ohio
interim prosecuting attorney
for jackson county, ohio
appointed counsel in numerous
criminal and juvenile cases
acting judge in municipal and
juvenile courts
- judicial service
common pleas judge for
jackson county, ohio
six–year term from
1987 through 1992
