Cincinnati, OH
Clear ResultsClient: A national life insurance company
We represented a national life insurance company on all aspects of loan documentation, negotiation, and closing for nearly 100 loans in 2016 and 2017. The loans ranged from less than $1 million to more than $20 million and were secured by a wide...
Client: United Bancshares, Inc. (Buyer)
We counseled our client (United Bancshares, Inc.) through its merger with another bank (Benchmark Bancorp Inc.). The merger allowed our client to expand their presence in the Columbus, Ohio market. Our role included negotiating terms, drafting...
Client: P&G
We supported our client, The Procter & Gamble Company, in the renegotiation and renewal of a vast information technology and business process services relationship with one of its major service providers. The transaction contemplates...
We represented a Cincinnati start-up craft brewery in Regulation D securities offering to fund its bottling and canning operation. We drafted the necessary documents for our client, including the offering memorandum, subscription agreements and...
We represented our client, Humana, in a matter involving a former employee, who alleged our client violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Ohio’s nondiscrimination statute under theories of discrimination, retaliation, and...
Represented Valvoline in a lawsuit filed by a former employee alleging claims of violation of Minnesota’s statute regulating drug and alcohol testing by an employer ( Lewis v. Ashland Inc. d/b/a Valvoline Instant Oil Change , D. Minn., No...
Rick Porotsky led a four-day TRO hearing which vindicated our client, who had been unjustly accused of fraud and embezzlement in his role as manager of a $50 million real estate complex. After an initial ex-parte TRO had removed our client from his...
Client: Cengage Learning, et al
We represented Cengage Learning, an educational content, technology, and services company for in an age discrimination suit. Janet Kerekes, who had been a long-time employee, filed a claim against Cengage for age discrimination after she was...
Our client claimed a breach of a purchase agreement involving industrial goods. Following several days at trial, a judge in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas entered a judgment favorable to our client, including a total award in excess of...
We successfully argued for our client, a hospital, before the Ohio Supreme Court that a “wrongful living” claim could not be presented in connection with resuscitation by a healthcare provider.
We successfully defended a national staffing company in a case where the adverse party sought indemnification in connection with claims brought by the EEOC based on the opponent’s allegedly wrongful conduct. The case was venued in the...
We successfully prosecuted a breach of contract claim for our client after the defendant failed to pay for projects it had ordered. The issue was resolved favorably for our client through arbitration.
We successfully defended a large medical practice accused of ERISA violations. Judgment was awarded to our client by a judge in the US District Court of Cincinnati, Ohio.
We successfully handled breach of contract and defamation claims involving competing accountants. The case was tried for three days in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, after which a favorable settlement was reached.
We have represented a large physicians group in commercial litigation against several formerly-employed physicians based on breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets. One case was tried for five days in the Hamilton County...
Served as lead counsel in defending Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, a publicly-traded software development company, in a class-action shareholder lawsuit following allegations of fraud and artificially inflated earnings. The shareholder...
Rick Porotsky represented a Brazilian importer and distributor in a dispute with a large U.S. manufacturer, which was arbitrated in Sao Paulo Brazil through the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Working with Brazilian co-counsel in...
We represented a major household product manufacturer in a personal injury matter in Hamilton County, Ohio. The Plaintiff alleged she had suffered significant injuries when operating a hand-held mixer. The case went to trial. By utilizing effective...
Represented US Bank as arranging bank in syndicated loan of $120 million to AGNL Blimp L.L.C. as borrower for construction of new Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company global headquarters. Worked with Royal Bank of Scotland as participating bank in...
Represented a generic drug manufacturer in thousands of product liability cases where plaintiffs alleged pulmonary and cardiac injury from ingestion of diet drugs. The cases were pending in federal multidistrict litigation proceedings in E. D...
Served as national coordinating counsel for Procter & Gamble Distributing Company and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in personal injury cases where plaintiffs alleged injury from the ingestion of over the counter and prescription...
We represented a major motorcycle manufacturer in a personal injury product liability case in Montgomery County, Ohio. After conducting some preliminary discovery, and after arranging for an inspection of the product by expert witnesses, we...
The opportunity, and the ability, to grow is an important factor in the success of any business, especially in an increasingly-competitive marketplace. We advised Standard Register, formerly one of the world’s leading providers of printing...
Rick Porotsky played a leading role in representing an Indian family business entity in U.S. federal court proceedings brought by a U.S. manufacturer who sought to invoke arbitration to avoid parallel Indian court proceedings. Mr. Porotsky...
As part of our trial team, I served in 2012-2013 as counsel for the consultant on his claim for breach of a consulting agreement. Our client had assisted the defendant, an inventor of intellectual property, in successfully marketing his inventions...
Our attorneys have drafted a wide variety of agreements for clients to help them protect their intellectual property. Since 2011, we have drafted more than 575 total agreements, which can be broken down as follows: Development Agreements (70...
We have defended clients in challenges to their patents from a wide variety of NPEs. Several representative examples of patents we have defended are below: Cascades Publishing Innovation, LLC : U.S. Patent 8386484 Data Speed Technology LLC : US...
Wright-Patt Credit Union, Inc. (WPCU) is one of the largest credit unions in Ohio, with nearly $2.5 billion in assets and 25 branches operating in the Greater Dayton area. With the company continuing to grow in service to nearly 250,000 members...
We counseled a geospatial business in all aspects of its sale to a private equity firm that was part of a roll-up of geospatial solution providers. We advised the client at each step of the transaction, including negotiating the term sheet...
When early negotiations failed, I filed suit on behalf of a group of shareholders who were seeking recovery of contingent payments from a multi-billion dollar international corporation. The payments were owed for breach of a stock purchase agreement...
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