Attorney Biographies


 
EUGENE P. ELSASS
, born Shelby County, Ohio, November 12, 1930; died January 10, 2007. Admitted to bar, 1957, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1964, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court.  Education: Ohio University (B.S.C., 1952); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1957).  Delta Theta Phi.  Treasurer, 1971-1975 and President, 1975-1979, Wilson Memorial Hospital.  Member: Shelby County (President, 1964-1966), Ohio State (Member, Council of Delegates, 1970-1976) and American Bar Associations.

Practice Areas: Estate and retirement planning, estate and trust administration, planning for incapacity, guardianship law, health care and Medicaid planning.


RICHARD H. WALLACE, born Oakland, California, February 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Capital University (B.S., 1969); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1975). US Navy (1969-1972). Associate Editor, Ohio Northern Law Review, 1974-1975. Member: Shelby County (President, 1993-1995) and Ohio State Bar Associations; The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Trustees, 1992-1995); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. 

Practice Areas: Personal injury law; commercial litigation; Employment law; family practice. 
Email
: rwallace@woh.rr.com


STANLEY R. EVANS, born Youngstown, Ohio, July 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio.  Education: College of the Holy Cross (A.B. 1978); University of Toledo (M.B.A., 1982; J.D., 1982).  Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, University of Toledo Law Review, 1981-1982. Clerkship, Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals, Toledo, Ohio, 1982-1984. Solicitor, Village of Botkins, 1987-----; Village of Anna 1989----; Special Counsel to Ohio Attorney General.  Member: Shelby County and Ohio State Bar Associations; National Health Lawyers Association; The Society of Ohio Hospital Attorneys (Trustee, 1999); Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys; American Agricultural Law Association. 

Practice Areas: Appellate practice; health care law; municipal law; commercial law.  Email: srevans@woh.rr.com


KEITH M. SCHNELLE, born St. Marys, Ohio, July 9, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio.  Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., 1977); Villanova University (J.D., 1981). Assistant Prosecutor, City of Sidney, 1981-1984, Member: Shelby County and Ohio State Bar Associations. 

Practice Areas: Real estate law, taxation law, creditor rights law.  Email: kschnelle@woh.rr.com


MATTHEW T. BEAR, born Dover, Ohio, August 10, 1979, and raised in Tuscarawas County, Westchester, Ohio.  Admitted to bar, 2004, Ohio and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio.  Education:  Miami University (B.S. Management Information Systems 2001); University of Akron School of Law (J.D., 2004).  Member:  Shelby County and Ohio State Bar Associations.

Practice Areas:  Collections, creditors rights, collections for the State of Ohio. Email: mbear@woh.rr.com


KIMBERLY S. KISLIG, born Burbank, California, September 12, 1963; admitted to Ohio bar (2003), U.S. District Court, S. D. Ohio (2003),  U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit (2005).  Education: University of Guadalajara, Mexico (Diploma, 1982), University of Vallodolid, Spain (Diploma, 1984), University of San Diego (B.B.A., 1986), University of Zurich, Switzerland (German Language studies, 1987-1989), Ohio Northern University (J.D. with High Distinction, 2003).  Ohio Northern Law Review (2001-2003).  Judicial externship, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (2002).  Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Society.  Languages spoken: Swiss German, German, Spanish.  Member:  Ohio State Bar Association, Shelby County and Dayton Bar Associations, Dayton Women’s Bar Association, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, American Inns of Court, Christian Legal Society.

Practice areas: Commercial law; health care law; municipal law; employment law; personal injury law; litigation support; appellate practice.  Email: kimkislig@woh.rr.com 




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