Stephen M. Hammersmith
Partner
Business Law
Finance Law
Nonprofit Law
Public Law
School Law

Practice Area And Professional Expertise

• Former member of the Firm's Board of Managers.
  
  
• Practice areas include finance and municipal law, commercial and corporate transactions and consumer and non-profit entity law.
  
  
• Joined the Firm as an Associate attorney in 1981, elected partner in 1988.
  
  
• Listed: The Best Lawyers in America® (1995 through 2010).
  
  
• Named as ‘Akron Best Lawyers' Corporate Lawyer of the Year’ for 2009.
  
  
• Received special recognition for 10 consecutive years or more as one of the Best Lawyers in America ®.
  
  
• Recognized as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers™, in the 2004 and 2005 Cincinnati Magazine, as voted by his peers.
  
  
• Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV, which indicates very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.
  

Presentations
“Tax Increment Financing and Other Development Issues,” Annual Real Estate & Construction           Seminar (February 26, 2009)

Education
The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio (J.D., with honors, 1981)
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (B.A., 1978)

Courts & Bar Associations
Ohio Bar (1981)
Federal District Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Member: American Bar Association
Member: Ohio State Bar Association
Member: Akron Bar Association

Professional & Civic Affiliations
Chairman: Hoban Trust Fund Board
Member: St. Hilary Foundation Board
Leadership Akron Class 2003-2004
Member: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Akron/Canton Branch Board