Jack concentrates his practice in three primary areas: municipality law, small business law and complex litigation. Additionally, he has significant experience in strategic business planning and consulting as well as dispute resolutions. Jack currently serves as the Erlanger City Attorney, Independence City Attorney and served as the Grant County, Kentucky County Attorney and attorney for the Grant County Fiscal Court from 2003-2009. He has also routinely represented municipalities throughout Kentucky and Ohio on litigation issues. During his time as Grant County Attorney, Jack handled extensive litigation in federal court defending United States Code Section 1983 actions. As a complex litigator and trial attorney, having tried dozens of cases to a jury in Ohio and Kentucky, Jack has experience litigating matters on behalf of businesses, banks and individuals. He has been lead attorney in numerous matters and covering a wide variety of issues including, multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes; contract disputes; construction litigation; shareholder, member and partner disputes; breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and other business torts; residential, HUD, and commercial lease litigation; real estate litigation and title disputes; major felony criminal defense; estate litigation including will contests; fire and theft losses, and; environmental and toxic torts. As a small business attorney, Jack serves as general counsel to many small and mid-sized corporations and has extensive experience counseling owners, executives, and officers in all areas of their business, including corporate formation, mergers and acquisitions, dissolution, succession planning, contract formation, government regulation, employment decisions, and property ownership and management. Jack has received numerous accolades and achievements including being an Ohio and Kentucky Rising Star. He also has received the highest rating of AV from Martindale Hubbell as well as a 10.0 rating from AVVO.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Insurance Defense
- Municipal Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- DUI & DWI
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Kentucky
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Ohio
- Supreme Court of Ohio Office of Attorney Services
- 6th Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern & Western District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Gatlin Voelker PLLC
- - Current
- Managing Shareholder
- Freund Freeze & Arnold Managing
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- Attorney
- Strauss & Troy, LPA
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- Attorney
- Gatlin Voelker, PLLC
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- Grant County Prosecutor
- Grant County
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- Tax Associate
- Arthur Andersen
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- University of Kentucky College of Law
- J.D. (2001)
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- University of Kentucky
- B.S. (1998) | Accounting
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- Distinguished Service Award
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Member
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- Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
- Member
- - Current
- Cincinnati Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Grant County Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Northern Kentucky Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Dampened Dreams
- Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys Journal
- Managing Cash Flow
- Impact
- Smart Real Estate Investors Buy Title Insurance
- Impact
- Estate Planning, Small Business Class
- 2011
- Negotiating Insurance Cases, NKBA CLE Day
- 2012
- Managing Litigation Expenses, Managing Litigation
- 2013
- Business Succession Planning, Springboro Chamber of Commerce
- 2013
- Judgments and Liens, Top 8 Title Defects- Cured
- 2013