John Stephen Stith

• Transaction structuring
• Securities issuance & regulatory compliance
• Private equity funds & venture capital
• Nonprofit corporations
• Mergers & Acquisitions

• Insurance companies, products & regulation
• General business
• Due diligence
• Corporate governance/board & committee counsel
• Corporate & Securities
• Business transactions

Ohio

State of Ohio

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

Current

University of Cincinnati College of Law

J.D

1964

summa cum laude

Princeton University

1961

A.B., cum laude

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Activities: Ohio Bar Liability Insurance Company, Board of Directors, 2005-present, Chairman, 2007-present

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Activities: Ohio State Bar Association, President, 2006-2007; Board of Governors, Budget and Headquarters Committee, 2002-2005, Chair, 2004-2005; Corporation Law Committee; Committee on Specialization

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Activities: Ohio State Bar Foundation, Trustee, 2006-present

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Activities: Cincinnati Bar Association, President, 1989-1990

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Activities: Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, 1993-1995, 1997-2002, Chair, 1999-2000

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Activities: Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on Commercial Dockets, 2007-present

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Activities: Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers, Founders' Steering Committee

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Activities: National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1989-present