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Todd focuses his practice on serving private, closely held and/or family-owned businesses as their outside general counsel and trusted advisor on all legal and risk issues.  Besides a prior career as an Air Force officer, Todd also has unique background in construction law, where he has provided counsel on myriad legal issues affecting the industry in both private practice and as a general counsel. Prior to joining Frost Brown Todd, Todd served for seven years as the general counsel for Baker Concrete Construction Inc., the nation’s largest concrete construction specialty contractor, where he had daily oversight over the company’s legal, enterprise risk management, contracts, ethics, compliance, political lobbying and government relations functions. Prior to Baker, Todd was a partner with a large Cincinnati law firm where he gained substantial litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute experience while assisting the firm’s clients in resolving risk issues that threatened their profitable growth or continued sustainability.

Todd serves as outside general counsel to private and family-owned businesses of all sizes. He provides timely, practical, strategic, and value-added insight regarding issues related to enterprise risk management, contract drafting and negotiation, litigation and dispute resolution oversight, corporate restructuring, tactical and strategic HR issues, intellectual property, and government compliance. He also offers business advice in areas such as succession planning and strategic plan development. He takes a proactive approach on identifying and providing innovative solutions to issues impeding his clients’ continued development and success. He also advises his clients on potential strategies for seizing current market opportunities while concurrently and effectively leveraging the risks commensurate with these opportunities.

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Experience

Legal Work Highlights

Assisted 40-year-old private Company in effectively transferring ownership from first to second generation family ownership.

Formed company’s first legal department and had responsibility for daily management over the company’s legal, enterprise risk management and contracts departments in the drafting, review, negotiating and execution of over $800 million in contractual transactions annually

Created company’s first Code of Ethics program to address corporate succession issues and federal government requirement issues and trained approximately 1,000 company employees throughout U.S.

Helped create and implement company’s Crisis Management Program and led company’s Crisis Management Response Team on two projects involving fatalities

Worked with business development and operations teams to identify key repeat customers or prospective customers in new geographical areas and negotiated master agreements to facilitate securing new projects worth over $300 million

Negotiated favorable settlement for engineering company sued for feasibility study issued in conjunction with startup of ferroalloys plant in Hungary

Negotiated favorable settlement for engineering company in case involving claims involving multimillion dollar services contract and defense of negligent workmanship claims at Fortune 100 Company’s manufacturing facility

Education

Law School

Regent University, J.D., M.A., Public Policy, 1998

Undergraduate School

U.S. Air Force Academy, B.S., International Affairs, 1989

Bar Memberships

E. is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Ohio

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

The Best Lawyers in America®, 2019-2022

C-Suite Award, Lead Magazine, 2013

Ohio Super Lawyer, 2009

AV Rated®, Martindale-Hubbell

Cincinnati Business Courier’s Forty Under 40, 2004

Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers, 2006

Defense Meritorious Service Medal, 1994

Held Top Secret SBI clearance and L Clearance (DOE)

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Association of Corporate Counsel, 2007-2014

Cincinnati Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Member

Construction Industry Ethics and Compliance Initiative, Membership Committee, 2009-2014

Association of General Contractors – National General Counsel Roundtable, 2008-2014

Civic Activities

Civic & Charitable Organizations

ArtsWave Board 2016

Salvation Army of Greater Cincinnati, Board Member, 2009-present

PUREhope, Board Member, 2011-present

St. Rita School for the Deaf, Director, 2000-2006

Teen Challenge of Cincinnati, Trustee, 2000-2006

Friars Club, Trustee, 2001-2005

Council on Child Abuse, Board Member, 2002-2008

Regent University School of Law Alumni Board, Director, 2000-2006

USAF Academy Association of Graduates

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