John F. Ballard

Home Address: **** **** ****** **. ********, Ohio 44107 216/226-5333

e-mail: abq0ua@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience

Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLC

Partner, May 2008-November 2012

Corporate and Securities Law

General corporate and securities law practice; including negotiation and drafting of wide variety of business

agreements; stock and asset acquisitions; private placement syndications; private placements of debt and

equity issues; SEC compliance for registered mutual funds and investment advisors; Schedule 13D filings;

Stock Option Plan advice and implementation.

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

Partner, July 1998-March 2008

Corporate and Securities Law

General corporate and securities law practice; including negotiation and drafting of wide variety of business

agreements; stock and asset acquisitions; private placement syndications in equipment leasing and other

industries; private placements of debt and equity issues; SEC compliance for registered mutual funds and

investment advisors; Schedule 13D filings; Stock Option Plan advice and implementation; Delaware

reincorporation advice and implementation.

Buckley King & Bluso

Of Counsel, January 1996-July 1998

Corporate and Securities Law

General corporate and securities law practice including negotiation and drafting of a wide variety of business

agreements; private placement syndications in equipment leasing, finance and restaurant industries,

substantial work to SEC registration of IPO company on Form SB-1; private resale transactions in restricted

public company securities.

Goodman Weiss Miller

Partner, July 1986-December 1995

Associate, January 1986-July 1986

Corporate and Securities Law

Extensive experience representing public companies in securities and general corporate areas; SEC

compliance, including Form S-3 and S-8 Registration Statements, Regulation S offerings, proxy statements,

Form 10-K, and Form 10-Q periodic reports; negotiation and drafting of acquisition and divestiture

agreements, credit agreements, technology license agreements, employment and severance agreements.

All aspects of securities and corporate law practice representing large, medium and small companies,

partnerships and limited liability entities; private placement memorandums and related Blue Sky and

syndication documents; federal, state and foreign Blue Sky law compliance.

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• sale of $1 billion privately held domestic pharmaceutical company to strategic buyer.

• sale of domestic public company to publicly held Australian holding company, including drafting and

negotiation of acquisition agreements, merger proxy statement and related SEC compliance matters, obtaining of

antitrust approvals from Department of Justice.

• SEC registered offering of $40 Million of debentures through major New York underwriting syndicate.

• Sale of privately held computer retailer to public company strategic buyer in registered stock for stock merger

transaction.

• Stock for stock acquisition of privately held Canadian software company by U.S. public company.

Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz

Partner, December 1985

Associate, November 1978-November 1985

Corporate and Securities Law

General corporate and securities law practice; negotiation and drafting of wide variety of business

agreements; private placement syndications in real estate, oil and gas, hotel and restaurant industries; SEC

compliance for public company client.

Education

J.D. 1978, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Law Review, Associate Editor, 1976

B.A. 1969, Harvard University, magna cum laude

Honors Thesis, summa cum laude

Harvard National Scholar, undergraduate and graduate, 1965-72

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