Real Estate Health Care

CRAIG A. ADAMS

***** ****** *********, ***** ** . Cleveland, Ohio 44120 . 216-***-**** .

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ATTORNEY

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Entrepreneurial attorney with 20+ years of experience in business law,

legal and business document drafting and negotiating, taxation, commercial

transactions, litigation, real estate, and estate planning.

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LEGAL PROFILE

CRAIG A. ADAMS LAW OFFICE

Cleveland, Ohio

Solo Practitioner

. Advise and counsel clients on corporate and business transactions and

issues, including business formations, business operations, business

management, taxation, employment.

. Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of legal and business documents,

including contracts (consulting, employment), business agreements

(partnership, close corporation, operating), purchase agreements (asset,

stock, real estate), leases (equipment, real estate).

. Prepare a variety of federal, state, and local tax returns for

individuals, partnerships, and corporations.

. Represented clients in a variety of tax disputes concerning property

valuation, business expense deductions, hobby loss expense deductions,

employee vs. independent contractor status.

. Counsel purchasers and sellers in the purchase/sale and lease of

residential and commercial property.

. Advise and counsel individuals on all aspects of estate planning,

including developing estate plans; drafting wills, trust agreements,

financial powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, health care

directives; completing estate planning and probate proceedings by

preparing legal documents.

. Negotiated for and represented Seller in sale of a horse farm valued in

excess of $1,000,000, and Purchaser in purchase of a self-storage

facility valued in excess of $750,000.

. Managed multimillion dollar product liability litigation for two crane

companies; identified the basis of the cases; monitored the status of the

cases; interacted with litigation counsel.

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EDUCATION PROFILE

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Cleveland, Ohio

Adjunct Instructor

. Teach undergraduate and graduate college courses in Business Law,

Financial Management, and Investments; develop course curriculum; present

enthusiastic, well prepared, organized, and clear lectures and classroom

activities consistent with the course syllabus; provide the students with

timely information and feedback on their academic progress relative to

quizzes, tests, homework and projects; maintain accurate, up-to-date

records of student academic and attendance performance.

JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

University Heights, Ohio

Adjunct Instructor

. Taught undergraduate college course in Real Estate Finance and

Investments performing previously described adjunct faculty duties.

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EDUCATION

Cleveland State University, Juris Doctor Degree

Cleveland State University, Master of Business Administration Degree

(Finance)

Ohio State University, Bachelor of Science Degree

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COURT ADMISSIONS

United States Court of Appeals (Sixth Circuit)

United States Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit)

United States District Court (Northern District of Ohio)

United States Tax Court

Supreme Court of Ohio

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