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Lawyer/Attorney

Location:
Twinsburg, OH
Posted:
October 16, 2019

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GINA C. ROWLAND ***** Cambridge Place

Powell, Ohio 43215

C. 614-***-****

E. ************@*****.***

LEGAL / RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Altimate Care, LLC, Columbus, OH, 10/2017 — Present HR Director/Attorney

• Manage company compliance with State and Federal employment laws

• Serve as first point of contact for employee inquires and track HR issues to resolution

• Negotiate contract terms with talent and draft employment contracts when needed

• Assist with the development of the employee manual, disperse to and train employees on the same

• Handle workers’ compensation claims

• Focus on Joint Commission compliance and credentialing

• Negotiate provider contracts and amendments thereto Stella Title Agency, Inc. Powell, OH, 4/2004 — 10/2017 Co-Owner

• Examine documentation such as mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, contracts, and agreements in order to verify properties' legal descriptions, ownership, or restrictions

• Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances encountered during searching activities, and outlining actions needed to clear title

• Examine individual titles in order to determine if restrictions, such as delinquent taxes, will affect titles and limit property use

• Confer with realtors, lending institution personnel, buyers, sellers, contractors, surveyors, and courthouse personnel in order to exchange title-related information or to resolve problems

• Summarize pertinent legal or insurance details, or sections of statutes or case law so that they can be used in examinations

• Prepare and issue title commitments and title insurance policies based on information compiled from title searches

• Prepare real estate closing statements, utilizing knowledge and expertise in real estate procedures Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH, 2/2010 — 5/2018 Practice Bar Examination Assistant

• Work closely with law professor in assisting third year law students to prepare for and pass the Ohio Bar Examination

• Grade third year law students’ practice Ohio bar exams

• Identify the developmental needs of each student, provide coaching, mentoring, or otherwise help students improve their knowledge and skills necessary to pass the Ohio Bar Examination Chester, Wilcox & Saxbe, L.L.P., Columbus, OH, 6/2008 — 6/2009 Of Counsel

• Research, analyze and draft legal memorandum concerning all aspects of environmental law including enforcement defense, comprehensive permitting, administrative proceedings, rulemakings, facility-wide compliance assurance, pollution prevention and sustainable business, transactional, OSHA and general environmental litigation

• Practice includes work in all environmental media, including Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, CERCLA, OSHA, TSCA and analogous state statutes and regulations Squire Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P., Columbus, OH, 9/2006 — 2/2007 Associate, Public Finance

• Extensive experience serving as underwriters’ counsel, bond counsel, trustee’s counsel and corporate counsel in a wide variety of financing transactions, including SEC registrations, private placements, 144A transactions, master indenture structures, credit enhancement features, variable interest rate terms, reset rate terms, interest rate swaps and related issues

• Assisted with securitizations, warehouse credit facilities and loan purchase arrangements Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, Delaware, OH, 3/2006 — 9/2006 Staff Attorney to Judge Everett H. Krueger

• Research, analyze, and draft written opinions regarding civil matters

• Consult with judge on legal issues of a general and specific nature and attend oral arguments

• Conduct Oral Hearings and handle various issues as temporarily appointed Magistrate Rowland and Rowland LLC, Columbus, OH, 8/2003 — 3/2006 Partner, General Practitioner

• Extensive experience as a Guardian ad Litem

• Significantly involved in receivership related matters

• Representation of clients in a wide variety of matters including, domestic, real estate, estate planning, general commercial transactions, corporate and personal injury Jones Day, Columbus, OH, 8/2002 — 8/2003

Associate, Business Practice Group, Business Restructuring and Reorganization

• Handle bankruptcy, corporate restructuring and insolvency related matters

• Significantly involved in the representation of the debtors in the chapter 11 proceedings of World Kitchen, Inc., HQ Global Workplaces, Inc. and National Century Financial Enterprises, Inc.

• Extensive experience drafting bankruptcy related pleadings Thompson Hine LLP, Columbus, OH, 5/1999 — 08/2002

Associate, Bankruptcy and General Litigation Practice Groups, 9/2000 — 8/2002

• Experience with representation of creditors and creditors committees, debtors, and fiduciaries in Chapter 11 corporate reorganizations

• Research complex issues concerning general commercial transactions and general litigation

• Extensive experience drafting pleadings, discovery requests, and motions for summary judgment

• Handle all aspects of cases including client contact and settlement negotiations

• Member of Pro Bono committee and extensive involvement in pro bono work Summer Associate, 5/1999 — 7/1999

• Research, writing, and practical experience similar to a first year associate EDUCATION

Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH

• Juris Doctor, 2000, magna cum laude

• GPA: 3.525; Class Rank: 16/213

• Capital University Law Review; Order of the Curia; CALI Award for Excellence Supreme Court of Ohio, Columbus, OH, 8/1999 — 12/1999 Legal Intern to Justice Andrew G. Douglas

• Drafted bench memoranda and participated in daily case status conferences with Justice Douglas Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH, 5/1998 — 12/1999 Research and Teaching Assistant for both Property and Criminal Law

• Researched complex topics thereby developing excellent computer research skills

• Conducted review sessions and held office hours to facilitate student learning Greece, International Law Student Summer Program, 1998 International Sponsors:

• Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.; Demokritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece; The Centre of International and European Economic Law, Thessaloniki, Greece The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

• B.S., Secondary Social Studies Education, March 1995

• GPA: 3.32

Bar Admissions

• State of Ohio 2000

• United States District Court — Southern District HONORS AND AWARDS

• Law Honor Scholarship

• John M. Caren Memorial Scholarship

• Emerson S. and Lucy J. Zuck Scholarship

• Marine Corps Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS

• Mark G. Douglas and Gina C. Kleinlein, Lessor's Claim for Postpetition Rent Not Entitled to Superpriority, Business and Restructuring Review, Vol. 1, No. 9, Dec. 2002 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• The Ohio State Bar Association

• The Columbus Bar Association



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