Practice Areas:

Corporate/Business

• Company Formation and Business Planning
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Corporate Governance

Litigation

• Commercial and Insurance
• Probate, Trust and Will Contests

Estate Planning and Administration

• Estate Planning
• Probate
• Wills and Trusts

Higher Education

Banking

Education:

• Ashland College, M.B.A. (1988)
  • Delta Mu Delta National Business Honorary
• Capital University Law School (1981)
  • Delta Theta Phi Outstanding Law Student in Region
• Ohio University, B.A., summa cum laude (1977)
  • Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business
• Army Judge Advocate General's Basic and Advanced Courses
• Army Combined Armed Services School

Notable Experience:

• Served as Chief of Civil Litigation as Assistant Knox County Prosecutor.
• Served as Major in the United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps
• Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Mount Vernon Nazarene College for twenty years

Notable Cases:

• Tried numerous jury and bench trials throughout career
• After a thirty day trial, was able to reach a favorable settlement for the client in complex litigation matter involving claims in excess of Forty Million Dollars
• Successfully defended a trust dispute involving greater than Two Million dollars
• Successfully represented a beneficiary in a trust dispute involving greater than One Million dollars
• As a prosecutor, successfully investigated and prosecuted an individual in a sophisticated international embezzlement scheme.
• Has represented clients in matters resulting in awards in excess of One Million dollars.

Bar and Court Admissions/Memberships:

• Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
• US district Court Southern District of Ohio
• US Army court of Military Review
• Ohio Supreme Court
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Knox County Bar Association

Corporate and Civic Involvement:

• Member and past President of the Knox County Bar Association
• Past Board Chair and current Board Member of the Knox Community Hospital Board
• Member of the Mount Vernon/Knox County Community Foundation
• Past president of the Mount Vernon-Knox County Chamber of Commerce
• Past president of the Salvation Army Advisory Board
• Past president of the Knox County Mental Health Association
• Kim is a commercial pilot, and enjoys scuba and bicycling
• His biography has been published in numerous Who’s Who including the Marquis Who’s Who in American Law