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Faruki PLL (Faruki+) Co-Man- aging partner, Erin Rhinehart, has been elected as President of the Ohio Women’s Bar Association (OWBA). She was officially sworn in during the OWBA
necessary to continue PBPO’s service in the Cincinnati and Dayton communities. In this role, she will also support PBPO’s mission and utilize her skills and abilities to plan and execute events to improve community engagement with the organization. Heis focuses her practice in the areas of product liability and pharmaceu- tical, medical device, and mass tort litigation. She has more than 20 years of experience defending manufacturers and distributors of pharmaceutical products and dietary supple- ments and has represented these companies in complex litigation across the country including in individual suits, consolidated state court proceedings, and multidistrict litigation. She focuses on developing effective legal strategies for the defense of related lawsuits in multiple venues and is experienced in handling all aspects of state and federal litigation including trial. Adding to her successful practice, Heis is a longtime member and leader of the Defense Research Institute (DRI), the nation’s leading organization of defense attorneys and in-house counsel. She helps lead DRI’s Product Liability and Drug & Medical Device Committees, and will serve as Chair of DRI’s national Drug & Medical Device Seminar in 2022 and 2023 after serving for two years as the seminar’s Vice Chair. She also previously served on the Grant Review Committee of Impact 100, a group that offers transformational grants to nonprofits in the Cincinnati area.
will be part of the Business Acquisitions & Secu- rities group. Both cited Dinsmore’s depth and breadth of expertise as attractions to their joining the firm. “I write wills and trusts every day,” Farley said. “I have been fortunate to work with generations of families as they plan for the future. I help them plan for all eventualities, including disability and death. You have to listen to what your clients are saying and tailor their estate plans to fit their individual needs. I look forward to working with the many estate plan- ning lawyers at Dinsmore to deliver the highest quality product in the most efficient manner possible.” Meyer described his practice as being like “outside general counsel” for many privately held, often family-owned businesses. He is excited to tap into Dinsmore’s vast reservoir of legal disciplines like tax, mergers and acquisi- tions, real estate, employment and intellectual property, which will suit his clients’ needs. “I care a lot about my clients. They deserve the best legal representation available, now and in the future,” said Meyer. “One of the things I enjoy most is working with clients who some- times have complex planning or adversarial situations, trying to simplify the issues, and reaching outcomes that best serve their needs without trying to reinvent the wheel.” Dins- more’s commitment to community, diversity, equity and inclusion were also important ingre- dients for Meyer. He was previously awarded the Cincinnati Bar Association’s John W. Warrington Community Service Award for his work operating a breakfast program for people experiencing homelessness in Over-The-Rhine and serving as chairman of the board of the Corporation for Findlay Market, a non-profit that helped revitalize the surrounding neigh- borhood as a vibrant and flourishing part of the city. Meyer graduated from Boston College Law School, while Farley graduated from Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky Univer- sity. Both are admitted to practice in Ohio and Kentucky, and Meyer is also admitted in Florida and Massachusetts.
Annual Meeting and Conference on April 30, 2021 at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center (Columbus, OH). Rhinehart has been a member of the OWBA for more than a decade, receiving its esteemed President’s Choice Award in 2017, and having served in various leader- ship roles, including District Trustee, Vice President, and President-Elect. “It’s an honor to serve and support Ohio’s women attorneys as OWBA president,” said Rhinehart. “Our mission and values are of utmost importance to advancing women in the legal profession, and I will see that this work is carried out to the best of my ability.” The OWBA was formed in 1991 to build a community of lawyers who are interested in the issues that uniquely affect women. The organization’s mission is to promote the leadership, advancement and inter- ests of women attorneys through professional education, networking and the exchange of ideas between its members, local bar associa- tions, business and the community. In addition to her duties as Co-Managing partner of Faruki, Rhinehart maintains a litigation practice focusing on class action defense, healthcare law, media and communications law, breach of contract and tortious interference issues, and environmental litigation matters. She has signif- icant trial experience in federal and state courts across the country.
Ulmer & Berne LLP is pleased to share that Partner Jennifer Snyder Heis has been appointed to Grow PBPO, an advisory board to Pro Bono
Heis Partnership of Ohio (PBPO) that enhances and increases the organization’s impact. Heis will serve on the board where she will work to build and secure the resources
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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed partners Charles “Chuck” Meyer and Katrina Farley to its Cincinnati office. They join from Santen & Hughes, where Meyer served as president and both were on the firm’s management committee. Meyer and Farley have extensive estate plan- ning backgrounds, and Farley is certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law. Farley will practice with Dinsmore’s Private Client & Family Wealth Planning group, while Meyer
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