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Finney Law Firm Merger. Finney Law Firm,
LLC and Hemmer Wessels McMurtry PLLC
have combined to form an expanded Finney
Law Firm, LLC, effective January 1, 2026. The
combined firm includes 21 attorneys and
provides a strengthened Cincinnati and
Northern Kentucky-based platform serving
clients on both sides of the Ohio River. The
firm’s practice focuses on commercial transac-
tions and complex litigation, with particular
strengths in real estate law, employment law,
defamation law, constitutional litigation, and
related business matters. The expanded firm is
positioned to represent emerging and estab-
lished businesses, as well as individuals facing
both sophisticated legal matters and more
discrete, smaller-scale issues. Christopher P.
Finney serves as President of the firm. Carlo
Wessels and Todd McMurtry serve as partners,
along with Stephen Imm, Bradley Gibson, and
Isaac Heintz. Donald Hemmer serves as Of
Counsel, and Scott Thomas serves as Senior
Counsel. Finney Law Firm maintains offices in
Eastgate, Downtown Cincinnati, and Ft.
Mitchell, Kentucky.
Court of Common Pleas. Please be advised
that at the December 11, 2025 Joint Session,
Judge Alison Hatheway was elected Presiding
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and
Administrative Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, General Division for calendar year 2026.
At the same meeting Judge Jennifer Branch was
elected Assistant Presiding Judge and Judge
Virginia Tallent was elected second Assistant
Presiding Judge, both for calendar year 2026.
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l e g a l co m m u n i t y
The CBA Board of Trustees
has approved the following for
membership:
Jon Adkins
UC Law Student - 2028
Evan Christopher Allen
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Lisa Baker
Loyola Law Student - 2027
Julia Marie Bley
Ohio Court of Appeals - First District
Madeline Elizabeth Brown
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Eric P. Buchakjian
Moermond and Mulligan LLC
Ashley Nicole Caldwell
Angel Chapman
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Leigh Cherni
Emily Nichole Coffey
WilmerHale
Collin Michael Finn
US District Court - Southern District of Ohio
Daniela Foltz
Thompson Hine LLP
Jessie E. Greive
Rendigs Fry Kiely & Dennis LLP
Erin Brooke Hardin
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
John Michael Honerlaw
Honerlaw Law Office LLC
Samantha Hughes
Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
Emma Marguerite Kalucki
Wagner & Bloch LLC
Benjamin Kennedy
UC Law Student - 2028
Sean Anthony Meyer
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Hayley Mullen
FBT Gibbons LLP
Sarah Saadeh
Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP
Lauren Schwab
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Anna Marie Williams
UC Law Student - 2028
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