Steve has extensive experience in municipal law. He holds unparalleled insight on the wide range of problems unique to government entities, such as compliance with open-meeting and public record requirements, analyzing risks of liability for governmental action, and the drafting and administration of defensible zoning laws. He has served as legal counsel to a dozen charter review commissions and served as the chairman of three charter review commissions for the City of Willoughby.
Steve serves as law director for the City of Pepper Pike, the Village of Waite Hill, and Orange Village and has served each of those communities for at least ten years. Steve was recently appointed law director for the Village of Kirtland Hills. Further, he has served as the law director for the Village of Chagrin Falls, the Village of Hunting Valley, and as the solicitor of the Village of Lakeline and the Village of North Perry.
In addition to those roles, Steve acts as special counsel to a variety of governmental and non-governmental entities. For example, he has acted as special counsel for the City of Wooster, the City of Willoughby, the City of Oakwood, the City of Shaker Heights, the South Euclid-Lyndhurst School District, the Brooklyn School District, the Willoughby-Eastlake School District, the Ohio Municipal League, the Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, and the International Municipal Attorneys Association.
Recognized for his expertise, Steve has often lectured to the Northeast Ohio Law Directors Association, the Cuyahoga County Metropolitan Bar Association, the Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, and the Ohio Municipal League.
Steve also advises private parties who are the subject of adverse governmental action, either in the real estate development process or in other building and zoning related matters.
