Nicholas T. George
Partner
Real Estate & Construction Law
Nonprofit Law
Business Law

Practice Area And Professional Expertise

• Provides day-to-day consultation to numerous businesses throughout Northeast Ohio and is counsel to a number of commercial real estate developers.
  
  
• Serves as Chair of the Real Estate & Construction Practice Group.
  
  
• Former President and CEO of the Firm from January 2000 until June 2008.
  
  
• Previously was the owner of the law firm of Nicholas T. George & Associates, which merged with Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs in 1997.
  
  
• Listed: The Best Lawyers in America® (2001 through 2010).
  
  
• Recognized as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers™ in 2004 - 2010, as voted by his peers.
  
  
• Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV, which indicates very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.
  

Presentations
Keynote Speaker: “Faith Makes the Impossible Possible: 12 Steps to Lead with Character,” Heart to Heart Communications’ Greater Akron Speaks Out for Values Breakfast & Workshop          (2007)
Keynote Speaker at an annual event on entrepreneurship (The University of Akron)
         April 8, 2006
"The Three C’s of Leadership: Character, Conviction and Communication"
Keynote Speaker: "12 Practical Applications of Servant Leadership," SMEI Workshop
          October 14, 2008
"Commercial Leasing Market Overview," Negotiating Commercial Leases Seminar
           June 23, 2009
Speaker: “Considerations when negotiating workouts, financing & purchase and sale           transactions in a down economy,” Forward Thinking: Real Estate in 2010, Cohen &           Company Roundtable (December 8, 2009)

Education
The University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio (J.D., 1970)
The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio (B.A., 1968)

Courts & Bar Associations
Ohio Bar
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Member: American Bar Association
Member: Ohio State Bar Association
Member: Akron Bar Association

Professional & Civic Affiliations
Board Member: Autism Family Foundation of Northeast Ohio
Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Foundation
Board Member: Akron Rotary Camp for Children with Special Needs
Board Member: The Stephen A. Comunale, Jr. Family Cancer Foundation
Member: International Council of Shopping Centers
Member: The Rotary Club of Akron

Awards/Honors
Recipient: The University of Akron Alumni Honor Award (2005)
Recipient: American Heart Association Distinguished Achievement Award (2005)
Recipient: Outstanding Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, presented by The University of            Akron Fitzgerald Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies (2007)
Recipient: The University of Akron, School of Law, Outstanding Alumni Award (2009)