James D. Kraus
Partner
Business Law
Real Estate & Construction Law

Practice Area And Professional Expertise

• Joined the Firm as an associate attorney in 1983, elected a partner in 1990.
  
  
• His practice areas include:
  
  
  • choice of entity
    
  • business succession and estate planning
    
  • mergers and acquisitions,
    
  • real estate
    
  • securities and finance
    
  • municipal law.
  
  
  
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2008 - 2010)
  
  
• Recognized as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers™, in the 2005 Cincinnati Magazine, 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.

Education
The University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio (J.D., cum laude, 1983)
The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio (B.A., 1979)

Courts & Bar Associations
Ohio Bar (1983)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Member: Ohio State Bar Association
Member: Akron Bar Association

Professional & Civic Affiliations
Chair: Keep Akron Beautiful, Inc.
Chair: Bath Township Zoning Commission
Trustee: Henry V. and Frances W. Christenson Foundation
Member: Fairlawn Country Club
Past Trustee and Past President: Revere Gridiron Club
Past Trustee and Past President: The Health Education Center of Akron
Past Trustee and Vice-Chair: Akron Zoological Park Board of Trustees
Past Member: Northwest Summit County Rotary, Inc.
Past Member: Bath Township Blue Ribbon Commission