Your business is more than just a job; it is your livelihood, your passion, your calling – we get it. We also understand that at the heart of every business lies someone who will go to great lengths to protect it; that’s where we step in. We carefully select a team of attorneys specifically for you who are willing to go above and beyond to help your business thrive. Our extensive legal knowledge parallels our business intelligence, making us efficient, reliable, successful, and most importantly, a business partner you can trust.
The backbone of our business practice is representing privately-owned, small to mid-size entities. In fact, we are renowned for our work supporting and protecting businesses like yours. Our depth of experience has been put to the test representing Fortune 500 companies, family-owned businesses, and nonprofit organizations. We work hard to ensure you can continue to focus on what matters: your business. Partner with us to protect it, fight for it, and make certain it has a future where it can thrive.
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Areas of Practice
- • Choice of, Formation, and Reorganization of Business Entities
- • Creation of and Regulatory Compliance for Foundations
- • Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
- • Ecommerce
- • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- • Employee Compensation and Benefits
- • Employment, Confidentiality and Non-competition Agreements
- • Energy
- • Environmental
- • Financing
- • Formation and Reorganization of Nonprofit Corporations
- • Franchising
- • Healthcare
- • Intellectual Property
- • International Business Transactions
- • Mergers & Acquisitions
- • Nonprofit & Foundation
- • Purchase, Sale, Marketing and Distribution of Goods and Services
- • Purchasing and Licensing Computer Hardware and Software
- • Securities
- • Succession Planning
- • Taxation
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Attorneys in this Practice Area
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Robert W. BriggsChairman Emeritus & Partner
William L. CaplanPartner
Brandyn CostaAssociate
Steven A. DimengoManaging Partner
Carl J. DyczekPartner
Michael A. EllisPartner
Dominic A. FrisinaPartner
Richard B. Fry IIIPartner
Nathan M. FulmerAssociate
Nicholas T. GeorgeOf Counsel
Stephen M. GrossPartner
Derrick S. HainesPartner
Jeffrey A. HalmOf Counsel
Stephen M. HammersmithPartner
Timothy A. HodgkissPartner
Mitchell T. KolesarPartner
James D. KrausPartner
Robert W. MalonePartner
Patricia A. McIntyrePartner
Daniel A. MinklerOf Counsel
Lucas W. MurrayPartner
David J. MyersPartner
Chris NiekampOffice Partner-in-Charge
Charles E. RingerOf Counsel
Marcus B. RobertsonAssociate
David T. RobinsonAssociate
Robert E. RolandPartner
Jon R. StefanikPartner
Sydney L. StroiaAssociate
Dustin J. VrabelPartner
R. Clint Zollinger Jr.Of Counsel
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News and Publications
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- Crain’s Cleveland Business – Buckingham Regains Strength After Long Battle
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- Steven A. Dimengo Recieves Dr. Frank L. Simonetti Distinguished Alumni Award
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- Ohio State Bar Association Taxation Committee Sales and Use Tax Subcommittee Report
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- The ABCs of Ohio’s Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday
- Welcomed Ohio Municipal Income Tax Reform To Be Implemented For 2016 Tax Year
- BTA Expands Its Definition of “Responsible Party” In Two Recent Cases
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- 31 Buckingham attorneys named 2015 Ohio Super Lawyers
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- Status of Sales Tax Notification Laws for Non-Collecting Retailers
- Asset Protection Opportunity
- Sales Tax Refund
- No Resale Exemption for Tanning Equipment
- Internet Tax Freedom Act Extended… Temporarily
- “Investment Partner” Liable for Unpaid Sales Tax
- MTC Adopts Market-Based Sourcing
- Buckingham Sponsors 36th Annual National Tax Conference
- Ohio Homestead Exemption Amendment Affects Judgment Lien Holders
- Ohio Provides Guidance to Restaurants on Sales Tax Collection
- 31 Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC Attorneys Named to 2015 Best Lawyers® in America List
- 2nd Annual Northeast Ohio State and Local Tax Conference Summary
- Ohio Tax Commissioner To Begin Notifying Taxpayers Of Credit Account Balance
- Ohio Mid-Biennium Budget Bill Passed
- Ohio Personal Income Tax Bright-Line Residency Test Satisfied for Husband But Not Wife (Even Though She Met the Ohio Contact Period Test)
- Fear the Form! — Developments in Construction Contracts
- Steve Dimengo Interviewed on WAKR Radio
- Ohio CAT: BTA Predictably Upholds Ohio’s Bright-Line Nexus Standard despite Lack of Physical Presence
- Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) Was A Pension Exempt From City Income Tax
- Ohio Supreme Court Issues Decision on Jurisdictional Defect in Tax Valuation Complaint
- Eighth District Court of Appeals Issues Guidance on Real Estate Tax Complaint Procedures
- Ohio Personal Income Tax: Nonresident Nexus Safe Harbor for Mobile Workforce Updated
- Ohio Sales Tax Applies to Full Value of “Deal of the Day” Vouchers
- Small Business Owners Receive 50% Deduction for Ohio Personal Income Tax
- Crain’s Cleveland Business – Going Places
- U.S. House Urged to Immediately Enact Marketplace Fairness Act
- Ryan, L.L.C. Gets Hand Slapped for Engaging in the Unauthorized Practice of Law Before the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals
- ASTM Issues New Standard for Conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments
- 25 Buckingham Attorneys Named 2014 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Buckingham Promotes James S. Simon to Equity Partner
- Tax Considerations in Real Estate Conveyances
- New Procedure Available for Ohio Real Property Tax Appeals
- 30 Buckingham Attorneys Named to 2014 Best Lawyers® in America List
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- Ohio Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Taxpayer that Tax Commissioner Retained Jurisdiction Over Administrative Appeal
- Ohio Governor Vetoes Click-Through Nexus
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- Northeast Ohio State and Local Tax Conference
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- Ohio Commercial Activity Tax Sourcing Rules Provide Planning Opportunities
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- Thirty-nine Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America
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- Ohio State Bar Association Sales/Use Tax Subcommittee Report For January 17, 2013
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- Ohio Sales and Use Tax – Proper Use of Exemption Certificates by Construction Contractors
- Protecting Construction Contractors From Erroneous Property Classifications – Real versus Personal
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- Recent Legislation Affecting Ohio Commercial Activity Tax (CAT)
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- Ohio General Tax Amnesty – May 1 through June 15, 2012
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- General Tax Amnesty Program for Ohio taxes to begin in 2012
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- Ohio Use Tax Webinar
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