Professional Experience

Aimee is an associate with Walter & Haverfield LLP and is a member of the Firm's Municipal Law, Public Law and Education Law practice groups. Currently serving as the Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Hudson, Ohio, Aimee has considerable experience representing public entities, including cities, villages, townships and school boards and districts, in the areas of land use, planning and zoning, code enforcement, storm water management, including U.S. EPA and Ohio EPA mandates, public improvement projects, nuisance abatement, eminent domain, records retention, Ohio's Sunshine Laws, election issues and more.

Prior to joining the Firm, Aimee gained municipal law experience through her work in a thriving outer ring suburb dealing with the issues of rapid residential and commercial development, including planning and zoning concerns, storm water management, code enforcement, codified ordinance revisions, administrative appeals and municipal litigation. Aimee also worked with a smaller community committed to the redevelopment of its aging buildings and infrastructure and the preservation of its limited green space.

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In the area of education law, Aimee provides counseling on numerous issues including, records retention, public records and open meeting law, election issues, and the acquisition and disposition of school property.

Areas Of Emphasis

Education Law

In the area of education law, Aimee provides counseling on numerous issues including, records retention, public records and open meeting law, election issues, and the acquisition and disposition of school property.

Presentations

  • "Sunshine Law - Open Records Act," 2010 Mayor's Court Clerks of Ohio Professional Development Program, Embassy Suites Hotel, Cleveland-Beachwood, April 29, 2010
  • "Administrative Law (Municipal): Ohio's Open Meeting Law, Ohio's Public Records Law, Data Security, Ohio's Ethics Law, Initiative and Referendum Petitions, Current Issues Regarding Mayor's Courts," Elected Officials Academy - Personal Leadership (sponsored by Kent State University), KSU - Main Campus, February 17, 2010
  • "Ethics for Professionals and Citizen Planners" (Panelist), 2009 APA Cleveland Planning & Zoning Workshop (sponsored by American Planning Association, Ohio Chapter), Westlake, Ohio, November 13, 2009
  • "Municipal Law: Ohio's Open Meeting Law, Ohio's Public Records Law, Data Security, Ohio's Ethics Law, Initiative and Referendum Petitions, Current Issues Regarding Mayor's Courts," Ohio and West Virginia Municipal Clerks Career Development Program (sponsored by Kent State University), KSU - Stark Campus, October 5, 2009
  • "Rezonings," 20th Annual Planning & Zoning Workshop (sponsored by Ohio Planning Conference, Cleveland Section), Westlake, Ohio, November 14, 2008
  • "The Authority of Local Governments to Adopt and Enforce Innovative Zoning Regulations for Storm Water Management," Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Environmental Symposium (sponsored by the Environmental Law Section), Cleveland, Ohio, November 12, 2008
  • "The Authority of Local Governments to Adopt and Enforce Innovative Zoning Regulations for Storm Water Management," Ohio Wetlands Conference (sponsored by CLE International), Cleveland, Ohio, October 3, 2008
  • "Riparian and Wetland Setbacks, Conservation Development and Other Low Impact Development Techniques to Manage Storm Water," Current Issues in Storm Water Regulation (sponsored by Lorman Education Services), Cleveland, Ohio, March 28, 2008
  • "Competitive Bidding Update and the Design-Build Bidding Process," Cuyahoga County Law Directors Association Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, March 8, 2007
  • "General Law," 24th Annual Ohio and West Virginia Municipal Clerks Development Program and Master Municipal Clerk Academy (sponsored by Kent State University), Aurora, Ohio, October 14, 2006
  • "Making Sound Zoning Decisions: Zoning Variances in Ohio," 17th Annual Planning & Zoning Workshop (sponsored by Ohio Planning Conference, Cleveland Section), Cleveland, Ohio, September 30, 2005

Professional & Community Associations

  • Ohio Bar Association
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Cuyahoga County Law Directors Association
  • Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District, Board of Supervisors (2003-2008)

Education

Marietta College, B.A.(magna cum laude), 1996
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 1999

Licensed to Practice

  • All Ohio Courts
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
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