R. Todd Hunt

Partner
Practice Head, Municipal Law

Professional Experience

An experienced trial and appellate lawyer, Todd concentrates his practice in general public law, land use and development issues, litigation, public sector employment and labor law, and telecommunications. He has managed and tried a wide range of civil and administrative cases and counsels business owners, developers and public officials on related matters. He has also successfully defended a wide variety of cases involving: zoning and land use, tort and civil rights, construction and supply contracts, and public employment and labor issues.

Todd is also the Director of Law for the City of Richmond Heights and Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Hudson. He has served in the same capacity with the cities of Cleveland and Cleveland Heights.

Todd has managed and tried a wide range of civil and administrative cases and counsels business owners, developers and public officials on related matters. He has also successfully defended a wide variety of cases involving: zoning and land use, tort and civil rights, construction and supply contracts, and public employment and labor issues.

Recent Presentations

"Municipal Employment Law Overview," Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association's 2010 Spring Municipal Civil Seminar, March 5, 2010

"Administrative Law (Municipal)," Kent State University Elected Officials Academy - Personal Leadership, February 17, 2010
"Municipal Employment Law Update," 2010 Annual Presidents Day Municipal Law Seminar, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, February 11, 2010
"Municipal Employment Law Overview," 2009 Winter Municipal Civil Law Seminar, Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, December 4, 2009
"Legislative, Regulatory and Current Case Law Developments/Key Issues in Government Law," National Business Institute: State and Local Government Law, December 1, 2009
"General Municipal Law," Kent State University 27th Annual Ohio and West Virginia Municipal Clerks Career Development Program, October 5, 2009
"Eminent Domain Seminar," Ohio State Bar Association, May 27, 2009
"Land Use & Zoning Law Update," 2009 Municipal Civil Law Seminars, Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, March 13, 2009, May 1, 2009, & July 31, 2009
"2008 Planning & Zoning Workshop", Ohio Planning Conference, November 14, 2008
- Zoning Variances in Ohio

Conditional Uses

2008 Municipal Civil Law Seminar”, Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, May 9, 2008
“Land Use and Zoning Seminar”, Ohio State Bar Association, April 16, 2008
“Development of Business and Industrial Parks in Ohio”, Lorman Education Services, December 5, 2007
“2007 Planning & Zoning Workshop”, Ohio Planning Conference, November 9, 2007
“2007 Municipal Law Institute Civil Session”, Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, July 26, 2007
“Zoning, Sub-division and Land Development Law Seminar”, Lorman Education Services, July 20, 2007
“Current Issues in Storm Water Regulation”, Lorman Education Services, March 28, 2007
“Zoning, Subdivision and Land Development Law in Ohio Constitutional Issues: Inverse Condemnation and Takings”, sponsored by Lorman Education Services, April 19, 2006
“Home Rule Under Attack: Current Topics”, sponsored by the Cleveland Bar Association, Government Attorney Section, March 15, 2006
“Local Government Regulations of Sexually Oriented Businesses,” Lorman Education Services, January 27, 2004
“Local Government Regulations of Signs,” Lorman Education Services, January 27, 2004

Professional & Community Associations

American Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Medina County Bar Association
Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association
Cuyahoga County Law Directors Association
National Association of Industrial & Office Properties

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 1984
Case Western Reserve University, MSSA, 1984
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1976

Licensed to Practice

Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal district and appellate courts

Awards & Recognitions

AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Articles by R. Todd Hunt

January 2007 – New Public Records Law

October 2006 – Nonconforming Uses in Ohio

September 2005 – HOT TOPICS: Federal Mandates and Local Zoning: Federal Constitutional Issues: Takings and Eminent Domain

April 2003 – When Governments Temporarily Take Private Property as published in the April 2003 issue of Builders Magazine

April 2003 – The Electronic Government Services Act (H.B. No. 95)

March/April 2002 – Ohio Municipal Service

September 1998 – The Disentanglement of Wireless Telecommunications and Local Zoning Two Years into the Federal Telecom Act

April 1997 – Sticks in the Air, Stakes in the Sand: Be Proactive When it Comes to Wireless Telecommunications Towers

Land Use Litigation