• January 2008 - At the national meeting for the Society of Financial Services Professionals, a gathering of the top financial planning professionals in the United States, held in Phoenix, Arizona, Gary A. Zwick spoke on the topic, “Tax Planning for the Entrepreneurial Client.”

  • January 2008 - Gary A. Zwick discussed the topic of “Family Limited Partnerships,” in a phone seminar for the National Constitutional Center, a U.S. Government-sponsored educational institution, which was recorded and attended by firms across the country.

  • January 2008 - Walter & Haverfield welcomes  Carl J. Dyczek  who has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Business Group.  Carl focuses his practice on Finance and lending transactions and commercial real estate matters.

  • November 2007 - Walter & Haverfield welcomes Marc J. Bloch who has joined the firm as a partner in its Employment, Media, Education and Competition Section.  Marc focuses his practice in the areas of management labor law, public sector labor relations and collective bargaining.  

  • November 2007 – In the November/December, 2007 issue of Northern Ohio Physician, Michael J. Jordan, Chair of Walter & Haverfield’s “Health Care Litigation Group,” discusses the practical implications of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 in his article entitled, “Concerns with the National Practitioner Data Bank".

  • November 2007 - The Cleveland Bar Journal published Darrell A. Clay's article entitled "Mandatory Restitution in Federal Criminal Prosecutions".

  • October 2007Herbert L. Braverman was quoted about the importance of drafting and filing a will, in an article entitled, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way to protect your family,” which appeared in the October 19, 2007 issue of the Cleveland Jewish News.

  • October 2007 – In an article entitled, “Who will care for Fido or Rover?”, published in the October 19, 2007 issue of the Cleveland Jewish News, Lacie L. O'Daire discussed the establishment of “pet trusts” and their benefits for both pet owners and their animals.

  • July 2007 – Amy S. Leopard, Chair of Walter & Haverfield’s Health Care Regulatory Compliance Group, discusses the importance of a health care provider’s compliance auditing function and its impact upon OIG decisions to grant certificates of compliance agreement (CCAs) in settlements with providers, in the article entitled, “OIG: Compliance Auditing Is Key Factor for CCAs; Huge Settlements Diminish Chances,” published in the July 30, 2007 issue of the Report on Medicare Compliance.

  • June 2007Gary A. Zwick discusses the interplay of partnership tax rules and estate and trust tax rules in situations in which a decedent owned partnership interests at the time of death in his article entitled, “Partnership Interests in Estate and Trust Administration,” published in the Cleveland Bar Journal in June, 2007

  • May 2007 – Amy S. Leopard discusses Congressional efforts to reduce Medicare reimbursement costs through a new “competitive bidding” process, and the program’s ramifications for small health care product companies, in the article entitled, “Bid Adieu to Bucks,” which appeared in the May 28-June 3, 2007 issue of Crain’s Cleveland Business.

  • April 2007 Patricia F. Weisberg offers advice to long-term care facilities on how to control and manage workers’ compensation costs in the article entitled, “Hitting the Brakes on workers’ Comp Costs,” published in the April/May issue of Contemporary Long-Term Care magazine.

  • April 2007 – In his article, “Traps for the Unwary,” published in the April/May issue of  Contemporary Long-Term Care magazine, Morris L. Hawk offers advice to employers on how to prepare employee severance agreements which will hold up in court.

  • April 2007 - Michael McMenamin discusses Walter & Haverfield’s efforts to meet the needs of its clients wherever they are doing business throughout the world in the article entitled “Local Locale, Global Growth,” published in the April 16-22, 2007 issue of Crain’s Cleveland Business.

  • April 2007 - Walter & Haverfield welcomes Douglas N. Barr , who has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Litigation Practice Group.  Doug focuses his practice in the areas of business litigation, product liability and toxic tort law, and has also had considerable experience with admiralty law matters and construction site accident defense work.

  • April 2007 - Inside Business Magazine profiles Walter & Haverfield partner Darrell A. Clay and his involvement with Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic.

  • April 2007 - In the article entitled, "Law Firms Offer Billing Alternatives to Cater to Clients' Financial Needs", which appeared in the April 16-22 2007 issue of Crain's Cleveland Business Magazine, Leonard D. Young and Amy S. Leopard discuss Walter & Haverfield's new General Counsel Services Group and its efforts to meet the changing needs of the firm's business clients.

  • March 2007 - Managing Partner Ralph E. Cascarilla and Partner Michael McMenamin offer insight into the firm's 75 years in the legal industry in this Jack of All Trades article published in Inside Business magazine.

  • March 2007 - Amy S. Leopard discusses NEO RHIO, a newly-formed organization created to facilitate the exchange of electronic health information between regional health care providers in her article,  NEO RHIO: Pioneering Health Information Exchange in Northeast Ohio which appeared in the March/April 2007 issue of Northern Ohio Physician Magazine.
  • January 2007 - Gary A. Zwick offers timely tax information concerning “Restricted Property Transfers Under Section 3,” in his chapter of the LexisNexis On-Line Tax Encyclopedia.

  • January 2007 - Crain's Cleveland Business magazine announces the formation of the Walter & Haverfield General Counsel Services Group aimed at entities needing general counsel.
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