R. Todd Hunt

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An experienced trial and appellate lawyer and legal counselor, Todd is a partner with Walter | Haverfield’s Public Law Group, addressing land use and development issues, tax incentive development, eminent domain, litigation, public sector employment and labor law, antitrust law, and sports law matters. 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 handled a wide variety of cases involving zoning and land use, eminent domain, tort and civil rights, construction contracts, and general government authority issues. His litigation experience also includes class action and antitrust cases.

For almost 30 years, Todd has served as either the city solicitor or special counsel for Hudson, Ohio, as well as the director of law for the city of Richmond Heights. More recently, Todd has been named the law director of the village of Gates Mills. In the 1980s, he  served as a municipal attorney for the cities of Cleveland and Cleveland Heights. Todd is, and has been, special counsel to several cities, villages, townships, counties, other governmental entities and taxing authorities throughout Ohio. He also regularly represents private parties in their dealings with public entities. Lastly, Todd serves as general counsel for a Division I college sports conference and performs all multi-faceted litigation and transactional matters.