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JAMES S. AUSSEM is a partner with Cavitch Familo & Durkin Co., LPA, focuses his practice primarily in succession planning, business and estates and trusts. His extensive background includes helping closely-held businesses with mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, as well as complex tax issues. Mr. Aussem is a sought-after speaker, facilitator and instructor for many professional organizations on topics such as business succession, estate planning, insurance and trusts and estates. He has spoken at the Cleveland Estate Planning Institute, the AICPA Advanced Planning Institute, the Cleveland Tax Institute, the Ohio Accounting Show, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the Northern Ohio Planned Giving Day. Active in many civic and professional organizations, Mr. Aussem is a director of the Cleveland Society of Financial Service Professionals, serving as its president for the year 2010-2011, and serves on the Planned Giving Committees of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the American Cancer Society and Baldwin-Wallace College, which in 2004 presented him with its Distinguished Alumni Award. He also is a member of the American, Ohio State and Cleveland Metropolitan bar associations, and the Estate Planning Council of Cleveland. Mr. Aussem was listed as an Ohio Super Lawyer in 2005 and 2006, and was chosen as One of America's Best Lawyers for 2010 and 2011. He earned his B.A. degree from Baldwin-Wallace College and his J.D. degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University. TODD C. BAUMGARTNER is an attorney in the Avon office of Brouse McDowell, LPA. Mr. Baumgartner focuses his practice in business and real estate law, representing clients in new business start-ups, general corporate matters and mergers and acquisitions. He also has handled a diverse range of real estate transactions for both private and public sector clients. Mr. Baumgartner is a member of the Lorain County and Ohio State bar associations. He earned his B.S. degree from Grove City College and his J.D. degree from Capital University. NATHAN F. WARE is a partner in the Cleveland office of Baker & Hostetler LLP. Mr. Ware has been an attorney for more than 10 years and practices in the business and corporate areas, working primarily on acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and partnership and corporate taxation matters. In addition, he counsels clients on an ongoing basis in connection with a wide range of business-related issues and corporate matters. Mr. Ware has experience assisting private equity firms, privately held and public companies in all aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and leveraged buyout transactions. He also has experience assisting clients on structuring and financial matters. Mr. Ware is a member of the American and Ohio State bar associations. He earned his B.S., M.B.A. and J.D. degrees from The Ohio State University, and his LL.M. degree from Case Western Reserve University.
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