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In addition, Joe has extensive insurance experience, providing regulatory advice and assistance to mutual, health, for-profit and nonprofit, and property and casualty insurers; health plans; health maintenance organizations (health insuring corporations); third-party administrators; and insurance agencies. He also offers guidance on necessary regulatory filings in connection with acquisitions and dispositions.

Joe was an adjunct professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he taught a course on business transactions.

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J.D., The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, 1987, 

B.B.A., University of Cincinnati, 1982

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<li>BTI Client Service All-Star (2014)</li>
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<h5>Business Transactions</h5>
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<li>Represented CareSource, a nationally recognized managed care organization with more than 2.3 million members, in a joint venture arrangement with Health Alliance Plan of Michigan (HAP), a Michigan-based nonprofit health plan and a member of the Henry Ford Health System. In the transaction, CareSource acquired a 40% ownership interest and HAP retained a 60% ownership interest in a Michigan Medicaid-serving HMO, now called HAP CareSource, that provides Medicaid coverage throughout Michigan.</li>
<li>Represented Greif, Inc., a global leader in industrial packaging products and services, and its joint venture subsidiary in connection with acquiring a 51% ownership interest in ColePak, LLC, a leading manufacturer of paper partitions for commercial packaging in North America.</li>
<li>Represented Greif, Inc., and its joint venture subsidiary in connection with acquiring the controlling interest in Centurion Container, LLC, a reconditioner of integrated bulk containers, in a transaction valued at $145 million.</li>
<li>Represented a client involved with the retail sale and rental of commercial lift equipment in connection with the sale of its business to Sunbelt Rentals, Inc.</li>
<li>Represented Conn’s Potato Chip Company in connection with acquiring the licensing rights to the IP/brand assets of Mikesell’s snack foods.</li>
<li>Represented Utility Pipeline, LLC, a provider of natural gas distribution management and operations services, as the successful stalking horse bidder in connection with purchasing the Ohio natural gas pipelines and gathering systems of Cobra Pipeline Company in bankruptcy court proceedings.</li>
<li>Represented South Central Power Company, an Ohio rural electric cooperative, in connection with multiple bond financings totaling $447.8 million of funding provided through the Rural Utilities Service and CoBank, ACB.</li>
<li>Represented Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative, Inc., an Ohio rural electric cooperative, in connection with its $21.2 million loan financing guaranteed by the Rural Utilities Service.</li>
<li>Represented a client in connection with its acquisition of an Ohio retail pharmacy and related business. Engagement included assisting client with obtaining a new Ohio pharmacy license and DEA permit, negotiating new wholesale, PBM and PSAO agreements and transferring Medicaid and Medicare agreements.</li>
<li>Represented The Energy Cooperative, an Ohio rural electric cooperative and natural gas and propane distribution company, in connection with amending and refinancing its letter of credit and revolving line of credit arrangements with the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation.</li>
<li>Served as Ohio insurance regulatory counsel to Kemper Corporation, one of the nation’s leading insurers, in connection with its $1.4 billion acquisition of Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, a national provider of nonstandard auto insurance.</li>
<li>Represented Greif, Inc., in connection with a joint venture that built and operates a corrugated sheet feeder facility in Pennsylvania.</li>
<li>Represented NGO Development Corporation, an oil and gas development company, in its sale of approximately 550 oil and natural gas wells and 300 miles of pipeline in east central Ohio.</li>
<li>Represented Greif, Inc., in its acquisition of several drum reconditioning businesses in the Southeast and Midwest United States.</li>
<li>Represented Greif, Inc., in its sale of a subsidiary engaged in the U.S. manufacturing of shipping bags to a private equity firm.</li>
<li>Represented State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company, a super-regional property and casualty insurance company, in its acquisition of a California-based managing underwriter in the area of specialty lines programs.</li>
<li>Represented State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company in its sale of BroadStreet Partners, Inc., an insurance brokerage company that owns and oversees the operations of insurance agencies in multiple states.</li>
<li>Represented State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company in its acquisition of a specialty lines insurer.</li>
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<h5>Securities Offerings and Compliance</h5>
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<li>Counsels public companies regarding ongoing disclosure and public reporting obligations under securities laws, including Regulation FD, periodic reporting, proxy statements and annual meetings, and Section 16 matters. Advises public companies regarding corporate governance matters related to the Dodd-Frank Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq stock markets.</li>
<li>Represented Greif, Inc. in connection with its $500 million senior note offering under Rule 144A. Proceeds from the sale of the senior notes were used to fund a portion of Greif’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Caraustar Industries, Inc., a market leader in the production of coated and uncoated recycled paperboard. In addition, has represented Greif in several other Rule 144A note offerings that raised more than $1 billion in proceeds.</li>
<li>Serves as lead securities and compliance counsel for Greif, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed manufacturing company.</li>
<li>Serves as lead securities and compliance counsel for State Auto Financial Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed property and casualty insurance holding company. Represented State Auto in a $100 million Rule 144A senior note offering.</li>
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<h5>Corporate Governance</h5>
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<li>Serves as outside general counsel for several energy clients, including two electric cooperatives and an integrated energy cooperative. Assists boards and management in corporate governance topics and business matters, including governance assessment, board and executive evaluations, board/management relations, fiduciary duties, strategic planning and succession planning.</li>
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<h5>Insurance</h5>
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<li>Extensive insurance regulatory experience, including representation of mutual and stock insurance companies, healthcare organizations, managed care organizations, insurance agencies and broker agents, and other entities in transactional and regulatory matters before various state departments of insurance and other state regulatory agencies.</li>
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