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Lyle B. Brown

Education

  • J.D. Ohio State University
    B.A. Haverford College

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio

Recent Publications By Lyle B. Brown

OH Court Limits Surface Rights from Mineral Reservation,
March 6, 2012
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Lyle B. Brown
Of Counsel

Lyle B. Brown
Of Counsel

Lyle Brown focuses his practice in the area of business litigation.  He also has experience in the areas of appellate practice, administrative agency litigation and appeals, long-term care litigation, and probate litigation.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Defended companies in consumer protection litigation in federal court
  • Drafted briefs and presented oral argument on behalf of clients in Ohio state appellate courts
  • Obtained injunctive relief to restrain corporate officers from exercising unlawful control over a not-for-profit corporation, and a court order allowing members to vote for new officers
  • Represented a nursing home facility in litigation to prevent re-zoning of nearby agricultural land for industrial use
  • Represented not-for-profit clients in real property tax exemption appeals before the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2010
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 2009-2010
    Carpenter Lane, LLC
  • 1998-2009
    Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • Columbus Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
  • Columbus Bar Association Barrister Leader Program, 2002-2003
  • Graduated, The Ohio State University College of Law with honors
  • Graduated, Haverford College with honors
  • Phi Beta Kappa

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • District Chairman, Buckeye District, Simon Kenton Council, Boy Scouts of America
  • President, Board of Directors, The Wellington School Alumni Association
  • Board of Trustees, The Wellington School
  • Development Steering Committee, The Wellington School
  • Capital Club Ladder Society Business Leadership Program, 2010-2011
  • Board of Directors, Rotary Club of Upper Arlington/Grandview (Tri-Village)
  • National Eagle Scout Association Committee, Simon Kenton Council, Boy Scouts of America
  • Past Law Officer, Columbus Sail and Power Squadron, 2001-2007
  • Senior Member Award, Columbus Sail and Power Squadron, 2006
  • Upper Arlington (Ohio) Citizen Police Academy, 2006

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • “Tread Carefully Through the Minefield: Ethical Limitations on the Lawyer’s Role in Investigations,” Long Term Care Advisor, American Health Lawyers Association, February 2009
  • “An Ethical Minefield: Dodging, Disclosing, and Dealing with Client Fraud and Other Misconduct,” Long Term Care and the Law Program, American Health Lawyers Association. February 2009
  • “Appropriate Role of the Lawyer in Spearheading Internal Investigations,” Long Term Care and the Law Program, American Health Lawyers Association, February 2008
  • "The Joint Effort to Supervise and Treat Elderly Offenders: A New Solution to a Current Corrections Problem,” 59 Ohio St. L.J. 259 (1998)
  • Speaker at meetings and seminars: Tri-Village Rotary Club (2010); AOPHA Annual Conference and Trade Show (2008); Columbus Sail and Power Squadron (2006); National Business Institute continuing legal education seminars on advanced trial advocacy (2004, 2006); Ohio Environmental Service Industries Association (2003)
  • Contributing Editor, “The Developing Labor Law” treatise, American Bar Association (Section of Labor and Employment Law) and BNA Books, 2000-2009