Areas of Practice:
• Business and Corporate

• Oil & Gas
• Real Estate
• Wills & Trusts
• Estate Planning
• Probate
• Income & Estate Taxes
• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Wrongful Death

Professional Associations:
• Ohio Bar association
• Jefferson County Bar Association - President: 1995-1996

 

Education:

• Steubenville Catholic Central High School - 1962

• Franciscan University of Steubenville - B.S. Accounting 1966

• University of Akron School of Law - J.D 1974

 

Professional Accomplishments:

• Internal Revenue Agent - 1966 to 1976

• Began law firm of Blake, Bednar, Blake & Richardson in 1976

• Special Counsel Ohio Attorney General

• Chairman Board of Advisors for the Franciscan University of Advisors

• President of the Jefferson County Community Improvement Corp.

• Board Member of the Jefferson County Community Improvement Corp.

• Board Member for Trinity Medical Center

 

Courts in which Licensed to Practice:

• Admitted to Ohio Bar - 1976

• Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio - 1976

• Admitted to the United States Tax Court - 1975

• Admitted to the United States Supreme Court -1978