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Columbus Office
614- 228-5822
Fax: 614-540-7467
Email: JRich@RichCrites.com
PRACTICE AREAS
Entertainment Law
Taxation
Appellate Practice
School Law
Civil Litigation
Real Estate
Mr. Rich's practice focuses on
tax litigation at the Federal,
State, Local and County level, including all types of
tax audits. He has a significant appellate practice
before Courts of Appeal and the Ohio Supreme Court.
Mr. Rich also represents dozens of school districts, counties,
individuals and businesses in real estate matters, including
real estate taxation, zoning and land use, eminent domain,
annexation, tax abatements and exemptions, real estate
sales and purchases. He is also involved in assisting entertainers
with managing and developing their careers. This includes
all aspects of music industry, television and movies. Mr. Rich has served as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General and is Of-Counsel to the Rose Law Group in Scottsdale, Arizona. www.roselawgroup.com
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Ohio, 1970
United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio,
1973
United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio,
1973
United States Tax Court, 1973
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,
1983
United States Supreme Court, 1973
Florida, 1985
Arizona, 1994
NOTABLE ENGAGEMENTS
During the 1980's Mr. Rich served by appointment of
the Ohio Supreme Court on the Client Security Funds
Study Committee and on the Ohio Board of Bar Examiners.
He has had nearly 200 cases before the Ohio Supreme
Court, and over the last 30 years has been involved
in many of the most significant real property tax cases
at the Supreme Court. Mr. Rich has prosecuted and defended
over 50,000 real estate tax cases at County Boards of
Revision and over 5,000 tax cases before the Ohio State
Tax Commissioner and at the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals.
Mr. Rich represents dozens of property owners, schools
and counties throughout Ohio in real property tax matters.
Mr. Rich has served as Guardian for the Estate for
the sensational movie and singing star "Bow Wow,"
(formerly Lil' Bow Wow), and is currently counsel to
the fabulous singing group Fatty Koo, who had
their own reality TV show on BET.
HONORS
Mr. Rich has achieved the highest rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION AND ADMISSIONS
American Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Columbus Bar Association
Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys
Arizona Bar
Florida Bar
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Rich has lectured and written extensively. Mr.
Rich was recently featured in the cover story of Columbus
CEO magazine, "Tax Titans" (July 2002). He
is co-author of the four volume series published by
Matthew Bender "Ohio State Taxation," and has published several law review articles. Mr.
Rich has been a presenter at dozens of continuing legal education
programs for more then 20 years.
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
Mr. Rich has provided significant philanthropic and
community leadership. He is the former chairman and
CEO of BalletMet Columbus and winner of their Distinguished
Service Award.
He was past Chairman of the Parent's Fund Drive of the
Columbus Academy, former Vice-Chairman of Ballet Arizona
and past Chairman of the State Parking Commission, to
which he was appointed by the Governor. Mr. Rich is
the immediate past President of "I Know I Can," President
of the Ohio Citizens for the Arts and Chairman of it's
Foundation's Board, Treasurer
of the Dublin Good Schools Committee, and by appointment of the Governor is a Member of The Ohio Arts Council, where he was elected to be the Secretary and serve on the Executive Committee.
EDUCATION
Mr. Rich received his Bachelor of Arts Degree With
Distinctions from The Ohio State University in 1967.
He earned his law degree from the Cleveland State University
College of Law in 1970, where he served as Editor-in-Chief
of the Cleveland State Law Review and was on a full
merit scholarship.
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