Schottenstein Zox & Dunn

Substantial municipal growth over the past decade has significantly impacted the public sector – requiring expansive and creative thinking when implementing government-related initiatives.

Our renowned public law attorneys provide strategic advice and counsel surrounding the day-to-day delivery of government services, serving as special counsel to numerous government entities in Central Ohio, including school districts, cities and villages.  Our wide-array of services includes:

• annexation
• competitive bidding/public works
• economic development agreements and legislation
• eminent domain
• employment policy and procedures
• environmental law
• government relations/ lobbying
• home rule charter development and interpretation
• labor and employment
• mayor's court
• police policy and procedures
• public contracts
• risk management
• state and federal court litigation
• telecommunications/cable franchise
• zoning
• tax increment financing (TIF), joint economic development districts (JEDD), cooperative economic development agreements (CEDA)
• litigation
• real estate
• special education policy and procedures

Leaders in Our Community and Yours
Our public law attorneys bring a unique blend of experience to best represent their clients in all facets of government law. 

SZD’s public law legal professionals have created the Business Incentives and Growth Team to spur economic development in response to the needs of various municipalities within the State of Ohio. We parlay our experience from working with local, state and federal government as well as private sector developers and companies to ensure our clients achieve their mutual objectives.

Specialized Resources
To meet the distinct needs of our government and private sector clients across the nation, we established SZD Whiteboard, which offers government relations services ranging from economic and broadband development to lobbying and advocacy.