Dear Clients, Friends, and Fellow Cincinnatians,

On behalf of the Attorneys and Staff of Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, we wish to advise and assure you that we are committed to continuing our work to serve and support our clients and our community during these trying times being experienced by our nation.

The Members and Staff of Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford will continue to remain both prepared and committed to assist our friends, clients and the full legal community.

To contact one of our attorneys, please follow the link to the attorney’s bio page for his/her email address or direct phone number.

Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, LLC

Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford is proud of its deep roots in the Cincinnati legal community. Started as Cohen & Mack in 1894, Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford has evolved into a boutique law firm providing a full range of legal services and representing a diverse clientele. Our belief that each client needs and deserves individualized, efficient, and effective representation remains a core value. We ensure that an attorney with the appropriate level of experience and expertise handles each client matter. Where a complex issue requires an inter-disciplinary approach, we take care to maximize value to the client in staffing the project and in making sure that the matter is effectively coordinated to contain cost, yet achieve the client's goals.

About The Firm

Over A Century Of Service

Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford is uniquely positioned to deliver high quality, results-oriented service to all of its clients.

Practice Areas

Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford provides clients with high quality legal representation across the spectrum of legal needs. Our firm brings together seasoned attorneys from a wide range of legal disciplines and practice areas.

Meet Our Attorneys

John G. Cobey

Member

John Cobey focuses his practice in the areas of estate planning, and business matters that involve the buying, selling, and financing of businesses. View Full Bio

Terrence A. Mire

Member

Mr. Mire's practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate and business law, real estate law, and probate. He has extensive experience counseling clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions of numerous businesses. Terry has also represented sellers and purchasers in commercial real estate transactions. He frequently appears in Ohio probate courts on estate matters. View Full Bio

Marc W. Rubin

Member

Marc Rubin’s practice is concentrated on the representation of families and family businesses, providing business, estate planning and taxation services to them. Marc has extensive experience in the purchase and sale of businesses and the planning of intergenerational business transfers. View Full Bio

Richard D. Nelson

Member

Rick Nelson’s practice is concentrated in the areas of business representation and reorganization, financial workouts, bankruptcy, probate administration, services as a fiduciary in State and Federal Courts, and general business and corporate matters. View Full Bio

Robert S. Rubin

Member

Robert S. Rubin is a managing member of the Cincinnati law firm of Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, LLC. Mr. Rubin’s practice concentrates on all aspects of commercial transactions, including real estate transactions and commercial finance. View Full Bio

Donald J. Rafferty

Member

Don Rafferty combines his experience in the areas of business restructuring, commercial finance, corporate law, and litigation to provide legal and strategic advice to the firm’s business clients on a wide range of issues. Don frequently counsels clients who either are experiencing financial stress or are dealing with distressed companies. View Full Bio

John L. O’Shea

Member

Call John day or night at 513-300-4012. He is always available to protect his clients. John practices in all areas of litigation with particular emphasis on criminal, white collar and DUI/OVI (“drunk driving”) defense; and, civil litigation involving municipal law, business law, serious personal injury and wrongful death claims in both State and Federal Court. View Full Bio

Matthew M. Kite

Member

Matt Kite’s practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, trade secrets protection, and trademark laws. He further handles a range of matters related to business entities, including issues pertaining to entity selection, operations, governance, succession, shareholder relations and business contracts. View Full Bio

Nicolas A. Zuccarelli

Associate

As a newly licensed attorney, Mr. Zuccarelli’s practice is a general practice. As a full time law clerk with Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford for more than a year, however, he has experience in many different areas including civil litigation, criminal defense, complex business transactions, collections, foreclosures, bankruptcy issues, estate planning, and more. View Full Bio

Jesse E. Knowlden

Associate

Jesse Knowlden has a general practice with an emphasis in criminal defense and civil litigation. He has successfully represented and defended clients facing a range of charges from minor misdemeanors to murde View Full Bio

Cassandra S. Gleason

Associate

Cassandra Gleason concentrates her diverse practice in criminal defense, civil litigation, business and commercial law, and estate planning. Cassandra worked with the firm as a law clerk for two years before becoming an attorney. View Full Bio

Michael R. Schmidt

Of Counsel

Michael Schmidt’s practice is concentrated in the area of civil litigation, with an emphasis on complex commercial litigation, ERISA, and securities cases. Mike has litigated a broad spectrum of business-related legal issues in numerous federal and state courts and arbitration tribunals. View Full Bio

Jill T. O’Shea

Of Counsel

Jill O’Shea is a lawyer specializing in employment law and complex litigation. Jill was previously employed as Associate General Counsel with Duke Energy Corporation and its predecessor company, Cinergy Corporation. View Full Bio

James J. Chalfie

Of Counsel

James ("Jim") J. Chalfie specializes in the areas of estate and tax planning for individual clients, succession planning for small businesses, estate and trust administration, and litigation involving trusts, estates, fiduciaries, and guardianships. View Full Bio

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Our Office Location

Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, LLC
250 East Fifth Street,
Suite 2350
Cincinnati, OH 45202-5136

Phone

(513) 421-4020

Fax

(513) 241-4490

Email

contact@ctks.com