PROFILE
Steve serves as the Vice-President of Cors & Bassett and is a member of its Executive Committee. His practice is generally concentrated in the representation of family-owned business clients. Specific practice areas include essentially all major areas of law related to the operation of a business, including general corporate and business law, real estate, financing arrangements, commercial transactions, acquisitions, labor and employment law, workers’ compensation, succession planning, regulatory matters and all areas of transportation law. Steve received his B.A. from Transylvania University in 1979, where he majored in Business Administration and Economics, and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky in 1982.
AWARDS
In 2011, Ohio Super Lawyer Magazine and Cincinnati Magazine named Steve as an Ohio Super Lawyer in the areas of business law and transportation law. In 2007, 2008 and 2009 Cincy Business Magazine identified Steve as one of Cincinnati's leading lawyers in the area of general business law.
AFFILIATIONS
Steve is admitted to practice in Ohio and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Steve is a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association as well as several industry groups, including the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Transportation Lawyers Association, the Ohio Trucking Association and the Kentucky Motor Transport Association. During the period from 1987 through 1991, Steve served as Vice President-Associate General Counsel for the O.K. Trucking Company, a regional common/contract carrier formerly based in Cincinnati, Ohio. While with the O.K. Trucking Co., Steve also served as a member of the national negotiation team for Regional Carriers, Inc., in connection with the negotiation of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters National Master Freight Agreement.
In addition to his law practice, Steve volunteers his time as Counsel for the American Classical Music Hall of Fame and the Terrace Park, Ohio Historical Society , and as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. He is also a former member of the Village Council for the Village of Terrace Park, and the Board of Trustees for the World Piano Competition and the Cincinnati Fire Museum.
PUBLICATIONS
Steve is a frequent contributor of articles to various business and trade publications in the areas of general corporate law, entity selection, transportation law, workers compensation, and real estate law. Some of the publications in which his articles have appeared are “Broker and Agent” Real Estate Professionals Magazine, the Kentucky Motor Transport Association “Trucker” Magazine, the Ohio Trucking Association monthly newsletter and as a part of papers delivered at the annual meeting of the Transportation Lawyers Association.