Steve represents clients before state and local policy makers, including before Ohio's General Assembly and the Executive Branches of Ohio government. He has extensive experience in lobbying for and achieving law changes, generally relating to state and local tax policy issues. He also works on economic development issues at the state and local level. 

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Earlier in his career, he served as Assistant Counsel to the Ohio Tax Commissioner, where he was a policy and technical advisor to the Tax Commissioner, the Ohio Governor's Office, and the Ohio Department of Development, while also representing the Ohio Department of Taxation before the Ohio General Assembly. 

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Steve has also spent significant time drafting tax legislation and lobbying for the implementation of tax law changes both while in the Ohio Tax Commissioner's office and on behalf of clients while in private law practice. 

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Steve received his B.A. in History (Honors Program) from The Ohio State University, his Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, and his Master of Law in Taxation from the Capital University Graduate Law Program. 

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Steve is also a board member of BirdieLight, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to educate young people about the danger of unintentional fentanyl ingestion. 

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