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Nelson E. Genshaft, Esq.

575 S. Third St.
Columbus, OH 43215

Phone: (614) 228-6345
Fax: (614) 228-6369

E-mail: neg@columbuslawyer.net


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Nelson E. Genshaft, Esq.

Nelson Genshaft has over 30 years in the practice of law. Nelson’s practice focuses on business litigation, professional responsibility, regulatory matters and administrative agency law. He is past President of the Columbus Bar Association.

Nelson attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. 1970) and Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D. 1973). He first worked as a regulator at the Ohio Division of Securities (1973-74) and then as Assistant Attorney General representing various agencies that regulated financial institutions (1974-76). Nelson was an associate and then a partner at the Schwartz, Warren & Ramirez firm for 20 years (1976-96) and then a partner in his own small law firm, Wolman & Genshaft, for almost 8 years (1996-2004) before joining the Strip Hoppers law firm.

He has been involved in many outside activities, including service on the Columbus Bar Association’s Board of Governors (2001-2009), Chair of the CBA’s Professional Ethics Committee (1994-98), member of the Board of Trustees for the Jewish Community Center (2002-present), member of the Board of Directors of the Columbus Jewish Federation (2000-04), President of Ohio Jewish Communities, the state-wide lobbying group for the Ohio Jewish Federations (2001-03) and Chair of the Anti-Defamation League for the Ohio-Indiana-Kentucky region (1994-96).

Nelson’s wife, Carole, is an Adjunct Curator of Education at the Columbus Museum of Art. They live in German Village and have three grown children, one a graduate student in Youth Theatre at the University of Texas, one a lawyer in private practice in Snowmass Village, CO and one a lawyer in private practice in Chicago.

Practice Areas:
Court Admissions:
        Ohio, 1973
Law School:
        Case Western Reserve University Law School, 1973
College:
        University of Pennsylvania, 1970
        Bachelor of Science
Member:
        Ohio State Bar Association
        Columbus Bar Association

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