Joseph M. Patchen
Business and Real Estate

I pride myself on finding practical solutions for our clients when issues arise. Even better, I enjoy helping our clients anticipate problems or seize opportunities before they arise. 

• Practice focus: Represents businesses, owners and professionals in general business, commercial and real estate matters; business practice emphasizes corporation and limited liability company formation, planning, succession, and asset protection; commercial real estate representation emphasizes construction, leasing, and acquisition
• Joined Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP in June 1987
• Currently serves as Chairman of CPM's Commercial Law practice group
• Currently chairs the Ohio Historical Society Development Board and is involved in a number of initiatives relating to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War; serves as a member of the board of Pilot Dogs, Inc.; is the immediate past Chair of the Board of the Clintonville Area Chamber of Commerce; has served in various board and volunteer capacities with Huckleberry House, FirstLink, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and many other not-for-profit organizations; serves as a mentor in the Ohio Supreme Court mentorship program and on the Character and Fitness Committee of the Columbus Bar.
• Member of the Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations, Builders Exchange of Central Ohio, Association of Licensed Architects and Central Ohio Restaurant Association; frequent seminar lecturer on leasing, construction, current real estate and corporate law matters
• Undergraduate degree from Boston College in 1984 (degree in history, with Scholar of the College honors, Phi Beta Kappa); law degree from The Ohio State University in 1987
• Hobbies include biking, shooting sporting clays, coaching his children's sports teams, and volunteering in the Statehouse “Battery A” which fires the Ohio Statehouse Civil War cannons on special occasions
• Resides in Clintonville with his wife, Sara, and their two children
• Martindale-Hubbell rating of BV® Distinguished™*

*The Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings serve as an objective indicator that a lawyer has the highest ethical standards and professional ability. A rating of BV denotes that an attorney has achieved the status of "High to Very High" legal ability based on recommendations from the attorney's peers. AV® Preeminent™ and BV® Distinguished™ are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.

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