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
• Resides in Clintonville with his wife, Sara, and their two children
• Hobbies include biking, sporting clay shooting, reading history, and volunteering in the Statehouse “Battery A” which fires the Ohio Statehouse Civil War cannons on special occasions
• Currently Joe serves as member of the Ohio Historical Society Development Board. Joe is the immediate past Chair of the Board of the Clintonville Area Chamber of Commerce. He was appointed by Governor Strickland to serve as a member of the Minority Business Advisory Council to advise the Ohio Department of Administrative Services and the Ohio Department of Development on MBE and EDGE business challenges and contracting with the State of Ohio. Joe has served in various board and volunteer capacities with Huckleberry House, FirstLink, Big Brothers Big Sisters,  and many other not-for-profit organizations. Joe serves as a mentor in the Ohio Supreme Court mentorship program, and serves on the Character and Fitness Committee of the Columbus Bar.
• Member of the Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations, Builders Exchange, 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
• 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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