Robert B. Barnett, Jr.
Family Wealth and Estate Planning
| Phone 614.628.0766; Cell 614.419.5670 | Supported by Beth Crompton: 614.628.0786; bcrompton@cpmlaw.com |
| rbarnett@cpmlaw.com |
I entered this profession for one major reason - to help people. This is what I strive to do every day. 
- Practice focus: Representing individuals, executives and owners of family businesses with respect to their estate and business planning needs, including ownership succession planning and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs); Probate
- Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the Ohio State Bar Association; listed in the “Best Lawyers in America”; Fellow of The American College of Trust & Estate Counsel; chosen as an “Ohio Super Lawyer” since inception of the award; named by Business First as one of “Columbus’ Top Lawyers”; member of the Board of Governors of the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section of the Ohio State Bar Association
- B.S. in Business Administration, Ohio State University 1971
- J.D. cum laude, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 1975
- Member and Past Chairman of the Columbus Bar Association: Taxation Committee; Estate and Gift Tax Committee; Tax Conference Committee; Probate Court Committee; Member Ethics Committee
- Interests: Travel; Golf; Fly Fishing; Cooking; OSU Football; Cleveland Indians & Browns
Articles by Bob posted from the Probate Law Journal of Ohio with the permission of Thomson Reuters:
The Insurable Interest Rule: Who Kicked the Slumbering Bear -- and Did it Wake Him Up? (July/August 2006)

