Mission

DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND PRESERVING WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR CLIENTS.

For over 50 years, Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP has been providing legal excellence to businesses, families and individuals. We value building long-lasting relationships with our clients and we are dedicated to protecting and preserving what is important to them.
At CPM, we foster collaborative, innovative problem solving and are structured to leverage the expertise of all our staff in order to provide the individual attention our clients have come to expect. Although each of our practice areas addresses its own unique matters, our clients understand that CPM can support multiple legal issues and will serve as a trusted partner through complex business and personal circumstances.

Our Practices

We help our clients weigh risks and make decisions that protect what they’ve
worked hard to build.

Business Services & Business Transactions

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Litigation

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Employment

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Taxation

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family wealth & estate planning

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Probate

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BANKING & FINANCE

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Real Estate & Construction

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Non-Profit & Municipal Services

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Municipal Law

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Intellectual Property & Technology

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Cornerstone Title Agency

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Securities

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Insights

Articles & News

Family Wealth & Estate Planning

Are Your Ducks In A Row?

October 8, 2018/0 Comments/in All Insights, Family Wealth & Estate Planning, Firm Announcements, Our Latest Announcement, Recent, Recent Announcements /by admin

October 15th -19th is National Estate Planning Awareness Week. During this week, we are reminded that estate planning involves the creation of documents such as trusts, wills, financial powers of attorney, and health care powers of attorney to allow for the support of financial and health care decisions during life and after death. There are other aspects of […]

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Litigation

Ohio Supreme Court Creates Uninsured Exposure for General Contractors and Property Owners

October 18, 2018/0 Comments/in All Insights, Legal News, Litigation, Recent articles from CPM /by admin

By Matthew S. Brown On October 9th, 2018, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a Decision in Ohio N. Univ. v. Charles Constr. Servs., Inc., that exposes contractors to significant potential uninsured claims. To the extent any corrective action is taken following this Decision, it could be some time in the making. If and when any […]

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Securities

Questions Abound as Ohio National Stops Commission Payments This Week

December 12, 2018/0 Comments/in All Insights, Legal News, Securities /by admin

By Greg Iacuri Ohio National Financial Services Inc. is ceasing payment of advisers’ variable annuity trail commissions Thursday, and advisers are left wondering how they’re going to deal with the fallout. Advisers are grappling with how to proceed, with their clients and their businesses, as the insurer’s new annuity trail policy takes effect.

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Business Law

It’s a Brave New World… For Sales Tax

November 13, 2018/in All Insights, Business Law /by admin

By Alicia Nesline Shaw, Attorney, Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP Sales tax isn’t the first thing most business owners consider when they set up shop or sell their first widget online, but it is one of the issues that confounds even the most experienced business owner. Generally, a company located in Ohio that sells tangible […]