JEFFREY B. SAMS

                                                                        Phone: 614-322-7923

                                                                        Fax:     614-322-7925

                                                                        Email:  jsams@jeffsamslaw.com

                                                                        AREAS OF PRACTICE

                                                                        Commercial Litigation

                                                                        Creditors’ Rights & Remedies

                                                                        Debt Collection

                                                                        Construction Law

                                                                        Litigation/Trial Practice

                                                                        Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

                                                                        Appeals

                                                                        Landlord/Tenant Law & Evictions

Education

The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, J.D., 1987

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, A.B. Political Science, Summa Cum Laude, 1984

Bar Admissions

Ohio  1988

West Virginia (Inactive Status) (1987)

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1990

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1994

U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1998

Seminars/Classes Taught

How To Successfully Collect on Judgments in Ohio, National Business Institute, 2005

Commercial Litigation and Debt Collection, Tri-County Home Builders Association, 2005

Advanced Collection Strategies in Ohio, National Business Institute, 2004

Collection Law in Ohio, Lorman Education Services, 2004

Debt Collection 2004, Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, 2004

How to Represent Yourself or Your Corporation in Ohio’s Small Claims Court, Lorman             Education Services, 2000

Debt Collection 1999, Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, 1999

Debt Collection 1998, Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute, 1998

Professional Associations & Memberships

Ohio State Bar Association

Fairfield County Bar Association

Columbus Bar Association

Reported Cases

Jenkins v Wilson, 2005-Ohio-4449

Oakley v Citizens Bank of Logan, 2004-Ohio-6824

Oakley v Citizens Bank of Logan, 2004-Ohio-1995

Kelly Dewatering & Construction v R.E. Holland Excavating, 2003-Ohio-5670

American Motorists Ins Co v Olin Hunt, 2001 Ohio App. Lexis 4169

Kent v Huntington National Bank, 145 Ohio App. 3d 745

Huntington Center Associates v Schwartz Kelm Warren & Ramirez, 2000 Ohio App. Lexis 4388

Security Pacific v Hamilton, 1998 Ohio App. Lexis 689

National Union Fire Ins Co v Hall, 1998 Ohio App. Lexis 5559

Verco Industries v Fintastic, 1998 Ohio App. Lexis 5488

Siemens Nixdorff v Accurate Keypunch, 1996 Ohio App. Lexis 3289

Shokles v Beatley, 1995 Ohio App. Lexis 5630

Namaco Industries v Famous Brands Mattresses, 1994 Ohio App. Lexis 2494

Merchants National Bank v Leslie, 1994 Ohio App. Lexis 159