J. Robert Linneman

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Phone: 513-721-4450
Fax: 513-721-0109
Assistant: Cindy Stegemiller; Phone: 513-721-4450 (ext. 141)

Admission Dates: Ohio 2001, Kentucky 2002, US District Court for Southern District of Ohio 2002, US District Court for Eastern District of Kentucky 2003, US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit 2004, US Supreme Court 2006
Education: Salmon P. Chase, College of Law JD (Summa cum laude; Executive Editor, Northern Kentucky Law Review), Miami University, BA

Rob is a partner at Santen & Hughes who represents people and businesses in strategic planning, negotiations, administrative proceedings, mediation, arbitration, and litigation. Rob’s practice is focused in business counseling, contracts, personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights, and general civil litigation. Rob works with his clients in all aspects of day to day decision making and formal legal proceedings.

Rob has extensive experience in construction and contracting matters. Rob’s clients include contractors, materials suppliers, developers, government entitles and property owners and he is involved in all stages of the construction process from permitting and planning to payment and collection. Rob has successfully litigated and arbitrated cases in government and private construction disputes and has lectured and written on Kentucky and Ohio mechanic’s lien law.

Rob has served as an adjunct Professor of Legal Writing at Salmon P. Chase College of Law and has experience in the judiciary, serving as an extern to the Honorable Judge William Bertelsman, Judge, U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

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Published Cases:

  • Taylor Building Corp. of America v. Benfield, 117 Ohio St. 3d 352 (2008).
  • Stutler v. TK Constructors, Inc., 448 F.3d 343 (6th Cir. 2006).
  • Intercargo Insurance v. Thomas L. Hughes, et al., 127 Ohio Misc.2d 48 (C.P. Oh., 2003).
  • Keal v. Day, 164 Ohio App.3d 21 (Ohio App.1 Dist. 2006).

Publications:

  • A Survey of Kentucky Commercial Law. 31 Northern Kentucky Law Review, No. 2, p. 201-233 (2004).
  • Freedom of Speech …But Watch What You Say! The Question of Civil Liability for Negligence in the Mass Media. 27 Northern Kentucky Law Review, No. 1, p. 163-200 (2000).

Community Organizations:

  • Member, Board of Governors, Salmon P. Chase College of Law Alumni Association. 2005 - present.
  • Member, Board of Directors, Corporation for Findlay Market. 2009 - present.

Honors:

  • Ohio Superlawyers, Rising Star, 2005-8.

Practice Areas

Collections, Construction & Real Estate Law, Corporate & Commercial Counsel, Employment & Labor Law, Insolvency & Creditor’s Rights, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Injury, School Law