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100 South Third Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 227-2372

Paul Rutter is a member of Bricker & Eckler's Public Finance group and practices in the areas of public finance and public law, emphasizing school and local government law. A significant portion of his practice is committed to serving as bond counsel for various school districts, municipalities, counties, townships, port authorities and other governmental entities in conjunction with the tax-exempt and taxable financing and refinancing of capital improvement projects including general obligation, special assessment, utility revenue and 501(c)(3) conduit financings. He also serves as underwriters' counsel and borrowers' counsel in similar financings. 

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100 South Third Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 227-2302

Becky Princehorn is a partner and co-chair of the Public Finance group at Bricker & Eckler LLP.  Her practice emphasizes school and local government law.  She served as bond counsel for the first Ohio income tax-backed school district bonds; for the first publicly offered PLF-backed library notes; for the first school district in the Extreme Environmental Contamination Program of the Ohio School Facilities Commission; for the first Ohio general obligation bond issue with a local government fund pledge; for the first Ohio municipal general obligation bond issue for housing; and for the first Ohio school district minibond issue.  She also served as counsel on the formation of the first limited home rule township in central Ohio and has structured collaborations between local governments, particularly those involving school districts, and gifts to local governments.

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130 West Second Street
Suite 2040
Dayton, OH 45402
Phone: (937) 285-6671

Kelly Berger-Davis is a Quality Assurance and Technical Specialist in the Center for Audit Excellence Division of the Ohio Auditor of State’s Office.  She has held various other positions as well in her 17 years with the Auditor’s office, ranging from intern to Senior Audit Manager in the West Regional Office.  Kelly’s areas of specialty include federal grants and community schools.

Kelly has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the Bowling Green State University, and was a lead adopter of the AICPA’s Advanced Single Audit Certificate.   She is an active member of the Central Ohio Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA), serving as current President, past Education Chair, as well as sitting on the Executive Board and National Board of Directors.  Kelly also serves on the single audit and training committees for the National State Auditors Association (NSAA), and has represented the Ohio Auditor’s Office at several Single Audit Roundtable meetings.

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428 West Liberty St
Wooster , Ohio 44691
Phone: 30-287-5430

Jarra Underwood was elected Wayne County Auditor in November of 1999,
currently serving her sixth term in office. Underwood began her career as a clerk
in the auditor’s office in 1979. She was appointed chief deputy auditor in 1993, a
position she held for six years before running for office. Underwood is proud to
be a third-generation office holder in Wayne County.

One of her most rewarding accomplishments in the office has been mentoring
clients having physical and mental disabilities, with the goal of teaching a skill
which will allow gainful employment for these very special individuals.
Ms. Underwood is the past president of the County Auditors’ Association of Ohio
and was the recipient of the Association’s Richard J. Makowski Award as the
Outstanding County Auditor for 2013. She is a member of Trinity United
Methodist Church, where she serves on the Trinity Nursery School Board.
Underwood is active with the Wayne County Republican Party and is a member
of the George T. Dunlap Community Foundation Board.
Underwood has an accounting degree and continues to complete career-related
courses. A native of Wayne County she resides in Orrville with her husband
Martin. In her spare time Jarra enjoys gardening, and spending time with their
four grandchildren.

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9277 Centre Pointe Drive
West Chester, OH 45069
Phone: 513-870-8233

Ben is a Member in Frost Brown Todd's litigation department, and is a member of the firm’s governmental services and business litigation practice groups. The majority of Ben's practice is dedicated to Ohio township and municipality representation, particularly in the area of land use and zoning. He serves as zoning counsel to a variety of Southwest Ohio local governments, where he regularly deals in comprehensive planning, zoning code/resolution drafting, map and text amendments, planned unit developments, conditional uses, variances, code enforcement, and generalized staff consultation. When not working on behalf of local government clients, Ben represents a variety of private developers, businesses, and property owners as it pertains to real estate development and land use disputes. Ben has substantial experience in complex zoning-related commercial due diligence work, zoning permit approval procurement, eminent domain, administrative appeals, and injunctive and generalized litigation.  Ben is a 2007 graduate of the University Of Dayton School Of Law, where he held both law review and moot court team memberships. Prior to earning his J.D., he graduated cum laude from Lee University, with a Bachelor's of Arts in History.

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88 East Broad St
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: 614-466-8441

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