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Rich Simpson is the managing partner and chair of the Executive Committee of Bricker & Eckler. He is the former chair of the firm's bond, structured & public finance department, with a practice in municipal bonds and corporate law, emphasizing general obligation and utility revenue bond and note financings for municipalities, school districts and other political subdivisions. He also provides general corporate representation emphasizing finance.
Representative Experience
Lead bond counsel for several hundred municipal bond financings throughout Ohio
Frequent lecturer on bond-related topics for the Ohio Municipal League, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Buckeye Association of School Administrators, Ohio School Boards Association, etc.
Community and Professional Activities
Member, American, Ohio State and Columbus (past chairman Public Finance Committee) Bar Associations;
Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
Former member, National Steering Committee, Bond Attorneys' Workshop
Ohio Historical Society (Trustee)
Member, Kit Kat Club, Columbus OH
Upper Arlington Rotary Club (Past President)
Upper Arlington Schools Business Advisory Council
Athletic Club of Columbus (Past President)
Appointed by Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman to serve on a task force to guide the city's downtown development, 2001
Publications
Focus On: Public Financing Bond Procedures of Municipalities, appearing in Gotherman's Ohio Municipal Services, September/October, 1989
Lease-Purchase Agreements - A New Way to Finance School Facilities in Ohio, appearing in Baldwin's Ohio School Law Journal March/April, 1997 (with Michelle C. Partyka)
A New Ohio School District Cash Flow Financing Program in Business Chronicle, Volume 24, Issue 3 (1994-95) of Ohio Association of School Business Officials
Awards and Recognitions
Listed, Best Lawyers in America (corporate; public finance law) 2005-2008
Super Lawyer, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2004-2008
Education
Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 1969)
University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1972).
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