Joseph R. Znidarsic
Principal
Znidarsic, a Lake County resident, joined the firm in 1976 and was made Principal in 1979. He has significant experience counseling business clients on a host of transactional issues including mergers, acquisitions, sales, and financing. He also assists business clients pertaining to business formation, organization, governance, financing and management. He also assists clients in the areas of estate planning and tax planning.
In 1999, Znidarsic served as lead counsel for the acquisition of the Cleveland Guardians baseball team by the Lawrence Dolan Family. Since that time, he has also served as VP/General Counsel of the Guardians, counseling the team on the exceptionally wide variety of legal issues professional sports teams face.
In 2006, Znidarsic also served as lead counsel for the creation of the Regional Sports Network known as SportsTime Ohio. He stayed on to serve as general counsel to the company in its daily operations. SportsTime Ohio was sold to Fox Sports at the end of 2012 in a transaction he successfully negotiated and completed.
He remains active as an advisor or board member to numerous companies and community organizations.
Legal Service Areas:
Licensures:
Ohio Supreme Court, Bar #0016855
Professional/Personal Associations:
Geauga County Bar Association, Member
Honors/Awards:
BV Distinguished® 4.4 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Education:
Bowling Green State University, B.S.
Case Western Reserve University College of Law, J.D.