Founding PartnerChair, Mediation; Business & Corporate; Business Succession; Construction; Surety & Insurance; Finance• Founded the firm in 1995 and managed its growth through August 2011• Known for her pragmatism, innate business sense and negotiating skills developedover more than 30 years of practice and ownership of various businesses• Rare ability to find her way around a job site from a legal, physical and businessperspective• Implements positive, cost-effective and time-saving methods of problem solving• As a former part-owner and principal of a construction material supply company, asurety company and an adjusting company, Anne developed the ability to favorablyresolve construction disputes without resorting to litigation• Practiced with a large international law firm• Served as outside general counsel for a publicly traded company during a period ofdramatic growth• Former attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission• Acted as Special Counsel to the Ohio Superintendent of Insurance for a number ofhigh profile cases