• Over 50+ years of experience!

  • Admitted to all Ohio Courts, the Federal District Court for both the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, the Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of  Columbia District Court and Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

  • Local Government Fellow.

  • Past President Athens County Bar Association, the Ohio Municipal League, the Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association.

  • Representative Clients:  Ohio University Credit Union, the City of Nelsonville, The Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail, the Athens-Hocking Solid Waste District, the Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center, the Trimble Local School District, in addition to over 3,700 private individual clients.

Qualifications

  • 1971 graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with honors.

  • Mr. Hunter's Juris Doctorate Degree is from The University of Toledo in 1974, where he was an editor of the Law Review. 

  • In September, 2001, Mr. Hunter achieved the designation of Local Government Fellow, and is currently one of less than one hundred Local Government Fellows in the United States and Canada.

  • Admitted, Ohio Bar (1974).

  • Admitted, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (1978)

  • Admitted, U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio (2004)

  • Admitted, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (2004)

  • Admitted, U.S. Supreme Court (1979)

  • Admitted, U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (1982)

  • Admitted, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1985)

Membership

  • Member, Athens County (Past President), Ohio State and American Bar Associations.

  • Member, Ohio Bar Local Government Committee, and Ohio Bar Labor Law Committee.

  • Member, Ohio Municipal League (Board of Director’s member and Past President), and Municipal League  Legislative Policy Committee.

  • Member, Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association (twice Past President), and Ohio Municipal Attorneys Continuing Legal Education Committee.

  • Member, Ohio School Board Association, Ohio School Board Attorneys Association.

  • Member, National League of Cities, and National League of Cities Finance and  Administration Policy Committee.

  • Member, International Municipal Lawyers Association, former Board Member, Past President, and Board Liaison and Director of  International Activities; former Chair of Strategic Planning Committee.

  • Member, National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors.

  • Member, General Counsel and Board of Directors member, World Jurist Association.

  • Member, National Business Incubation Association.

  • Member, and Employer Co-Chair of the Public Employment Risk Reduction Advisory Committee for State of  Ohio, USA.

  • Member, Curriculum Advisory Board for the College of Business, Ohio University.

  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board for the Ohio Municipal Service.

  • Member, Advisory Board for the Local Government Institute at  Ohio University.

  • Member, Advisory Board of the Institute for Cooperation & Quality Processes in the Public Sector, Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA.

  • Member, Board of Directors of the Ohio Municipal Joint Self-Insurance Pool.

  • Member Ohio Land Title Association, and Agent for Ohio Bar Title Insurance Company and First American Title Insurance Company.

  • Member, Humphrey Fellowship Program Candidate Selection Panel for American University, Washington, D.C.

  • Certification, FEMA Emergency Management Institute, IS-00700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), February 24, 2007.

  • Member, American Bar Association (ABA) State and Local Government Committee Council, ABA Central European & Eurasian Law Initiative Liaison, and ABA International Law Section Liaison.

  • Legal Counsel for World Jurist Association, City of Nelsonville, Ohio, the Trimble Local School District, the Athens/Meigs Educational Service Center, the Ohio University Credit Union, the Community Improvement Corporation, and the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail is representative of Mr. Hunter’s clients.

  • International Consultant for Plexus Consulting Group, LLC, Washington, D.C.

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