(Inajo Davis Chappell is donating one hour of her time to the winning bidder.)


Partner, Cleveland Office

Co-Chair, Diversity Committee

Chair, Nonprofit Group

Member, Business Law Group

Member, Public Law Group

Member, Real Estate Group

Member, Banking and Commercial Lending Group




Areas of Concentration:

- General Corporate Law
- Nonprofit Corporations
- Public and Corporate Finance
- Contracts and Commercial Law
- Real Estate
*Acquisition
*Development/Construction
*Financing
*Community Development Projects


- Public Law/School Law
*Contract Preparation &
Negotiation
*Competitive Bidding
Compliance
*Special Education
*General School Law
Issues


Representative Experience:

General

* Counsels clients on corporate governance
issues.

* Prepares and negotiates contracts for sale and
purchase of goods and services.

* Counsels clients regarding competitive bidding
compliance, tax and collection workouts,
intellectual property issues and a variety of general
business matters.

* Prepares and negotiates license and lease
agreements for use, sale or other disposition of
real estate, proprietary information and personal
property.


Real Estate

* Represents several local community development
corporations in connection with real estate
acquisition and development projects.

* Represented cable television client, including
negotiation and preparation of television franchise
application and a variety of related contracts,
various easement, confidentiality and license
agreements, preparation of FCC filings
and for incorporating affiliated cable and computer services corporations, and of documents relative to public law filings and attorney workproduct connected with cable enfranchisement,
research of various legal issues with ongoing
monitoring of the "conflict" between the first amendment and cable franchising practices, development
and implementation of cable theft amnesty program, and worked on asset acquisition
deal involving sale of three cable television
system franchises, including preparation of transfer
documents.

* Experienced in various aspects of development
construction, financing, and the sale and purchase of residential and commercial real estate.


Commercial Lending

* Experienced in documenting real estate construction
loans for lending institutions and borrowers,
including drafting and negotiating loan
agreements together with all ancillary instruments
and documents required for financing the
acquisition, development and construction of
residential and commercial real estate projects.
Documented and closed several real estate construction
loans and credit lines for acquisition,
development and construction of commercial
real estate facilities (a Walgreen's drugstore and
strip mall facilities with national retail and restaurant tenants) in Florida, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, as counsel to a national banking association. Represented owners and developers in
securing acquisition and development loans and
financing for both new construction and extensive rehabilitation/renovation projects, including
office buildings, church annex and recreational
facilities.


Capital Markets/Municipal Securities

* Served as bond and company counsel to governmental and corporate clients, documenting a variety of bond financing transactions,
including Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRBs) and Tax Exempt Private Activity Bond issues. Drafted all bond documents, legislation, and legal opinions,and reviewed and revised, as necessary or
required, Bank and Underwriter counsel documents
on letter of credit-enhanced bond financing
transactions, where the proceeds from these
tax-exempt 501(c)(3) bonds were used to acquire,
develop and construct office buildings,
warehouse and other facilities.


Middle Market Equipment Leasing

* Documented and closed tax-exempt municipal lease transactions for a local community college district, involving the acquisition and
installation of telecommunications equipment.
Documented and recently closed a tax-exempt
municipal lease transaction for the largest school
district in the State of Ohio that funded the
acquisition of heating, cooling, lighting and other
equipment and improvements. Prepared and negotiated lease and equipment purchase agreements, legal opinions and drafted or reviewed all
ancillary documents required.


Special Education Law

* Experience representing school districts in the
provision of educational programming and services
to disabled students, providing counsel on
a variety of legal issues related to the education of
individuals with disabilities, defending placement
and programming decisions of school districts,
counseling clients relative to disciplinary
and other issues impacting disabled students,
participating in mediation, administrative hearings
and judicial proceedings relative to compliance
with the federal statutes governing the education
of disabled children, including the Individuals
with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA),
Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA).



Community Memberships and Activities:

Immediate Past Board Chair, Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland

Board Member, Center for Community Solutions (CCS)

Board Member, United Black Fund

Board Member, The Barbara Byrd-Bennett Foundation for Cleveland's Children

Board Member, Hathaway Brown School

Board Member, Greater Cleveland Sports
Commission

Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Member, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2001

Former Board Member, Shoes & Clothes for Kids

Former Board Member, Collaborative To Organize Mount Pleasant (COMP)

Former Board Member and Secretary, American Red Cross Greater Cleveland
Chapter

Former Trustee and Secretary, Hitchcock
Center for Women, Inc.

Former Trustee, Alcoholism Services of Cleveland, Inc. (Recovery Resources, Inc.)