Background
Powar, Lee David was born on October 2, 1938 in Cleveland. Son of Manuel M. and Minda (Cholfin) Powar.
Powar, Lee David was born on October 2, 1938 in Cleveland. Son of Manuel M. and Minda (Cholfin) Powar.
Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1960). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1963). Tau Epsilon Rho. Member, Board of Editors, Michigan Law Review, 1962-1963.
Worked at Hahn Loeser & Parks Limited Liability Partnership (Cleveland, Ohio) specializing in Business and Corporate, Litigation, Taxation and Employee Benefits, Estate Planning, Probate and Elder Law, Real Estate and Labor. Creditors Rights, Reorganization and Bankruptcy, Environmental Law, Financial Services, Government Relations, Middle Market Businesses, Public Utility and Regulatory Law, Health Care and Venture Opportunity, Intellectual Property and Technology, International. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Ohio.
1964, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Ohio. 1968, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1989, United States. Supreme Court.
1990, United States.
Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Tau Epsilon Rho. Member, Board of Editors, Michigan Law Review, 1962-1963. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America - Banking Law and Bankruptcy Law.
Member: Cleveland (Chairman: Professional Ethics Committee, 1983-1984.
Young Lawyers Committee, 1969-1971. Member, Sections on Bankruptcy and Commercial Law, Corporation Law and Securities Law), Ohio State and American (Member, Commercial Financial Services, 1983.
Chairman of Equipment and Vehicle Financing Subcommittee, 1986-1991. Member, Business Bankruptcy, 1987.
Chairman of Partnerships in Bankruptcy Subcommittee, 1991-1995 and of Task Force on Pension, Welfare and Labor Issues, 1989 and Law Firms Committees, 1990 and Ad Hoc Committee on Partnership Issues in Bankruptcy, 1991.
Business Law Section, 1987. Section on Economics of Law Practice) Bar Associations. American Bankruptcy Institute.
Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys.
Fellow: American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Board of Regents.
Hahn Loeser & Parks is a broad based law firm delivering sophisticated and innovative counseling to a wide spectrum of clients since 1920.
From our Cleveland and Columbus offices, we seek to provide our clients with the combination of personal contact and interest usually associated with a smaller law firm and the breadth and depth of legal expertise generally associated with significantly larger firms. We make a commitment to understand the complexities of our clients" business operations and future needs and we strive to make our legal responses fit our clients" objectives.
Quick response and timeliness of service and communication are of particular importance to our clients.
We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver prompt, efficient, quality responses. At Hahn Loeser & Parks, client service is our #1 priority.
Vice president Jewish Community Housing Inc., Cleveland, 1982-1988, trustee since 1982. Member American Bar Association (chairman equipment and vehicle financing subcommittee commercial finance services committee business law section, chairman partnership matters subcommittee, business bankruptcy committee), Ohio State Bar Association, Cleveland Bar Association.
Married Susan Ellen Lemel, August 27, 1960. Children: Sherri, David.