Mr. Shotten, a partner in the Cincinnati office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan College of Engineering and his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan College of Law; graduating from both programs with honors. He was an editor of the Michigan Law Review while in law school. Mr. Shotten has advised and represented financial institutions and borrowers in complex loan and work-out situations; he represents the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati in its commercial relationships with its 750 members. He is also chair of the firm's Health Care Practice and deals regularly with private practice providers, hospitals and other health care institutions on a variety of complex health care and regulatory issues. Mr. Shotten also serves as President of the Cincinnati Bar Foundation. He is among those chosen for listing in The Best Lawyers in America in the separate categories of Corporate Law, Banking Law and Health Care Law, is an Ohio Super Lawyer and in the European Guide to Leading U.S. Healthcare Lawyers.