Mr. Seitz graduated summa cum laude from the University of Cincinnati in 1975 and from the University of Cincinnati School of Law in 1978, where he was Order of the Coif and a member of the Law Review. He is a partner in the Litigation Department of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. He is experienced in antitrust matters, including criminal and civil proceedings under federal and state antitrust, franchise and dealer relationship laws and Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notification compliance; general commercial contract; zoning and real property litigation and administrative proceedings; RICO; public law; and business tort litigation. Mr. Seitz serves in the Ohio Senate, currently as Vice-Chair of the Judiciary-Criminal Justice Committee and as a member of the Judiciary-Civil Justice; Health, Human Services and Aging; and State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs Committees. From 2001-2007, Mr. Seitz served in the Ohio House of Representatives. While in the Ohio House, he served as Majority Whip, Assistant Majority Whip, and as Chair of the Majority Policy Committee. He also served on the House Civil and Commercial Law Committee (former chair); and as a member of the House Criminal Justice; Judiciary; State Government; Health and Human Services; Public Utilities; Banking Pensions and Securities; Ways & Means; Commerce & Labor; and Municipal Government Committees. He has been a legislative member of the Legislative Service Commission, the Clean Ohio Council, the House Rules Advisory Committee, and the Joint Select Committee on Volume Cap Allocation. Before that, Mr. Seitz served for seven years as a Green Township Trustee and for four years as a member of the Cincinnati Public School Board. Mr. Seitz is listed in the Best Lawyers in America.