Business & Corporate Practice
 Chair

Family-Owned Business Chair

Securities Practice Chair

J. Anthony Kington, Partner 614.334.6141 tkington@cwslaw.com

Practice Concentration
Practices in the transactional area focusing on the areas of business and corporate law, commercial real estate development, federal income, estate and gift tax planning, business succession planning, and securities.

Representative Experience 

•	Recently lead team in representing a client as the stalking horse bidder in the bankruptcy sale of a partially completed power plant for $124 million
•	Experienced in successfully negotiating and closing acquisitions (on buyer and seller side) of various sizes

•	Often represents businesses in securing syndicated financing in excess of $100 million
•	Wealth transfer planning for individuals and families
•	Serves as outside general counsel to numerous closely held businesses with revenues ranging from millions to hundreds of millions

Other Professional Experience

•	Adjunct professor in graduate tax program at Capital University Law School

Achievements and Awards

•	AV® Peer Review Rated*   Martindale-Hubbell Rating Explanation
•	Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law & Trusts and Estates
•	Listed in Ohio Super Lawyers, Business/Corporate

Education

•	Columbus International College, Seville, Spain (A.A., 1974)

•	The Ohio State University (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1979)

Bar Admissions

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Ohio

Professional Memberships and Community Service

•	Columbus Bar Association, Estate and Gift Tax Subcommittee, Former Chairman

•	Ohio State Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Committee and  Estate Planning Probate and Trust Law Committee

•	American Bar Association, Sections of Business Law, Taxation and Real Property Probate and Trust Law

•	Active in Columbus Bar Association’s Diversity Initiative

Speeches and Publications

•	Frequent lecturer to the general public and to attorneys, primarily on estate planning and business succession issues
•	“Private Companies Should Heed Sarbanes-Oxley Act” Columbus Business First, July 1, 2005

•	Author: "Succession Planning for the Family Business.  Does Your Business Have Long-Term Care Insurance?" CWS Newsletter, Vol. 2, 2009