BARBARA R. WIETHE

Attorney and Counselor at Law

8454 Hobie Cat Ct.

Maineville, Ohio 45039

(513) 503-5029

(513) 398-5297 FAX

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

(1978 to Present)

I am an attorney at law admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Ohio, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the United States District Court and the Southern District of Ohio.

I am a sole practitioner specializing in Ohio Liquor License Law in the areas of contractual law; the buying and selling of business consisting of hotels, restaurants, bars, grocery stores, pony kegs, clubs, and non-profit organizations; criminal and civil litigation; and administrative hearings and appellate practice.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

I successfully represented Beechcrest Center, Inc., dba Mingles, in Beechcrest Center, Inc., v. John Hall, et. al., Case No. C-1-91-792. The Beechcrest Center, Inc., owned a night club called Mingles, which was voted out of business in 1989 in an Ohio Option Election. Mingles remained open as a result of a Temporary Restraining Order in State Court for two years, and then on  a Temporary restraining order in Federal District Court.  The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided that the Particular Premises Local Option Election was unconstitutional, and that a liquor license is a property right. Beechcrest was held in abeyance until the case of Brookpart Entertainment, Inc. v. Circuit Court of Appeals, to the United States Supreme Court. Work in this area has significantly impacted Election Law and Liquor Law in Ohio. I wrote an Amicus Curiae brief to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Brookpark as the legal issues in Brookpart and Beechcrest were identical.

I represented Kelbe Corporation in Kelbe Corp., et. al. v. Hall, et. al., Case No. C-1-92-270 in United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Western Division, before the Honorable Carl Rubin. I have not only been successful in obtaining a Preliminary Injunction abating the May 7, 1991 Local Option Election, but more importantly, after an evidentiary hearing, Judge Rubin invalidated the May 7, 1991 election as the Hamilton County Board of Elections denied the Kelbe Plaintiffs (three Norwood bars) Due Process guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Both Beechcrest and Kelbe are published opinions and are cited by Pages in the Ohio Revised Code. This case required a complexity of issues successfully litigated.

I am rated “BV” by Martindale Hubbel Law Directory which is a high to very high rating denominated by that publication.

Affidavits to my expertise in connection with preparation, trial and settlement of complex litigation can be obtained upon request. They were written by Barbara Scott Bison, Esq., chief trial counsel and a partner in the firm of
Graydon, Head & Ritchey in Cincinnati, and James B. Helmer, Jr. Esq., whose practice in Cincinnati is devoted exclusively to complex litigation matters, and who has over 75 opinions published.

EDUCATION

Law School: Chase Law School, Highland Heights, Kentucky 1975-1978. Graduated in 1978 from Chase College Evening Division. Admission to the Ohio Bar Association in 1979.

Colleges: Edgecliff College of Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio B.A. History/Teaching and History/Geography. Listed in “Who’s Who” in American Colleges and Universities. Dean’s List for the last two years. St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1959. Organized the Little Nations of America for Southwestern Ohio.

PRIOR EMPLOYMENT

Public Education of the Handicapped and Multi-Handicapped Teacher for fifteen years. (1963-1978)

Taught in the Cincinnati Public System in the field of blind and visually handicapped. Voted outstanding teacher of the year. Taught in elementary and secondary levels. Initiated Living Skills Program, and optical scanner with the blind.