Joseph Jaap

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Legal services for families, businesses, and entrepreneurs.

Experience: 34 years

Real Estate Law, Divorce, Estate Planning and 5 others

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Practicing law for over 29 years, Joseph Jaap assists clients with a wide range of legal issues, whether personal, family law, real estate, estate planning, or business, to develop and implement legal strategies that achieve client goals and that avoid or resolve disputes.

Joe advises clients about their family legal matters, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate, estate planning, divorce, child custody and support, guardianship, and other family issues.

His real estate practice includes both commercial and residential real estate, representing and counseling clients regarding purchases, sales, leasing, condominium development and conversions, condominium management and homeowner associations, construction contracting and construction project management, construction dispute resolution, and mechanic's liens.

Joe also provides general business representation to entrepreneurs and businesses advising clients about business formation, incorporation and joint ventures, contract negotiations, and asset purchases and sales.

He also helps clients resolve issues related to trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property, including clearance and registration of state and federal trademarks, copyright registrations, trademark and copyright infringement claim resolution, intellectual property asset transfers and licensing, trade secret protection, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and electronic commerce including Internet and domain name issues.

A Cincinnati native, after graduating from Purdue with B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering, Joe served on active duty as a Navy officer and nuclear power plant engineer on Navy nuclear-powered ships, and served aboard a submarine, cruiser, and aircraft carrier, and remains active with local Navy veterans on the board of the Cincinnati Navy League. After the Navy, Joe worked for several years as an engineer and was licensed as a professional engineer before obtaining his law degree.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Ohio

Since 1989

Education

1989

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

J.D. (1989) | Law

Honors: Order of the Coif Academic Honor Society

1974

Purdue University - Purdue University

M.S. (1974) | Engineering

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Main Office 3074 Madison Road Cincinnati OH 45209 Telephone: (513) 533-2037

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Joseph Jaap Legal services for families, businesses, and entrepreneurs.

Experience: 34 years

Website: Open

Phone: (513) 533-2037

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Landlord Tenant

Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights

Trademarks

Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration

Construction Law

Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Languages

English

Certifications

Professional Engineer 1986-2002

State of Ohio

Senior Reactor Operator 1982-1984

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Surface Warfare Officer/Nuclear Power Plant Engineer

United States Navy

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