Grenke, John E.

Mr. Roll became a firm principal during 2007, after serving in that capacity for 16 years at his prior firm as chair of its litigation department. Mr. Roll obtained his BGS degree from Ohio University, and is a cum laude graduate of the Gonzaga University School of Law. His efforts recently resulted in a multi-million dollar award for one of his clients in the Ohio Supreme Court.

During the first 10-years of his practice, Mr. Roll served as assistant general counsel for a Fortune 500 corporation, supervising litigation and providing counsel in the purchase and sale of companies and license of technology, while traveling throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and India.

Mr. Roll also serves as an arbitrator resolving commercial disputes for the American Arbitration Association and National Arbitration Forum. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. 3rd and 6th Circuit Courts of Appeal, the U.S. District Courts for Connecticut, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, Western District of Pennsylvania and Northern District of Ohio, and is licensed to practice law in Connecticut, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and Ohio Bar Associations, serving on several committees.

Mr. Roll has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hudson, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, has served on the Hudson planning and zoning commission, and has been active in Rotary and Kiwanis. Mr. Roll is a FAA licensed instrument-rated pilot, and enjoys flying his own airplane. He also served our country in the U.S. Air Force.