DANIEL LINDNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
General practice attorney with a practice focusing in business transactions, business litigation, privately held corporate mergers and acquisitions, real estate litigation, real estate transactions, and complex litigation. Real estate practice attorney, focusing in business transactions, business litigation, privately held corporate mergers and acquisitions, real estate litigation, real estate transactions, and complex litigation. 

My real estate proficiency includes contract drafting and negotiation, commercial financing, land use negotiation and litigation, eminent domain and property tax disputes, business entity formation and administration, residential and commercial construction, foreclosure prosecution and defense, foreclosure acquisition and commercial condominiumization.

Experienced trial and appellate attorney, having tried cases in all State Courts and in the Federal Courts as high as the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Ohio-licensed title agent and principal with Cleveland Title Services, Ltd., a full service real estate title agency and escrow company. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
The Lindner Law Firm, LLC
January, 2002-Present
Managing Member, Attorney
I am the managing member of a general practice transaction and litigation firm whose areas of practice focus on Business Transactions and Litigation, Real Estate Transactions and Litigation, and Complex Litigation.  I am the head trial and transactional attorney, and have focused my own practice on privately held corporate mergers, purchases and/or sales transactions, corporate finance and banking transactions, complex due diligence supervision, corporate litigation, real estate transactional work and litigation, land use litigation, eminent domain and tax appeal litigation, general business transactional work and litigation, and complex business litigation. 

Full Service Title Agency, Ltd./Cuyahoga Title Services Ltd.
April, 1999 to Present
General Managing Member of Full Service Title Agency Ltd.

Member of Cuyahoga Title Services Ltd.
I am an Ohio-licensed Title Agent and General Managing Member of Full Service Title Agency, Ltd.  Full Service Title Agency, Ltd. is a real estate title insurance and escrow agency, whose business includes both residential and commercial real estate closings. Due to the success of Full Service Title Agency, Ltd., in December, 2002, we merged with Cuyahoga Title Services, Ltd., a much larger and firmly established title and escrow provider that is underwritten by all of the top six underwriters.  I have turned over my management responsibilities to Cuyahoga Title's majority member.

DifferentNeedz.com
May 1, 2008 to Present
Managing Member
Different Needz.com is a web store that offers different needs families a one-stop shop to buy and sell their gently used medical and special needs equipment and adaptive toys.  The company's goal is to unify a community that has not been properly served by product suppliers and other resale sites.  The company's mission is to be simultaneously profitable, philanthropic and charitable.

Daniel F. Lindner Co., L.P.A.
November, 1994 - Present
President, Attorney
I opened my private law practice immediately out of law school.  Within the first year, I cultivated over 100 clients.  Due to the exceptional client loyalty that I have been fortunate enough to develop and sustain, by my fifth year, I had developed a client base of over 1000 clients.

My practice focused on Real Estate Litigation, General Business Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation and Real Estate Transaction work.  Thanks to a referral from another attorney, my first unassisted jury trial occurred just two weeks after I passed the bar examination.

PROFESSIONAL COURSES TAUGHT:
Formation and Operation of Limited Liability Companies
August, 2010
National Business Institute
I wrote course materials and taught attorneys and CPAs about how to form LLCs, add members, and advise clients about a multitude of important issues that arise during the drafting of the operating agreement and after the LLC is operational. I presented a number of strategies designed to limit liability, manage the LLC efficiently, create desired results that may not coincide strictly with membership interests, limit the identification of the members to the general public, and discussed the resulting tax consequences of these strategies.

Land Use Law:  Current Issues in Subdivision, Annexation and Zoning
October, 2007
National Business Institute
I taught attorneys and land use professionals about the development and utilization of a comprehensive plan, including the key components of a comprehensive plan, how plans differ for cities, counties and townships, the importance of consistency within the plan, procedures for the adoption and amendment of the plan, how to implement a plan and tips for working within and outside of the plan.

The Power of Professional Networking
1999 - Present
Network Professionals, Inc.
Each calendar quarter, I teach roughly 100 business owners a course that I wrote on how to effectively market their businesses through word of mouth advertising.  I explain the power of people, teach effective communication and listening skills and instruct on the proper etiquette of referral making and receiving. 

Professional Ethics in Real Estate Transactions
December, 2005
National Business Institute
I wrote course materials and taught attorneys, title agents and other real estate professionals how to handle complex real estate transactions situations within the bounds of the Attorneys' Code of Professional Conduct.  This course accommodated beginner through advanced commercial title and transactional issues.

Commercial Leases
Cuyahoga/Akron Bar Association & Financial Network of America              
November & December, 2002
Cleveland State University October, 2003
I wrote course materials and taught attorneys, accountants and other real estate professionals how to prepare, negotiate, strategize and understand commercial leases.  This course accommodated beginner through advanced commercial leasing issues.

Real Estate Litigation
July, 2002
National Business Institute
Together with another attorney, I wrote course materials and taught a 6.0 hour continuing education class that was designed to teach attorneys the proper way to litigate real estate cases.  The topics covered specifically by me included Real Estate Title and Escrow Claims, Residential Real Estate Litigation, Procedural Issues and Traps, Drafting the Pleadings and Discovery and Trial Strategy from the Plaintiff's Perspective.  I also assisted with teaching legal ethics as they relate to real estate matters.

How to Litigate the Real Estate Case
December, 2001
Expanding Horizons Winter Extravaganza
I wrote course materials and taught a 3.0 hour continuing education class that was designed to teach newer attorneys the proper way to litigate real estate cases.  The topics covered specifically by my course included the effect of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, Mortgage Broker's Act, Federal Truth In Lending Act, RESPA and Ohio common law as they relate to Residential Real Estate Litigation, Title and escrow Litigation, and Commercial Real Estate Disputes.  Also covered were substantive topics including Mechanic's Lien law, Construction law and Toxic Mold issues.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSING:
Ohio State Bar   Admitted November, 1994
Member in Good Standing

Ohio Department of Insurance
Title Agent License, March, 1999
Member in Good Standing

EDUCATION:
Case Western Reserve University
Juris Doctorate - May, 1994
Cleveland, Ohio

University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts - May, 1991
Ann Arbor, Michigan

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
International Referral Network, Inc.
December 2003-Present
Area Director, President of Beachwood, Ohio and Independence, Ohio Chapters

This national organization is comprised of a select group of business professionals that come together for the purpose of exchanging pre-qualified business referrals.  As the elected President of two chapters, I direct weekly meetings and empower these professionals to develop solid business relationships in our community and to focus on developing top quality business referrals for other members.  I created a quarterly seminar to instruct these professionals how to maximize their resources and mine for new referral sources.

Network Professionals, Inc.
March 1997-December 2003
Area Director, President of Beachwood, Ohio and Independence, Ohio Chapters.
This national organization is comprised of a select group of business professionals that come together for the purpose of exchanging pre-qualified business referrals.  As the elected President of two chapters, I direct weekly meetings and empower these professionals to develop solid business relationships in our community and to focus on developing top quality business referrals for other members.  I created a quarterly seminar to instruct these professionals how to maximize their resources and mine for new referral sources.

Ohio State Bar Association
November, 1994 - Present

Cleveland Bar Association
November, 1994 - Present

Real Estate Law Section Member
January, 2000 - Present

International Council of Shopping Centers
2001 - 2004

Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
January, 1995 - Present

COMMUNITY AFFILIATION:
Berea Children's Home and Family Services Stepstone Academy
January 2012-Present
Advisory Committee Member
Founding member of the advisory committee whose goal is to cause the opening of a new charter school at 3500 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Tasks will include raising funds for the school and its various facilities.

Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center
August, 2004-Present
Trustee/Executive Committee/Vice President
Not for profit community center established in 1896 by Flora Stone Mather.  This organization provides numerous inner city community programs, including but not limited to elderly care, home health care, child day care, nursery school, adult vocational training, computer training, various youth and teen services, adult education and other family programs.  The organization is presently working on a capital campaign dedicated to the construction of a new elementary school and existing facilities restoration.

Kenston Community Stadium Project
August, 2007- September 2009
Founding member of the Kenston Community Stadium Project, a group organized to raise $2.4 Million in donations to replace the existing Kenston High School football stadium.  Successfully raised $700,000 to complete phase I of the project and have installed a new artificial turf field and walkway at the existing high school stadium complex.  Opened September 17, 2009.

Different Needz Foundation
July, 2008 - September 2010
Founder/Advisory Board Member
Incorporator of a 501(C)(3) foundation dedicated to providing financial assistance for equipment and medical expense for special needs families.  Appointed a superior board of trustees and resigned to become a member of the advisory board.

Heights Chamber of Commerce
May, 1994-August, 1995
Board Member

JUST FOR FUN:
I am married and have enjoyed coaching both of my children's sports teams, including football, basketball, baseball and softball since 2002.