FITZPATRICK ZIMMERMAN & ROSE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Secretary
- Legal Counsel to the Atwood Regional Water
Brad joined the firm in 1978 and currently serves as Secretary. He continues to maintain an Ohio Title Agent license and oversee real estate transactions. He possesses extensive experience in real estate development, commercial and residential financing, and title law.
Brad also has extensive experience counseling large and small commercial businesses, medical and professional practices, as well as businesses dealing with day to day employee, vendor and contractual problems. He regularly handles probate and adoption matters, as well as preparing and revising estate and trust plans.
Brad serves as legal counsel to the Atwood Regional Water and Sewer District and Tuscarawas County Metropolitan Sewer District. Brad has experience negotiating oil, gas and coal leases as well as clearing title issues to allow our clients to enter into new leases.
Brad is a New Philadelphia, Ohio native and son of founder Donald W. Zimmerman. From time to time, he makes speaking presentations on various estate and business planning matters.
Brad, and his wife, Zoe reside in Dover. They have two sons Andy and Michael, two grandsons, Noah and Julian and two granddaughters, Olivia and Gianna. Brad is a long time Auburn University fan. War Eagle!
Practice Areas
Fitzpatrick Zimmerman & Rose Co.
Greg has lived in Dover since 1995. He is originally from Akron. Greg joined Fitzpatrick, Zimmerman & Rose in October, 2018, after almost 18 years as an attorney for another Canton/New Philadelphia law firm.
Greg's practice areas include family law, general litigation, commercial litigation, creditor's rights/collections, bankruptcy (representing creditors), banking law, and landlord/tenant law. Greg has extensive experience representing banks in various matters, including loan work outs, loan documentation, foreclosures, collections, and as a creditor in the United States Bankruptcy Court. He also has much experience representing creditors other than banks in bankruptcy matters, such as non-discharge cases and preference complaints. He has litigated cases at all levels of Ohio's courts, including the Ohio Supreme Court, where he successfully challenged and defeated the State of Ohio's attempt to levy taxes against a store operated by the Girl Scout's Great Trail Council, where it sold uniforms and merit badges to Girl Scouts.
Greg earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Akron School of law in 1995. Prior to that, he was a newspaper reporter for six years, four of them for a newspaper in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., where he earned three Virginia Press Association Awards for his reporting, including a first place for Spot News reporting. He also spent one year reporting on the Virginia Legislature from Richmond. Greg enjoys watching some of his former colleagues' and sources' appearances on cable news shows. He earned his News/Ed Journalism Degree from Kent State University.
Greg is involved in the community currently as the treasurer of the Tri-County Soccer League and a regular coach for the Dover Soccer Association. Greg also served on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Ohio for six years, and was its president for 18 months. He has also been a regular participant in Tuscarawas County's Legal Aid Clinic.
Greg lives in Dover with his wife, Judy, and their two children, Max and Julia.
Job Titles:
- Attorney
- Solicitor for Mineral City
Steven joined the Firm in 1996 and now serves as President. He focuses his practice on creditor's rights litigation, general litigation, personal injury, contract law, real estate law, municipal law, liquor law, and criminal law. Steve's experience includes litigating disputes over the interpretation and enforcement of contracts, general business litigation, and collection of debts for clients. Steve serves as Prosecutor for the Villages of Sugarcreek, Bolivar, Midvale and Strasburg.
Steve serves as Solicitor for Mineral City, and is legal counsel for the Atwood Water and Sewer District as well as the Tuscarawas Metropolitan Sewer District.