Brian A. Coulter

Overview Education Credentials Recognitions Affiliations Services Closely Held & Family-Owned Businesses Business & Commercial Litigation Construction & Real Estate Litigation Brian is a business counselor, trial lawyer, and shareholder at Roetzel. As outside general counsel for a number of companies, Brian works closely with his clients to understand their businesses, mitigate their risks, help capture their opportunities, and solve their problems proactively to avoid the burden and expense of litigation. When litigation is unavoidable or advantageous, he routinely and aggressively advocates for his clients in the courtroom and at the negotiation table. Brians clients run the gamut from publicly traded Fortune 500 companies to locally owned family businesses. No matter the client, he approaches all legal matters with the same goal: to obtain the best possible outcome for the lowest possible cost, whether measured in time, attention, or dollars and cents. Experience Represented a global real estate investment trust in zoning and conditional use proceedings, as well as in adverse possession and breach of lease disputes Represented a publicly traded environmental services conglomerate in regulatory proceedings, as well as in a mandamus action involving an alleged regulatory taking Helped business clients struggling as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic by renegotiating leases, loans, and other contracts, and by securing them financial assistance provided through government relief programs Assisted both contractors and commercial property owners in construction defect and breach of contract disputes, including the filing, foreclosure, and litigation of mechanics liens The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, J. D. Belmont University, B. B. A., Music Business magna cum laude Bar Admissions Ohio Court Admissions U. S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio U. S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio Selected to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation (2021-2025) Selected as an Ohio Super Lawyers - Rising Star by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine (2022-2024) Named MVP of Mahoning Valley Young Professionals 25 Under 35 List (2022) Ohio State Bar Association Leadership Academy, Class of 2022 Selected as a Rising Law Star, Columbus Business Journal (2016) Professional Affiliations Mahoning Valley Young Professionals President (2021) Board Member (2019-2020) Federal State Bar Association, Member Ohio State Bar Association, Member Mahoning County Bar Association, Member Nathaniel R. Jones Inns of Court, Member Community Affiliations Leadership Mahoning Valley, Class of 2025 OH WOW! Childrens Museum, Board Member (2023) Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce, Member