| Admission Details | 1968, Ohio; 2007, Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio |
| Education | Miami University, B.A., 1965; University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1968 |
| Birth Information | Akron, Ohio, August 2, 1943 |
| Associations & Memberships | Ohio State Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association |
| Awards & Recognition | AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory |
| Speaking Engagements | "Practical Insight on Doing Business in China" (March 2006) |
| Representative Clients | Experience includes acquisitions and divestitures; corporate financings and restructurings; real estate sales, leasing, and development projects; and participation in various other corporate, partnership, and limited liability company transactions for private and public companies.
Advised and counseled boards of closely-held and public corporations on fiduciary responsibilities, utilizing expertise in corporate governance and shareholder rights and relationship matters.
Represents clients active in manufacture and sale of diverse product groupings including vinyl-coated fabrics, aircraft parts, fabricated metal products, wooden accessories and products, office copiers, printers and related accessories and associated services.
Colorado representation has included counseling regarding minority shareholder rights, commercial leasing matter and representation of property management and leasing entity in potential asset sale transaction.
Initiated firm's bankruptcy/creditors' rights practice after enactment of new U.S. Bankruptcy Code in 1979, returning to full-time corporate practice in 1988
Assisted technical and e-business start-ups in the organizational and capital generation process, and continues to represent many of these businesses |
| Civil Associations | All-American Soap Box Derby
-Chairman of Board (1991-1994)
-President (1978-1991)
-Trustee
Beacon Journal Charity Fund, Inc.
-President (2000-2003)
-Trustee
Western Reserve Land Conservancy, Trustee, Medina-Summit Chapter |
| Publications | China: Land of Opportunity? - Smart Business Akron/Canton (July 2006)
A Brief Introduction to the U.N. Sales Convention
Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in International Business Transactions
Foreign Trade Zones
Incoterms |
| Additional Bio Details | Mr. Dietrich focuses on the areas of: business acquisitions and divestitures; real estate sale, leasing and development matters, product supply and distribution transactions, and other commercial agreements; and international transactions. He represents public corporations and private companies of all sizes and structures, and works with them on a variety of commercial and corporate transactions and matters, ranging from financing and restructuring to corporate governance and shareholder rights. |