| Admission Details | 1980, Ohio |
| Education | Brown University, A.B., with honors, 1977; Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 1980 |
| Birth Information | Akron, Ohio, May 17, 1955 |
| Associations & Memberships | Akron Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers.
Ohio Financing Roundtable
Council of Development Finance Agencies
Ohio Financing Roundtable, Advisory Committee
Ohio Economic Development Association |
| Awards & Recognition | Distinguished Leadership Award, National Association for Community Leadership (2000)
Distinguished Service Award (1990)
AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory |
| Speaking Engagements | Council of Development Finance Agency's Ohio Finance Roudtable - Economic Development Conference (2009)
Frequent Speaker on economic development and development incentive finance |
| Representative Clients | Represents the State of Ohio as Bond Counsel
Represents Ohio Department of Development
Represents the Summit County Port Authority as Bond Counsel
Represents Northeast Ohio Trade and Economic Consortium
Represents lending institution in letter of credit documentation |
| Civil Associations | Leadership Akron, Class of 1986
Akron Children's Hospital Foundation, Secretary and Trustee
Archbishop Hoban High School, Trustee
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, Vice Chairman and Trustee
Akron Community Foundation, (Past Chairman)
Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation, Trustee (Past President)
Bluecoats (Past Trustee)
NEC World Series of Golf, Tournament Chairman (1992) |
| Additional Bio Details | Mr. Sarkis' practice focuses on public and private capital markets finance, economic development, tax increment financing, and regional governmental cooperation. Mr. Sarkis represents clients on a wide spectrum of financing matters, including serving as bond counsel, underwriters counsel, and bank counsel, with clients such as the State of Ohio, the Ohio Department of Development, the Summit County Port Authority, and other public and private debt issuers, and banks and other financial institutions. |