James H Prior

Mr. Prior practices in the areas of employee benefits and commercial transactions. In the employee benefits area, his primary focus is upon health and welfare plan issues. In the commercial transactions area, his primary focus is upon tax-exempt ad taxable bond financing and the issuance of letters of credit, representing issuers, underwriters, borrowers and trustees in note and bond transactions. Mr. Prior has also worked extensively with both lenders and borrowers in matters involving asset-based lending, ESOP financing and other commercial loan transactions and financing, commercial and consumer collection actions, foreclosures and bankruptcy proceedings, state and federal regulatory and compliance issues involving financial institutions and their customers, commercial law issues, and in other matters involving creditors' rights. Practice Areas Banking & Finance Commercial transactions Creditors' rights Loan financing Employee Benefits Compliance & audits ERISA litigation Welfare plans Financial Institutions Regulation & compliance Trust companies, consumer finance companies & mortgage brokers Information Privacy & Data Security HIPAA compliance Transportation & Logistics Professional Associations

Ohio State Bar Association

American Bar Association Section of Business Law (Co-chair of State Survey Subcommittee of Commercial Financial Services Committee); Section of Taxation

National Association of Bond Lawyers

Education University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1985 The Pennsylvania State University, B.A., with highest distinction, 1981 Bar Admissions

State of Ohio

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Presentations/Publications/CLE

Panel speaker, Porter Wright's Webinar COBRA Premium Subsidy Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, April 1, 2009

Panel speaker, Porter Wright's Employee Benefits Seminar Hot Topics in Employee Benefits, "COBRA Changes after ARRA," "Required Changes to Health Plans after Michelle's Law," "New HIPAA Administration after HITECH," "Required Changes to Health Plans after CHIP Reauthorization Act," March 18, 2009

Panel Speaker, Columbus Bar Association, "Tax Aspects of Health & Welfare Benefits Plans," February 21, 2007

Panel speaker, Porter Wright's Employee Benefits Seminar Hot Topics in Employee Benefits, "The HIPAA Security Rule and Group Health Plans," "Medicare Part D Notice Requirements," February 15, 2006

Panel speaker, Porter Wright's Employment Relations Seminar, "2004 Final COBRA Notice Regulations," November 11, 2004

Panel speaker, Porter Wright's Employment Relations Seminar, "HIPAA Privacy Regulations: Implications for Employers and Sponsors of Group Health Plans," October 30, 2002

Speaker, Porter Wright Seminar, "Revised Article 9," 2001

Speaker, Community Bankers Association of Ohio Seminar, "Taking a Security Interest in a Securities Account," 2000

Speaker, Porter Wright Seminar, "Commercial Loan Administration," 1994

Coauthor, "Community Reinvestment Act Enforcement Shows New Vigor and There's More to Come," Ohio Savings & Loan League Journal, 1994

Speaker, Columbus Bar Association, "Credit Enhancements: Guarantees," 1993

Speaker, Adjustable Rate Mortgage Seminar, Community Bankers Association of Ohio, "Litigation over Arm Errors," January 1992

Community/Civic/Volunteer Work

Grace Brethren Church Nursing Home Ministry