Stephen D. Behnke
practices in the areas of civil litigation, business transactions, real
estate and landlord-tenant law, and misdemeanor and traffic criminal
defense. Stephen is licensed to practice law in Ohio and California. He
is a member of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers (OATL) and the
American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA). While an OATL member,
Stephen co-authored an amicus curiae brief for the OATL on the issue of
assumption of the risk which was presented to the Ohio Supreme Court in
the case of Brady-Fray v. Toledo Edison Company, Case Number 03-1443,
102 Ohio St.3d 1244.
Stephen also
wrote pleadings that were presented to the Ohio Supreme Court and
various trial and appellate Courts throughout Ohio and California.
Furthermore, Stephen appears at Courts in several Ohio counties,
including Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Hamilton, Franklin, Lucas,
Madison, Eaton and Darke counties. He also appears in the United States
District Court in Dayton, Ohio.
Stephen
graduated Summa Cum Laude and with Honors in 1997 from Western Michigan
University with a B.A. in Political Science. Stephen then entered the
University of Dayton School of Law as a recipient of the Presidential
Scholarship. While a student at the University of Dayton School of Law,
Stephen earned CALI awards representing the top score in his class in
Contracts I, Constitutional Law I and Constitutional Law II. Stephen
earned his law degree in May of 2000.
