Family Law

• Guardianship
  Ms. Fox’s estate planning expertise includes the drafting of wills, trusts, living wills, and powers of attorney. Ms. Fox has vast experience administering estates and trusts, and representing both individual and corporate executors and trustees. For several years, Ms. Fox served as special counsel to the Franklin County Probate Court in civil commitment and indigent guardianship cases. Before recently returning to the Rich & Gillis Law Group, Ms. Fox worked as an Assistant Attorney General in the Ohio Attorney General’s Office where she represented the Department of Natural Resources, primarily on coastal law matters. While working as an Assistant Attorney General, Ms. Fox served on the Attorney General’ s Alternative Energy Task Force, adjudicated for the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education Ohio High School Mock Trial Competitions, and volunteered through the Senior Project, which provides seniors and their families with assistance in facing end-of-life issues.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  While at Ohio State, Richelle received the Dressler, Excellence in Criminal Law Award and highest honors in the Juvenile Law Practicum. She also participated in many volunteer activities, including providing legal research to public interest entities and serving as a mentor to first year law students.
• Juvenile Crimes

Business and Corporate Law

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Disputes
• Business Transactions
• Intellectual Property

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Prior to joining Rich & Gillis Law Group, Mr. Heery worked as an associate at a boutique law firm in Columbus for five years. While his experience extended to a variety of legal areas including general real estate law, business law and estate planning, the majority of his practice was focused on counseling commercial property owners on real property tax planning. In addition, Mr. Heery frequently lectured and presented to various organizations and bar associations on the topic of real property tax valuation.
• Construction Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions
  Mr. Rich's practice focuses on tax litigation at the Federal, State, Local and County level, including all types of tax audits. He has a significant appellate practice before Courts of Appeal and the Ohio Supreme Court. Mr. Rich also represents dozens of school districts, counties, individuals and businesses in real estate matters, including real estate taxation, zoning and land use, eminent domain, annexation, tax abatements and exemptions, real estate sales and purchases. Mr. Rich has served as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General and is Of-Counsel to the Rose Law Group in Scottsdale, Arizona.
• Eminent Domain
• Land Use and Zoning

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Karol Fox has been practicing law for nearly twenty years, primarily in the areas of real property taxation, probate, estate planning, and coastal law. In her real property taxation practice, Ms. Fox has represented Boards of Education, corporations, partnerships, trusts, and individuals before numerous County Boards of Revisions, the Board of Tax Appeals, Courts of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court.
• Wills
• Trusts
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  Including foreclosure, liens, land development and acquisitions, appropriation, title insurance issuance, tax exemptions and abatements, real estate tax valuation challenges, zoning and land titles.
• Tax Law
  Kelley A. Gorry’s practice consists primarily of civil and real property tax litigation. Prior to joining Rich & Gillis Law Group, she practiced in Scottsdale, Arizona in the areas of civil litigation, transactional law, renewable energy law and administrative law. She formed and lead the firm’s real property tax litigation group and handled administrative appeals and judicial appeals to local County Assessors, the State Board of Equalization and the Arizona Tax Court.