Kevin M Butler

Kevin M Butler

McDonald Hopkins LLC

Kevin M Butler is of counsel at McDonald Hopkins LLC. He has served as law director to the cities of Lakewood and Brooklyn, Ohio, and is able to leverage his experience as general counsel to those municipalities in his representation of other public entities and private clients seeking to do business with or before governments. In his practice Mr. Butler has focused on counseling government clients, businesses and individuals on zoning matters, government regulation, labor and employment law, public-official ethics and conflicts of interest, public records and open meetings, economic development and financing, real estate and land use issues, election matters, and business succession and estate planning. He practices in all Ohio courts, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Mr. Butler has appeared numerous times before and has represented public boards and commissions including zoning and planning boards, civil service commissions, boards of election, boards of building appeals and others. He has served as an attorney with a respected firm focusing heavily on real estate, commercial and construction matters. At the outset of his career Mr. Butler was a staff attorney in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, advising the court on hundreds of unique lawsuits. A graduate of Cleveland State University College of Law, Miami University and St. Edward High School, he has lectured at several continuing education seminars, including courses on zoning applications and appeals, residential construction cases, mediation techniques and lawyer ethics. Mr. Butler earned his his B.A degree from Miami University and his his J.D degree from Cleveland State University College of Law.

Kevin M Butler's Courses

  • Ohio Land Use and Zoning From Start to Finish

    OH Specific

    Real Estate

    Credits Available
    Credit Status Total
    Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
    Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
    Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
    OnDemand
    6 Indiana CLE