Mr. Emens is a business lawyer whose major areas of practice are Business Planning, Corporate Law, Family Owned Business and Oil and Gas Law.  He has counseled numerous clients on business and succession issues, acquisitions and sales, public and private financing matters, and represented many clients before state and federal regulatory agencies.  For ten years, he served as President and Managing Director of a law firm, which grew under his leadership from twenty-seven to seventy lawyers.

 
Mr. Emens has been included for twenty-five years in the well-known reference book, “Best Lawyers in America”, where he is listed in the  categories of Corporate Law, Natural Resources Law and Oil and Gas Law (the only Ohio lawyer listed in all three categories).

 
Mr. Emens is the Executive Director and Chair of the Advisory Board of the  Conway Family Business Center, of Central Ohio.  With Ms. Wolper, he developed and teaches courses on Family Business and Entrepreneurship for business majors at Ohio Dominican University.  He also co-developed and instructed the Continuing Legal Education course, “Succession in The Family Business” for the Ohio Bar Association.  He was named 2005 Supporter of Entrepreneurs in the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Event.  He was written extensively, and spoken on leadership and co-authored the book, “Family Business Basics:  The Guide to Family Business Financial Success”, now in its second printing.

Mr. Emens is a member of the American Bar Association and the bar associations of the States of Ohio and Michigan.  He is Chair of the Ball State University Foundation and Founder of the Emens Scholars Program at Ball State University.  He is a Trustee Emeritus and past Chair of the Board of Franklin University, where he was also an Adjunct Professor of Planning and Future studies.  He was the first President and a Trustee of Friends of the Libraries of The Ohio State University and has served as board member, officer and/or member of many other professional and business organizations.

Mr. Emens received his Bachelor’s degree with highest honors from DePauw University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; he graduated from the Law School of the University of Michigan with the Juris Doctor degree.