Profile:
BIOGRAPHY
The height of Mr. Finney’s legal career to date was reached with two wins before the United States Supreme Court in June of 2014, for clients suing the Ohio Elections Commission over their administration of the Ohio “False Claims” statute, empowering a panel of bureaucrats to judge the truth or falsity of statements made during election campaigns. Mr. Finney challenged the statute, and the criminal penalties attendant thereto, in a series of cases spanning five years. After losing the issue before three separate District Court judges, and all fifteen Judges on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (an 0-18 losing record on this issue), Mr. Finney won back-to-back 9-0 decisions on the cases from the US Supreme Court. You can read the Clarence Thomas-authored opinion
These were not the only First Amendment victories of Mr. Finney. He won an important victory in 1997 in the First Amendment rights case styled Brinkman, et al. v. Budish, et al., a landmark decision striking down Ohio’s “revolving door” statute.
Admitted to Practice:
Real Estate; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Brokerage; Zoning and Land Use; Commercial Law and Commercial Litigation; Constitutional Litigation; Real Estate Property Tax Appeals.
Education:
2014 Kasich for Governor Campaign Committee.
Cincinnati branch of the NAACP, 2009 – present;
Coalition Opposed to Additional Taxes and Spending (COAST), 1999 – present;
1851 Center for Constitutional Law, 2010 – present;
Drake Center, 2005-2006;
Hamilton County Tax Levy Review Committee, 1995-1997 and 2003-2006 (Chairman 2004-2006);
Hamilton County Children’s Trust Fund, 1994-1995;
Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, Local Government Committee (Chairman 1991-1992),
Hamilton County Corrections Financing Review and Strategies Commission, 1989-1994
Cincinnati Bicentennial Commission, 1987-1988.
Presentations, Publications and Other Accomplishments:
Organization:
Main Office
4270 Ivy Pointe Blvd., Suite 225 Cincinnati, OH 45245
Phone: 513-943-6655 Email: Chris@FinneyLawFirm.Com
The attorneys and paralegals of the Finney Law Firm have joined together to provide services to greater Cincinnati united in their mission, vision and values. Our desire is to represent clients, hire employees and work with vendors who share these objectives with us.
The professionals of the Finney Law firm strive to make a positive difference for our clients through the provision of legal services.
We are committed to the honest, timely, competent, responsive, creative, and courteous practice of law, with accountability from top to bottom in the organization.
Four key standards define our work:
of our commitments; and
Excellence: We must consistently deliver quality legal services.
Our first responsibility is to our clients. This means we endeavor to find cost-effective, creative and aggressive strategies to address legal opportunities and problems to achieve the outcome our clients desire.
Our second responsibility is to our profession. Our work must respect and advance the privilege we have to practice law before the United States Supreme Court down to each state in which our attorneys are licensed.
Our third responsibility is to our team, consisting of administrative staff, paralegals, and attorneys. Each must have a personal sense of value within the organization, fair and adequate wages and benefits, as well as uplifting working conditions. We also consider the vendors to our firm to be valued participants in our service delivery. In our various employment and vendor relationships, our emphasis is on ability, performance and personal character.
Our final responsibility is to our community. We must be good citizens, providing continuing education, supporting worthwhile programs and charities and paying our fair share in taxes.
If you or your business share these values, we invite you to consider our services.