Richard Naegele

Richard Naegele is a member of the Corporate and Business Transactions Department. He served on the Firm’s Board of Directors and continues to serve as Of Counsel to the Firm. His practice focuses on retirement plan and employee benefits issues and he has shared his expertise in these areas as the author of several books and more than 20 articles on a variety of tax and retirement planning subjects that have appeared in The Journal of Accountancy, The ASPPA Journal, The Tax Adviser, The CPA Journal, The Practical Tax Lawyer, and other national publications. Throughout his career, Richard has served as a lecturer on employee benefits, ERISA, and tax issues at more than 300 seminars and conferences sponsored by legal, accounting, and actuarial organizations, including the American Bar Association; American Law Institute (ALI-CLE); Ohio State Bar Association; Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and West Virginia Societies of CPA’s; American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA); Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University, and University of Montana Schools of Law. Richard is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© (Employee Benefits / ERISA), and has been selected to the 2012 through 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers© List (Employee Benefits).

Martindale-Hubbell has awarded Richard an AV rating for preeminent legal ability and having the highest ethical standards.