 Philip
R. Moots
Nature of
Practice:
Mr. Moots’ current professional activities include private
law practice with emphasis on legal planning and litigation
for both public and independent colleges and universities
and other not-for-profit institutions, including serving
as legal counsel for the West Ohio Conference of The
United Methodist Church.
Mr. Moots is a frequent presenter to national and regional
gatherings of college and university and other nonprofit
institution representatives and has written extensively
about higher education and religious institution legal
issues, including Church and Campus, (with Gaffney) Notre
Dame Press, 1979; Government and Campus (with Gaffney)
Notre Dame Press, 1982; Ascending Liability Planning
Memorandum, Mercer University Press, 1987; chapters in
the Legal Deskbook for Administrators of Independent
Colleges and Universities; and articles in Change,
Synthesis, Association of Governing Board Reports and Council
on Law in Higher Education.
Mr. Moots served as Director of the Center for Constitutional
Studies and Associate Professor of Law at the University
of Notre Dame from 1977-81. He served as Executive Assistant
to the Governor of the state of Ohio from 1972-75, and
from 1972 to 1977 was Adjunct Professor at the College
of Law, The Ohio State University
Education:
Mr. Moots received his Bachelor of Arts degree at The
Ohio State University in 1962, his juris doctor at Harvard
University in 1965 and an honorary LL.D. from West Virginia
Wesleyan College in 1978.
Community Service:
Mr. Moots chairs the Board of Directors of The Ohio State University Health Plan, Inc., serves on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Columbus, the Ohio State Legal Services Association and the Legal Services Review Panel of the National Association of Independent Colleges. Phil is an active member of the Columbus Bar Association and Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation. He has been selected to “The Best Lawyers in America” and “Ohio Super Lawyers” listings and is rated as an AV Preeminent Lawyer in Martindale Hubbell.
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