Joseph B. Jaap

email: jjaap@bpbslaw.com
direct dial: 513-533-2037
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Joe assists clients in developing and implementing legal strategies to avoid and resolve disputes, and to achieve their goals in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate. This includes representing and counseling clients regarding acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing, condominium property development and conversions, condominium management and homeowner associations, construction contracting and construction project management, construction dispute resolution, mechanic's liens, and environmental compliance.

Joe also provides general business representation advising clients about business formation, incorporation and joint ventures, contract negotiations, and public bidding. He helps clients resolve issues related to intellectual property, clearance and registration of state and federal trademarks and copyrights, trademark and copyright infringement claim resolution, intellectual property asset transfers and licensing, trade secret protection, and electronic commerce including Internet and domain name issues.

As the BPBS community service coordinator, Joe helps BPBS help others in the community. He has tutored and served as BPBS tutor coordinator for Parker School with the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, and served as job shadowing coordinator for students from Taft and Withrow High Schools. He is active at his church in youth ministry and youth education, served as a trustee, and worked in various church committees and activities, including a church remodeling project. He also has served on the board of his neighborhood homeowner association.

A Cincinnati native, after graduating from Purdue with degrees in engineering, Joe served on active duty as an officer and engineer on Navy nuclear-powered ships. He served aboard a submarine, cruiser, and aircraft carrier, and he remains active with other Navy veterans, serving as secretary and legislative liaison on the executive board of the Cincinnati Council of the Navy League. Joe is married, with two grown children and one still in high school.

Areas of Practice:

General Business Services
Real Estate
Construction Law
Community Association Law
Title Insurance
Intellectual Property
Trademarks
Copyrights

Admitted to Practice:

State of Ohio
U.S. District Court
   Southern District of Ohio

Education:

University of Michigan Law School
   J.D., cum laude
   Order of the Coif
      - academic honor society
Purdue University
   B.S., M.S. Engineering

Publications:

Private Cost Recovery under CERCLA for Hazardous Substance Cleanup: A Last Resort
   N. Ky. Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 2,
   co-author
Reported Cases - Ohio First District Court of Appeals
   92 Ohio App. 3d 98, mechanic's
   lien case
   107 Ohio App. 3d 321, real estate
   registered land case

Military Service:

Officer, United States Navy
   Nuclear Propulsion Engineer
   Surface Warfare Officer

Community Involvement:

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative
   Tutor Coordinator - Parker School
   Job Shadow Coordinator - Taft HS,
   Withrow HS
Navy League of the U.S.
 - Cincinnati Council
   Executive Board, Secretary
   Legislative Liaison

Professional Memberships:

Cincinnati Bar Association
Martindale-Hubbard
   AV Peer Review Rated
Professional Engineer
   State of Ohio (1986-2007)

Speaking Engagements:

Frequent speaker at Construction Law and Mechanic's Lien Seminars for continuing legal education for attorneys and for construction professionals.