Edward (Pete) P. Akin, Esq., joined Wood + Lamping in February 2025. He previously practiced for over 20 years, mostly as a partner, at a boutique law firm focused on serving builders, developers and real estate related matters.
Pete is a litigator. Clients include homeowner associations, builders in construction-related disputes and civil ligation in a wide range of cases, including labor and employment disputes, intellectual property and occasionally personal injury.
Pete was born in Houston, Texas and has practiced law since 2001. He is admitted to practice in Ohio and Kentucky, and various federal district courts in Ohio and Kentucky.
Pete has handled cases in Ohio and Kentucky Courts, State and Federal, as well as Federal Courts in Michigan and Indiana on a pro hac vice basis. See below for a sampling of results.
Pete and his wife, Molly, have two grown daughters and enjoy training and spending time with their German Shepherds, and running a small-scale beef cattle farm.
Education
- Southwestern University
- Notre Dame School of Law (J.D., 2001)
- Served as Articles Editor for the Journal of Legislation
Bar Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Memberships and Affiliations
- Member of Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers (CALL), Class XI,
- Which started a program to reduce truancy in a local elementary school
Sampling of Results
- Multiple summary judgments in favor of a religious body on various matters, including one sustained on appeal in a zoning proceeding
- Summary judgments for builders in construction defect cases
- Summary judgment in favor of a civil RICO Defendant
- Summary judgment for owner of student housing properties in a zoning case
- Summary judgment for a Defendant in a collection action, U.S. District Court for the E.D. Michigan
- Defense verdicts at trial for client on commercial lease disputes
- Secured dismissal of mold claims, pre-hearing, in arbitration for builder
- Secured dismissal of employment related claims against builder
- On the brief in a case which resulted in an Ohio Supreme Court decision striking down an impact fee in a home rule township as an unauthorized tax, a significant decision for local builders
