Clemens, Korhn, Liming & Warncke, Ltd.

Clemens, Korhn, Liming & Warncke, Ltd. is a general practice law firm located at 419 5th St #2000 in Defiance, OH. It holds a rating of 4.30 based on customer reviews. The firm has provided legal representation to individuals, financial institutions, small businesses, and insurance companies in Northwest Ohio for more than 140 years. Its practice emphasizes estate planning and administration, real estate, business law, and civil litigation. All four member attorneys have received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. The firm represents clients across an eleven-county area, including Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood Counties.

The law firm traces its origins to 1880, when Defiance attorney Henry Harris partnered with John P. Cameron to open an office in the upper floors of the old Stonefront Building at 300 Clinton Street. They were joined in 1896 by Judge T. T. Shaw, who became a highly effective trial attorney and drove the firm’s growth for the next half century. During his 55-year legal career, Shaw represented all of Defiance’s financial institutions and most leading industries. He conducted trials in the Courts of 14 states and presented two cases in oral argument before the United States Supreme Court, both resolved in his clients’ favor.

By the 1930s, Judge Shaw brought in associates Karl Weaner and Erv Clemens. Weaner left in the late 1940s, but Clemens remained a partner until Shaw’s death in 1951. Under Clemens’s leadership, the firm expanded into insurance law, becoming counsel to numerous insurance companies throughout the northwest Ohio region. During his 65 years of practice, Clemens served as general counsel and a longtime board member of First Federal Bank (now Premier Bank), Defiance Hospital (now ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital), and many other local institutions. He was also a principal founder of the National Bank of Defiance (now part of Key Bank) and a Trustee at Ohio Northern University for three decades. Today, the firm continues this tradition of professional competence and ethical conduct.

Located on 5th Street in Defiance, the firm sits about a tenth of a mile from Jefferson Avenue and Saint Johns School.

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