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Apr 25, 2007 03:55AM
Pohl was most recently Of Counsel with the Encinitas, based law firm of Herold & Sager and was at one time a senior attorney with the large, prestigious national firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Ohio. He has served on Patriot's Board since 2001, and before that, served as a strategic business consultant for the firm. From 2001 to 2002, Pohl served as Vice President of Administration and Corporate Secretary for Patriot. Pohl has advised clients on legal and financial issues as well as strategic considerations affecting business and marketing decisions; created licensing agreements and dealt with strategic intellectual property issues for software manufacturing and sales. In addition he worked with the licensing of rights to use proprietary technology for telecommunications, marketing and e-commerce companies.
Pohl has a strong background in areas of financial corporate governance and leadership in entrepreneurial organizations, with specific focus on corporate financial responsibility, as well as business acquisitions. In the height of the last decade's high-technology growth Pohl served as Special Counsel to the Attorney General of Ohio. In that role, he advised the state's elected leaders on issues regarding entrepreneurial investments by state pension funds. Based on his leadership role and experience in financial services and governmental affairs, he has testified before Congress on behalf of the American Financial Services Association and helped to shape lending laws and regulations at both the state and Federal levels.
Pohl
earned a J.D. degree in 1962 from the Ohio State University College of
Law, and also holds a BS in Administrative Sciences from Ohio State.