Biography
Dain C. Akin is an attorney admitted to practice law in Florida and Ohio. He is also an inactive certified public accountant. He represents clients in business, real estate and commercial litigation matters at Akin Law P.A.
Dain has practiced law for 45 years in various roles, including in-house counsel and general counsel for different real estate syndicators, developers and multitier financiers.
He applies his extensive business operational knowledge to assist clients with all types of business issues. He is skilled at advising clients in business entity selection and governance, tax credit real estate development, corporate mergers and acquisitions, real estate restructuring, business workouts and bankruptcy, and general corporate and partnership taxation matters.
Dain also consults with the firm’s family law attorneys in cases where assets involve business interests to ensure that the client’s interests with respect to those assets are protected.
Education
- Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, Ada, Ohio
- Juris Doctor - 1978
- University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
- Masters of Laws - 1990
- Major: Taxation
- Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
- B.S., Bachelor of Science - 1974
- Major: Business Administration
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Real Estate Law
- Contracts
Bar Admission
- Ohio, 1978
- Florida, 1991
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1983
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Tax Court
Professional Associations
- Columbus Bar Association, Member
- Ohio Bar Association, Member
Past Positions
- Paramount Financial Group, General Counsel
- Akin Law Group, 2006 to 2016
- PFG Holdings Corp, General Counsel, 2001 to 2006
- Paramount Financial Group, Director of Acquisitions, 1999 to 2001
- Lexford Residential Trust & Predecessor Companies, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Vice President, 1992 to 1999
- Carlton Fields Ward Emmanuel Smith & Cutler PA, Associate, 1990 to 1991
- Cardinal Industries, Inc., Corporate Director of Tax, 1985 to 1989
- Ernst and Young, Tax Senior Manager, 1978 to 1985
- Paramount Financial Group, Senior Vice President
Current Employment Position
- Attorney