Biography
Dain C. Akin recently joined Akin Law Group LLC after a 20 year career as in-house counsel. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Akin served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Paramount Financial Group, a former subsidiary of General Motors Acceptance Corporation, where he represented the company in multi-tier financing transactions, low income housing tax credit syndications, and in general corporate matters. Earlier, he was corporate Director of Taxation, Associate General Counsel, and Acting General Counsel and Vice President of Lexford, Inc. (now, Equity Residential Trust). He also has eight years of public accounting experience with Ernst and Young in Cleveland, Ohio, where he advised real estate investment limited partnership and real estate investment clients.
Mr. Akin holds a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from Miami (Ohio) University, a Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern Claude Pettit College of Law, and a Masters of Laws in Taxation (LLM Tax) from the University of Florida College of Law. He is admitted to practice law in the states of Ohio (1978) and Florida (1991), the United States Tax Court, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive status). He is a member of the Florida Bar, the Columbus Bar Association, and the Ohio Bar Association (Corporate Counsel and Real Property Law Sections).
Mr. Akin applies his extensive knowledge and experience assisting firm clients in business entity selection and representation, tax credit real estate development, corporate mergers and acquisitions, real estate restructuring, business workouts and bankruptcy, and general corporate and partnership taxation matters.
Education
- University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
- Masters of Laws - 1990
- Major: Taxation
- Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, Ada, Ohio
- Juris Doctor - 1978
- 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