181 Granville Street
P. O. Box 307437
Gahanna, Ohio 43230-7437
(614) 476-6453
(614) 476-4157 Fax


Michael R. Moran

Mr. Moran is a trial attorney who practices in the areas of administrative law, occupational and professional licensing, legislation, health law, personal injury, municipal law, privacy and freedom of information law, corporate compliance, fraud and abuse, white collar crime, as well as special investigations and prosecutions.  In addition to his private practice, he serves as Solicitor & Prosecuting Attorney for the Village of Hartford in Croton, Ohio, handling all criminal prosecutions, serving as the police legal advisor and advising the village officials on all civil matters.  His extensive governmental experience allows him to effectively represent his clients in their cases before government agencies and courts.  He represents a variety of government entities, trade associations and private clients before all levels of government – federal, state and local - to defend against government investigations, lobby before state agencies and the legislature, prosecute and defend criminal and civil actions and handle licensure matters.

Mr. Moran has served as an administrative law hearing examiner for the Ohio Board of Nursing, conducting administrative hearings on professional licensing cases.  He has served as Chairman of the City of Gahanna Board of Building and Zoning Appeals, where he presided over administrative appeals arising from actions by the City’s Planning Commission and Zoning Administrator.  He is an Adjunct Professor at Capital University Law School, teaching medico-legal ethics for the Legal Nurse Consultant Program, plus torts and contracts in the Paralegal Program which are both graduate law programs.  In addition, he is on the faculty of Keller Graduate School of Management, DeVry University, teaching law, ethics and politics to MBA candidates.  As a published author for West, one of the nation’s largest legal publishers, he has written extensively on Ohio administrative law, including topics such as agency investigations, government and legal ethics and local agency administrative procedures.

Before entering full time private practice in 2000, Mr. Moran served nine years with the State of Ohio in various legal, law enforcement, and administrative positions.  His last position with the state was Executive Director and Counsel of the State Chiropractic Board.  While at the Board, he served on the United States Attorney’s Health Care Fraud Task Forces in the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio.  He has served as a Special Prosecuting Attorney for the City of Newark, City of Columbus, Miami County and Shelby County.  Currently, he holds a commission from the Governor as a Major (JAGC) in the Ohio Military Reserve, assigned as the Deputy Inspector General – Legal, conducting sensitive investigations for the State of Ohio’s Adjutant General’s Department.  These diverse experiences enable Mr. Moran to uncover important facts and then effectively communicate with judges, juries, legislators, military personnel, regulators, government officials and the public at large on behalf of his clients.

Notable Engagements:

Wrote amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the Ohio Association of Security & Investigation Services in support of a Constitutional challenge to Ohio’s concealed weapons statute in the state court of appeals in the case of Klein et al. v. Leis et al., 2002-Ohio-1634, and the Ohio Supreme Court in Klein et al. v. Leis, Sheriff, et al., 2003-Ohio-4479, which cases were a major impetus for passage of Ohio’s Concealed Handgun License law, Am. Sub. HB 12;

Principal author and legislative advocate for the Patient Protection and Professional Standards Act of 2000 (Am. Sub. H.B. 506), signed into law by Governor Taft in January 2001, the first comprehensive revision of Ohio’s chiropractic laws since 1975.

Admitted to Practice:

United States Supreme Court

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals

U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals

U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Supreme Court of Ohio

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Professional Affiliations:

  • Ohio State Bar Association (Chairman, Administrative Law Committee, 1999; Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee; Health Law Committee)

Community Leadership:

Authorship:

  • Ohio Administrative Law Handbook & Agency Directory, 1995-2006 editions.

Education: