Dennis L. Schoff is senior vice president and general counsel for Lincoln Financial Group. As general counsel, he is the chief legal officer of the corporation, responsible for providing legal counsel to the board of directors and senior management. The Law, Compliance, Corporate Secretary and Government Relations departments report to him. He also serves on the Senior Management Committee and is a member of the Corporate Conflicts of Interest Committee. Schoff joined Lincoln in 1990 in the investment section of the law division. The following year he moved to the corporate section of the law division working on acquisitions, divestitures and other corporate matters. In 2002, he was promoted to senior vice president and general counsel. Prior to Lincoln, he was in private practice with the law firm Taft, Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati. Schoff received his bachelor�s degree in finance and juris doctorate, cum laude, from Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. He is a member of the Indiana, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations and the Association of Corporate Counsel. He serves as the President of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. Schoff is admitted to practice in the States of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. |