Mr. Zimmerman is a partner in the Business and Finance Department in Taft's Cincinnati office. He focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters. He has significant experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate governance, and securities markets regulation. Mr. Zimmerman has also represented numerous start-up and emerging growth companies on a broad range of matters. In addition to his practice, he is involved in several community activities, including serving on the Advisory Board of Give Back Cincinnati. Mr. Zimmerman was selected by Cincinnati Magazine as a 2005, 2006 and 2007 Super Lawyers Rising Star. He was also selected as a member of C-Change, the leadership development program for young professionals developed by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. He is a member of the American Bar Association�s Negotiated Acquisitions Subcommittee, and is listed in the 2007 edition of Marquis� Who�s Who of Emerging Business Leaders. Mr. Zimmerman joined Taft in 1999 after receiving his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he served as senior notes editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and received Order of the Coif honors. He received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in 1996. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio.