Elchanan G. (Chuni) Stern
Associate
Practices:
Elchanan focuses his practice on the representation of clients operating in the health care industry and assists with a wide variety of corporate transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, entity structure, contract drafting, and corporate governance. A former Assistant Prosecutor, he also has a strong understanding of the litigation process and has experience protecting the interests of health care clients involved in commercial litigation.
Education & Admissions
Education
- Telshe Rabbinical College
(Bachelor of Talmudic and Theological Education, 2004; Master of Talmudic and Theological Education, 2008)
- Cleveland State University College of Law
(J.D., magna cum laude, 2020)
Senior Editor, Journal of Law and Health
Admissions
- State of Ohio
Experience
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Represents clients with respect to entity formation, general business, and other commercial matters.
- Assists with all aspects of mergers and acquisitions and equity and debt financing transactions, including conducting due diligence, preparation of disclosure schedules, and drafting transaction documents.
- Assists skilled nursing and assisted living facility owners and operators in the purchase, sale, and financing (debt and equity) of long-term care facilities.
- Conducts legal research and drafts memoranda analyzing a broad range of complex legal issues.
- Previously served as a Judicial Extern to Judge Dan Aaron Polster of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Publications & Presentations
Publications
- “Parens Patriae and Parental Rights: When Should the State Override Parental Medical Decisions?” 33(1) J.L. & Health (2019)
Involvement
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Hebrew Academy of Cleveland (Board of Directors, March 2018 – present)
- The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (Legal JIGSAW Fellow, Summer 2019 – present)