John C. Deal

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John C. Deal was born in Kenton, Ohio in 1947.  A graduate of The Ohio State University, where he majored in finance, he also has a law degree from Ohio State.
Mr. Deal has an active transactional and litigation practice.  He has served as attorney for the Ohio Division of Banks, regional counsel for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and chair of the Banking, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association.  He also has served as a member of the Banking Law Committee and Commission on Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts of the American Bar Association.  He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Ohio State Bar Association's Committee on Jury Instructions, and is Second Vice President of the Rotary Club of Columbus for 2007-2008.

 Mr. Deal has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America.  He also was recognized as an "Ohio Super Lawyer"® by Law and Politics Magazine.

Mr. Deal's publications include Baldwin's Ohio Practice, Commercial Code (vol. 3) (1996) (with Kevin L. Sykes); "Capital Punishment: The Death of Limited Liability for Shareholders of Federally Regulated Financial Institutions," 24 Cap. U.L. Rev. 67 (1995) (with Bob F. Thompson and Bennett L. Ross) "Banking Law is Not for Sissies: Judicial Review of Capital Directives," 12 J.L. & Com. 185, 1993; "Bank Director Liability: Some Issues of Federalism," 1987 Mississippi Law Institute 201; "Regulation of Bank Subsidiaries: The FDIC Stakes a Claim," 7 J.L. & Com. 1 (1987); "Bank Regulatory Enforcement, 1985 Developments," 42 Bus. Law. 145 (1986); "Bank Regulatory Enforcement, Some New Dimensions," 40 Bus. Law. 1319 (1985); "Liability of Bank Directors," 39 Bus. Law. 1033 (1984).
Mr. Deal's reported cases include FDIC v. D'Annunzio, 524 F. Supp. 694 (N.D. W. Va. 1981) (first Change in Bank Control Act injunction case); Fitzpatrick v. FDIC, 765 F.2d 569 (6th Cir. 1985) (first banking agency civil penalty case); First State Bank of Wayne County v. FDIC, 770 F.2d 81 (6th Cir. 1985); Central Kentucky Production Credit Ass'n v. United States, 846 F.2d 1460 (D.C. Cir. 1988); Production Credit Ass'n of Northern Ohio v. Farm Credit Administration, 846 F.2d 373 (6th Cir.) cert. denied, 488 U.S. 851 (1988); Curtin v. FDIC, 866 F.2d 255 (8th Cir. 1989); CIBA-GEIGY Corp. v. Flo-Lizer (In re Flo-Lizer), 100 Bankr. 341 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 1989), aff'd, 121 Bankr. 324 (S.D. Ohio 1990), aff'd, 946 F.2d 1237 (6th Cir. 1991); Buckeye Production Credit Ass'n. v. United States, 792 F. Supp. 827 (D.D.C. 1990); FDIC v. Bank of Coushatta, 930 F.2d 1122 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 857 (1991) (first capital directive case); Wachtel v. Office of Thrift Supervision, 982 F.2d 581 (D.C. Cir. 1993); Doolin Security Savings Bank, F.S.B. v. FDIC, 53 F.3d 1395 (4th Cir.), cert denied, 116 S.Ct. 475 (1995) (risk-based deposit insurance case); Doolin Security Savings Bank, F.S.B. v. Office of Thrift Supervision, 139 F.3d 203 (D.C. Cir. 1998) (Vacancies Act cease-and-desist case); Landry v. FDIC, 204 F.3d 1125 (D.C. Cir. 2000), cert denied, 121 S. Ct. 298 (2000) (Appointments Clause removal case), Village of Oakwood v. State Bank and Trust Co., 410 F.Supp.3d 670 (N.D. Oh. 2006), Village of Oakwood v. State Bank and Trust Co., _F.3d_ (6th Cir. 2007).