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ChrisSponseller

Partner

Chris counsels and represents private investors, public companies, developers, operators, financial institutions and real estate investment trusts (REITs) in any and all real estate transactions — acquisitions and sales, leasing, developments, partnerships and joint ventures, and lending, borrowing and financing transactions. Chris’s projects include commercial, residential, multifamily, mixed-use, shopping centers, and resort and hospitality properties, and include everything from traditional commercial transactions and financings to foreign investments in U.S. developments in the most prominent metropolitan areas in the country.

While attending law school, Christopher served as a legal extern for Chief Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He also was a law clerk for the U.S. Attorney’s Office and a legal intern for the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office.

Super Lawyers 2025
Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2025

Focus Areas

  • Included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Construction Law
  • Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list, 2025

Professional Associations

  • Ohio State Bar Association

Community Activities

  • United Way Emerging Leaders, member, July 2023-present
  • Berea City Club Inc., Governance Committee Chairman, 2019-present
  • Center For Arts-Inspired Learning, Collective, Chair Member, 2019-January 2023

Education

  • The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, J.D., 2016,
    cum laude
    ,

    The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, executive board member, business editor

  • Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., 2011,
    magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio