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Chris Nalls is the founding attorney of Nalls Davis. Chris has a multifaceted practice that focuses on business law, commercial real estate, and economic development. Chris represents business owners, developers, lenders, and public entities in transactional and regulatory matters. Chris has provided counsel on transactions valued at more than $500 million in Ohio and across the United States. His representative matters include real estate projects, cooperative developments, secured financings, asset transfers, private equity placements, zoning and permitting proceedings, commercial disputes, and corporate governance issues. In the past, Chris was an associate at large corporate law firms in Ohio and Washington D.C. Additionally, he clerked for two years for the Honorable Michael J. Cianci, Jr., and the Honorable Karen V. Johnson with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Administrative Law Judges and Dispute Resolution. Chris resides in Dayton with his wife (Victoria Nalls) and his daughter (Victoria Nalls II). Awards & Recognition Selected Forty Under 40 in Dayton, Ohio, Dayton Business Journal, 2022 Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Dayton Class of 2019 Selected Top 40 under 40 in Washington, DC, The National Black Lawyers, 2017 Foundation of the Energy Law Journal: Board of Directors, 2017 – 2019 term Presentations & Published Works Sign Your First Commercial Lease, free course for business owners with Launch Dayton (2023). Intro to Business Law, free course for entrepreneurs and small business owners with Launch Dayton (2023). Dayton Business Journal, Focus on Law, “Ohio’s Changing LLC Laws Have Benefits for Investors.” (January 25, 2022) Launch Dayton Early Risers Academy, Legal Strategy and Compliance Planning for Small Businesses (2020 - 2022) Corporate Counsel Summit, Panel Moderator, “Implicit Bias Interruption” (2019) Montgomery County Township Association, Basics of PACE Financing (2018) Weekly contributing author to the Washington Energy Report (2015 – 2017) FERC Practice and Administrative Law Judges Committee Report, Energy Law Journal, Volume 34, No. 2 (2013) (coauthor) EPA Regulation of the Utility Sector, American Association of Blacks in Energy White Paper (2012) Areas of Practice Business Law Commercial Litigation Estate Planning Real Estate Bar Admissions Admitted, State of Ohio Education Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.), 2012 University of Dayton (B.S. 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Mitchell - Damek P. Mitchell, Esq. Damek P. Mitchell is an Associate Attorney at Nalls Davis. Damek has a strong passion for small business, civil rights, and fair housing law. As an undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame, Damek majored in African History and worked as a research assistant focusing on the effects of British colonialism in Kenya. In May of 2024, Damek graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law. During his time at UDSL, Damek concentrated on Civil and Human Rights Law and worked as a law clerk for a small regional law firm. In the summer of 2022, Damek interned with the Dayton Human Relations Council where he conducted legal research and aided in the investigation of housing, employment, and public accommodation discrimination claims. Damek also has experience with criminal defense matters. Damek grew up in Louisville, KY and is currently a resident of Dayton, OH. He enjoys spending time with his cat, Lamont, playing keyboard and studying Black History. Awards & Recognition UDSL Black Law Student Association Joseph Cinque Scholarship, Recipient Presentations & Published Works Research Assistant, An Uncertain Age: The Politics of Manhood in Kenya by Paul Ocobock (2017) Law Student Insights on Critical Race and Feminist Legal Theory Series (Part 2), University of Dayton Human Rights Center, The gendered racism in mass incarceration and police violence against Black men and boys by Damek P. Mitchell (2023) Areas of Practice Business Law Commercial Litigation Estate Planning Personal Injury Real Estate Bar Admissions Admitted, State of Ohio Education University of Dayton School of Law (J.D.), 2024 University of Notre Dame (B.A. History), 2014