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Attorney Arnold E. Shaheen, Jr., grew up in Columbus, Ohio.  He spent his youth learning the electrical trade from his father, who owned and operated an electrical construction business. In 1968 while Mr. Shaheen was in college, his parents moved to the Pataskala Area after purchasing farmland there.

Mr. Shaheen obtained a Bachelor of Science In Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 1970. He graduated from Capital University Law School with the degree of Juris Doctorate in 1974, and became licensed to practice law in the state of Ohio that year.  Mr. Shaheen opened his law practice in Pataskala in January of 1976 after serving with the Public Utilities Commission as an administrative law judge in the interim. He has been engaged in the general practice of law in Pataskala for thirty-four years.

Mr. Shaheen has been married twenty-eight years to his lovely wife Jeanne.  The couple has two daughters, ages 23 and 26.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science In Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1970
• Juris Doctorate, Capital University, 1974

Bar Admissions:

• Supreme Court of the United States, 1978
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1984
• United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1975
• United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1984
• Supreme Court of Ohio, 1974
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Ohio State Bar Association
  • Member, Construction Law Committee
  • Member, Agriculture Law Committee
• Columbus Bar Association
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives

Continuing Legal Education:

• Member, Ohio State Bar Association College

Legal Plans:

• Member Attorney, ARAG© Network, legal services plan

Business Affiliations:

• Pataskala Area Chamber of Commerce
• Licking County Chamber of Commerce
• Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

Pro Bono Activities:

• Licking County’s Retention and Expansion of Employment Taskforce

• Licking County Port Authority

  • Member, Technical Development Advisory Committee

• Licking County’s Workenomics Taskforce (Workforce training and education)
  • Vice-President of Organization
• C-TEC Foundation’s Board of Directors (Licking County’s vocational school)
• The Works Museum’s educational initiative to enhance learning about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by its child visitors in grades K-12 (Licking County’s art, science, and technology museum)
  • Member, Executive Committee

• National Federation of the Blind of Ohio