About J. Eric
J. Eric Rottinghaus has built a steady legal career across state and federal courts in the Midwest and the District of Columbia. He combines courtroom experience and organizational work. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and thorough, the sort of lawyer who prefers plain argument over flair.
Rottinghaus earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Xavier University in 1994. He went on to attend Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, where he received his Juris Doctor in 2001 after beginning law school in 1998. The combination of a liberal arts undergraduate education and three years of law study set the stage for a practice that touches government and public entities.
He is admitted to practice in Kentucky, the District of Columbia and Ohio, and holds admission to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Those credentials allow him to appear in state courts as well as in federal appellate matters. His resume lists a role as a lawyer at O Hara, Ruberg, Taylor, Sloan & Sergent, where he has handled litigation and counseling matters for a range of clients.
Outside the office he stays active in professional groups that intersect with his work. He is a current member of the Northern Kentucky Bar Association and the Cincinnati Bar Association. He also belongs to the Kentucky Council of School Board Lawyers and the National Council of School Lawyers, and he volunteers with Northern Kentucky Volunteer Lawyers. Those memberships reflect sustained engagement with issues that affect public institutions and local communities.
Rottinghaus brings an understated style to client work. He favors careful preparation and reasoned pleadings. In practice he handles matters that arise for public-sector clients and education entities, and he continues to represent clients through his role at O Hara, Ruberg, Taylor, Sloan & Sergent while maintaining active memberships in regional and national bar and school-law organizations. He currently practices law representing school boards and other education-sector clients.
