Mr. Dietrich focuses on the areas of: business acquisitions and divestitures; real estate sale, leasing and development matters, product supply and distribution transactions, and other commercial agreements; and international transactions. He represents public corporations and private companies of all sizes and structures, and works with them on a variety of commercial and corporate transactions and matters, ranging from financing and restructuring to corporate governance and shareholder rights.

• Experience includes acquisitions and divestitures; corporate financings and restructurings; real estate sales, leasing, and development projects; and participation in various other corporate, partnership, and limited liability company transactions for private and public companies.
• Advised and counseled boards of closely-held and public corporations on fiduciary responsibilities, utilizing expertise in corporate governance and shareholder rights and relationship matters.
• Represents clients active in manufacture and sale of diverse product groupings including vinyl-coated fabrics, aircraft parts, fabricated metal products, wooden accessories and products, office copiers, printers and related accessories and associated services.
• Colorado representation has included counseling regarding minority shareholder rights, commercial leasing matter and representation of property management and leasing entity in potential asset sale transaction.

• AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Initiated firm's bankruptcy/creditors' rights practice after enactment of new U.S. Bankruptcy Code in 1979, returning to full-time corporate practice in 1988
• Assisted technical and e-business start-ups in the organizational and capital generation process, and continues to represent many of these businesses

• Ohio State Bar Association
• Colorado Bar Association

• All-American Soap Box Derby
  • Chairman of Board (1991-1994)
  • President (1978-1991)
  • Trustee
• Beacon Journal Charity Fund, Inc.
  • President (2000-2003)
  • Trustee
• Western Reserve Land Conservancy, Trustee, Medina-Summit Chapter

• Colorado
• Ohio
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio

• China: Land of Opportunity? - Smart Business Akron/Canton (July 2006)
• A Brief Introduction to the U.N. Sales Convention
• Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in International Business Transactions
• Foreign Trade Zones
• Incoterms

• "Practical Insight on Doing Business in China" (March 2006)

• 1968 J.D., University of Michigan, Law School
• 1965 B.A., Miami University