William G. Kendall, inactive aka “Sam” Kendall received his undergraduate degree from Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, with Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration. He was awarded a Juris Doctor Degree in May of 1973 from Ohio Northern University, College of Law.

Sam’s Bar Association Memberships include (past and present):

•  National District Attorneys Association

• Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association

• Ohio State Bar Association

• National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys

• Ohio Loving Trust Attorneys and Advisors Association

• Allen County Bar Association

• President of the Putnam County Bar Association (1989). 

Sam’s Bar Association Committees include:

• Ohio State Bar Association

• Delivery of Legal Services (formerly Pre-Paid Legal Services)

• Allen County Bar Association Committee

• Chairman of the Municipal Court Committee

• Pre-Paid Legal Service Committee

• Education Committee

• Special Committee for Review of Proper Subdivision

• Regulations for Allen County

• Law Library Trustee. 

He was the former Assistant Allen County Prosecutor and represented County Commissioners, Township Trustees and County Office Holders, Agencies and Boards. Sam was also the former Village Solicitor for the Village of Columbus Grove, Ohio and the Village of Fort Shawnee, Ohio.

Sam’s areas of practice include: Estate Planning, Decedent’s Estates, Real Estate and Business Transactions, and Trusts.

Sam’s representative clients (past and present):

•  James A. Rhodes State College/Foundation Lima, LLC

•  Fifth/Third Bank

• Grove Engineered Products

• A to Z Portion Control Meats, Inc.

• West Ohio Food Bank (pro bono).