Carol Rolf
Senior Partner
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Carol Rolf’s practice is dedicated to representing health care providers in a wide range of regulatory, transactional and strategic matters.
Ms. Rolf has been selected multiple times as one of the Top 100 attorneys in the State of Ohio by Super Lawyers, as well as being named one of the best health care attorneys and as one of the Top 50 female attorneys in Ohio every year since 2004. She has been selected as one of the best health lawyers in the country by “The Best Lawyers in America” (each year since 1995). She has also been selected as a Top Rated Lawyer in Health Law by The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, and The National Law Journal. Carol was named the Lawyer of the Year in 2012 by Best Lawyers in America in the area of Health Care Law for the Cleveland area.
In addition, Ms. Rolf is featured on the front cover of Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine 2011 and honored in a multi-page article about her career. To view the article entitled, “The Consensus Builder“.
Ms. Rolf is a nationally recognized speaker, and has been a presenter and author of materials and seminars at hundreds of engagements over the years.
Ms. Rolf is admitted to practice law in:
- Any state court in Ohio and Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Carol is a former member of the Board of Trustees for the United Church Homes, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland.
Ms. Rolf is involved in the following organizations:
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association,
- Ohio State Bar Association,
- Ohio Women’s Bar Association,
- American Health Lawyers Association, and
- American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging.
Ms. Rolf has also served on numerous governmental and association task forces and boards, including:
- the Ohio Department of Health Certification and Licensure Task Force;
- the Medicaid Long-Term Care Reimbursement Study Committee;
- the Ohio State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators;
- the Advisory Committee for the Ohio MR/DD Victims of Crime Task Force; and
- Special Counsel to the Attorney General of Ohio (appointed in 1992 and served through 1997).
Ms. Rolf also serves the long term care community in the following roles:
- Legal Committee, Leading Ages Board of Directors,
- Legal Committee, American Health Care Association, and
- Instructor of the legal portion of the Core of Knowledge at the Ohio State University’s Fisher School of Business – the course necessary for licensure as a nursing facility administrator in Ohio – for over 20 years.