J. Donald Mottley

Don focuses his practice on state and local tax matters, tax issues involving non-profit organizations, tax controversies (federal, state, and local), and on public agency law. As a public agency lawyer, Don both represents public agency clients and represents other clients before public agencies. Don has been able to draw upon 25 years of experience as a public official and as an attorney and financial manager to the benefit of his clients. He is admitted to practice before Ohio courts as well as the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Internal Revenue Service. He is also a director of Focused Capitol Solutions LLC, a business affiliate of the law firm of Taft, which provides governmental relations and public policy services at its offices in Cincinnati and Columbus. In this role, Don represents clients before Ohio state government agencies and the Ohio General Assembly.

In 1993, Don began his eight years of service in the Ohio House of Representatives, where he represented part of Dayton and several suburban communities in Montgomery County. While in the state legislature, he chaired the House Ways and Means and Joint Agency Rule Review Committees and served on the Finance and Insurance Committees. He previously served in various positions for the Montgomery County Commissioners and County Auditor’s Office. Don began his career in public service as a member of the West Carrollton Board of Education, a position he held for 12 years.

• Presenter, “Ohio Legislative and Regulatory Update, 2023 Ohio Business Tax Seminar, May 17, 2023.
• Co-Presenter, “Ohio Municipal Income Tax and Remote Workforce,” 2023 Ohio Business Tax Seminar, May 17, 2023.