Cincinnati, OH – Susan E. Wheatley, a partner in the Tax, Probate and Estate Planning Department of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library of Cincinnati.

Wheatley is co-chair of the firm’s Estate Planning Practice Group and also co-chair of the firm’s Family Business Practice Group. She is chair of the Estate Planning and Probate Committee for the Cincinnati Bar Association and is co-founder of the Walnut Street Poetry Society of the Mercantile Library in Cincinnati. She is a member of Impact 100, Inc. and a member of the firm’s Professional Women’s Resource Group (PWRG).

Wheatley, a resident of Anderson Township, received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and law degree from Northwestern University School of Law, where she served on the Northern University Law Review. Wheatley is listed as a 2006 Ohio Super Lawyer by Cincinnati Magazine and also is named in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Northern Kentucky. The firm provides a broad range of legal services to businesses and individuals, including litigation, corporate and business law, securities and municipal financing, tax and estate planning, labor and employment law, real estate and environmental, health care, intellectual property and unfair competition and antitrust law.