Attorney

Mr. Rinker is senior counsel with the firm and has extensive experience in real estate law as a litigator and practitioner for cases involving eminent domain, planning and zoning, land use, permitting, and administrative review by local governmental agencies, boards, commissions and councils.

Bruce was a labor relations representative, state appellate court law clerk, Assistant County Prosecutor in the felony criminal division and has been a trial attorney for over 40 years. He served as a councilman for several years prior to serving as Mayfield Village’s Mayor from 1993-2015 and he has continuously served as a Metroparks Commissioner since 2010. He is licensed in Ohio and has been admitted to the Ohio and U.S. District Courts.

Notable cases include:

• Mentor Lagoons (park assemblage)
• Euclid Corridor Widening
• Speedway v. Berea Planning Commission, 2013-Ohio-3433 (8th Dist. 2013)
• DiSanto v. Solon, 2008-Ohio-2939 (8th Dist. 2008)
• Visconsi v. Strongsville, 2004 Ohio 4908, 8th Dist. Ct. of Appeals
• Mayfield Heights v. Shemo, 2002-Ohio-4905 (Ohio 2002)
• K. Hovnanian Oster Homes LLC v. Lorain Ohio Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 2015-Ohio-5317 (9th Dist. 2015)

Bruce is an avid swimmer, duffer and music lover. He lives in Highland Heights with his wife, Laura, sharing in the joy of two grandsons – and hoping for more grandchildren!