Schneider, Smeltz, Ranney & LaFond is pleased to announce that Robert A. Poklar has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Robert Poklar is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He is an AV-rated attorney who has been representing automobile, RV, boat, and motorcycle dealers and other businesses for over 28 years in connection with franchisor-franchisee disputes, dealer relocations, warranty audits, financing, and working capital issues. He also has extensive experience in corporate acquisitions and divestitures. Since 1982, Bob has published the monthly newsletter entitled "You Auto Know" which discusses current legal topics. He has developed and presented numerous seminars on business-related issues such as regulatory compliance, Truth-in-Lending and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. He is also certified as a Mediator through the Institute for Conflict Management and is a member of the panel of Arbitrators and Mediators in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, the American Arbitration Association, and the Institute for Conflict Management.

Schneider, Smeltz also welcomes Tina Y. Rhodes to the Firm as an Associate. Tina Rhodes is an honor graduate of the North Carolina Central University School of Law. She worked as a Staff Attorney in the Litigation Group at Jones Day Reavis & Pogue and as a Judicial Clerk in the Eighth District Court of Appeals. Most recently, she was an Associate at Robert A. Poklar & Associates where she worked extensively on various civil matters, appeals, and administrative protests.