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Dr. Rayan Coutinho is an attorney at the law firm of Wood & Lamping LLP in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rayan is originally from Mumbai, India. He has earned his J.D. in law in May 2005 and his Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) in August 2005 from the University of Toledo, Ohio. He has earned his Bachelor of Engineering (Production / Manufacturing Engineering) from the University of Mumbai, India. Mr. Coutinho has been associated with Wood & Lamping, LLP since 2004. Mr. Coutinho is part of the following groups at Wood & Lamping LLP: Business; Zoning & Public Sector; Employment & Labor; and Litigation.

As part of the Business Group, Mr. Coutinho diligently serves various types of entities, including publicly and privately held companies, from start-ups to established businesses. He can help you identify and understand the legal strengths and weaknesses of your business while assisting you in forming and reaching your personal and professional goals. Business services offered include strategy analysis, business acquisitions, preparation and review of contracts, strategies and plans for protecting intellectual property such as patents, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets, evaluation of liability issues, advice on day-to-day business operations, maintenance and updating of minute books, transition planning, establishment of ownership programs for key employees such as stock incentives and phantom stock plans, filing of liens for financed sales of products, negotiation of real estate and equipment leases and acquisitions, acquisition and sale of franchises, estate planning, negotiation of the sale of a business (both internal and external), creation of buy-sell, operating and partnership agreements, assistance in employment issues such as employment agreements, policies, manuals, terminations and discipline of employees and litigation including collection and other. Mr. Coutinho also handles intellectual property matters such as trademark, copyright and licensing of technology.

As part of the Zoning & Public Sector Group, Mr. Coutinho assists the legal counsel for various communities such as the City of Springdale, the City of Mason, Village of Terrace Park, Symmes Township, Village of Green Hills, and the City of Madeira.

Dr. Coutinho is also actively involved and assists the lead attorneys in various matters of the Employment & Labor and Litigation Groups.

Dr. Coutinho is the author of “Optimization of Three-Dimensional Surface Topography in Hard Turning.” He has also published scientific articles related to engineering in international publications such as the Journal of Machining Science and Technology, and the Annals of the International CIRP Design Seminar. He is the editor of “Industani” - a legal e-newsletter that is circulated among the Indian community around the world with a goal to inform them about the legal system and laws of the . Mr. Coutinho also publishes a monthly article in areas of interest to manufacturing engineers in the Queen City Bulletin, a publication of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Chapter 21 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dr. Coutinho serves on the Executive Board of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Chapter 21 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also represents the SME Chapter 21 on the Industrial Advisory Board for the University of Cincinnati’s Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Department.

Contact
Rayan “Raakesh” Coutinho
Phone: (513) 852-6030
Email: rfcoutinho@woodlamping.com
Blog: http://www.rcoutinho.com/

Education
University of Bombay, India
B.E. (Production Engineering) 1999
University of Toledo, Ohio
J.D. 2005, cum laude
University of Toledo, Ohio
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) 2005

Professional Licenses
Supreme Court of Ohio
United States District Court
Southern District of Ohio

Professional Organizations

Cincinnati Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Member of the Executive Board, SME Cincinnati Chapter 21
American Health Lawyers Association

Languages in which services are available

English
Hindi
Marathi
Konkani
Gujarati
French

Publications

Prediction of 3-D Surface Texture in Hard Turning using Neuro-Fuzzy Techinques. Annals of the 2002 International CIRP Design Seminar, May 16-18, 2002, Hong Kong.

Methodology to Compare 3-D and 2-D Parameters for the Optimization of Hard Turned Surfaces. International Journal of Machining Science and Technology, July-September 2005, Volume 9, Number 3.

Living Across the Seven Seas. The Indian Express North American Edition, March 3, 2006.

Monthly articles in the Queen City Bulletin, newsletter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Chapter 21 in Cincinnati.

Industani - The Legal Newsletter for the Global Indian

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